Former Black aide received license

Meredith Norris received a real estate license after all.

The former aide to disgraced House Speaker Jim Black appealed an initial deferral by the state Real Estate Commission based on her criminal record.

After meeting with a panel of commissioners and legal staff in Wilmington, Norris was offered a license to sell real estate on the condition that she successfully finish her probation and not face any further charges or complaints of wrongdoing.

Norris had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to register as a lobbyist.

On Aug. 13, the commission received a letter from her attorney indicating that her probation was over, and Norris was granted a license, said commission legal counsel Tom Miller.

"This is a very typical order for somebody who has one misdemeanor violation," he said.