Alicia Mitchell-Mercer

Alicia Mitchell-Mercer

Alicia Mitchell-Mercer is the Director of Project Management at Lex Project Management Consulting Group and is a dedicated Project Manager for a law firm in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mitchell-Mercer is also an active FINRA Securities Arbitrator. She has received numerous accolades for her work in the legal community, including the NC Judicial Branch Service Award (two-time recipient) and the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2021 Distinguished Paralegal Award. She has been an active member of the legal community, including the NCBA Internet and Regulations Task Force (2016) and the Paralegal Division, as a former Council Member and Chair of the Communications, Technology, and Publications committees. She currently Chairs the Utilization Committee.

Additionally, she served on the 2021-2022 NALA Board of Directors and Chaired NALA’s Continuing Education Council. Mitchell-Mercer was also a member of the former NC State Bar Subcommittee Studying Regulatory Change (2021-2022) and is now focusing on a doctorate in public policy and administration and increasing access to justice in North Carolina through the non-profit she co-founded, the North Carolina Justice for All Project (www.ncjfap.org). In 2023 she was appointed as a Special Advisor to the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission by Justice Richard Dietz.

Guest Appearances
March 16, 2023

How Paralegals Can Fill Legal System Gaps, A Panel Discussion

Our justice system is changing as demand for access to court services grows. Are specially trained paralegal professionals the answer? Across the country, states are looking for ways to grant special licenses...

February 24, 2022

Modern Legal Project Management: Agile and Scrum Processes

Alicia Mitchell-Mercer breaks down modern legal project management by applying the Agile philosophy and Scrum management techniques.

October 26, 2016

The Importance of Legal Project Management

Certified Paralegal Alicia Mercer talks about why having a project manager is beneficial to the health and well being of any law firm.