
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 9, 1995                   TAG: 9505090069
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST STAFF WRITER RADFORD
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

BROWN WANTS TO BE CIRCUIT COURT CLERK

Paralegal Lisa B. Brown is the latest candidate to announce for the office of clerk of Circuit Court. Brown, 31, is the fourth Republican and the third woman trying to succeed Democrat J.D. Harman, 67, who said last month he won't seek another eight-year term this fall.

Harman has been clerk of the Circuit Court since 1984.

His chief deputy clerk, Zelda Vaughn, also has announced plans to go after the Democratic nomination to succeed her boss.

Brown said Harman's retirement presented an ideal opportunity for her, and "I just decided to go for it."

A native of Woodbridge, Brown has lived in Radford since 1981. She graduated from Radford University in 1985 with a degree in marketing. She also has a certificate in paralegal studies from the National Institute of Paralegal Training in Vienna.

Brown and her husband, Greg, own University Amoco on Norwood Street, and she is business-financial manager for the service station and other family businesses.

Brown has been employed by Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove in Roanoke for five years, a job she said provides daily experience in working with the local clerk's office. She said she is knowledgeable of court procedures, filing requirements and the computerized case-management system.

"I think my legal background has a lot to offer the position," she said, adding that she thinks the clerk's main jobs are "to assist the judge in the flow of the cases" and to assist the court system in general.

The clerk of circuit court's duties primarily involve managing and archiving court system paperwork and other legal records, including real estate transactions. The office also issues marriage licenses.

Other candidates vying for the job, which pays just over $60,000 a year, include Wanda Humphrey, R. Coleman Brittle and Todd Jones, all Republicans. The city's GOP committee will pick its candidate at a June 6 mass meeting.

by CNB