Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Commercial Real Estate paralegal Alyssa Mclean was named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2024 Unsung Legal Heroes list.
The Unsung Legal Heroes awards honor law firm employees who consistently go above and beyond the call of duty, often behind the scenes. The award is reserved for the most talented and dedicated legal support professionals from a range of categories, including accounting, administrative, IT, marketing, paralegals, and more.
Mclean assists MVA’s Commercial Real Estate team with contract preparation, closing documents, due diligence and research, lease agreements, and correspondence.
Additionally, she aids the MVA attorneys who represent child sex abuse material (CSAM) victims as an extension of the firm’s Human Trafficking Prevention & Compliance practice. Mclean devotes significant time and resources advocating for victims’ restitution and financial recovery. Her involvement ranges from matters involving the Child Pornography Victims Reserve, which provides defined monetary assistance to eligible individuals who are depicted in child pornography, to liaising with representatives from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, FBI, and Homeland Security. Further, Mclean helps with the management of federal and state restitution requests, defendant asset investigations, criminal history reports, and much more. With Mclean’s help, MVA has filed for restitution in over 600 federal criminal cases in one year alone.
“Alyssa goes above and beyond in her work supporting the representation of CSAM victims, a cause that’s an extension of MVA’s Human Trafficking Prevention & Compliance practice,” said MVA Member Sarah Byrne, who leads that practice. “She devotes tremendous time, passion, and diligence advocating for victims’ restitution and financial recovery.”
In recognition of Mclean’s dedication to these causes, she received the 2024 Outstanding Volunteer Staff Member Award at MVA’s 23rd Annual Sally & Bill Van Allen Public Service Luncheon.
About Moore & Van Allen
Moore & Van Allen PLLC (www.mvalaw.com), founded in 1950, has over 400 attorneys and professionals serving clients in over 90 areas of focus. The attorneys at Moore & Van Allen provide sophisticated legal services within nationally recognized Corporate, Financial Services, Litigation, White Collar Criminal Defense, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Real Estate law practices for international banks and financial services companies, domestic and global manufacturers, retailers, individuals, and healthcare and technology organizations. The firm has been ranked consecutively over the past 25 years on the prestigious “Am Law 200” list and earned both regional and national recognitions in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.
