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Carol Armstrong |
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| Practice
Emphasis |
| Ms.
Armstrong regularly represents large and
small business clients in the areas of
general business and corporate law,
commercial law, and employment law
defense, claim prevention and training.
This representation has included the sale
and/or acquisition of businesses and
working with clients involved in complex
commercial disputes. She
also assists businesses and academic
institutions with obtaining
visas for foreign national employees and
provides advice and training to employers
regarding compliance with federal
immigration laws.
Ms. Armstrong regularly assists
general contractors and other construction
industry firms with their day-to-day legal
issues. She also routinely
handles federal and state trademark and
copyright registrations. She has also handled matters for clients in the areas of
environmental law, real property, and
bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. |
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| Representative
Clients |
- Bama
Concrete Products Co., Inc.
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Boone
Newspapers, Inc.
- Corus
Group plc
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Friday
Lumber Company Incorporated
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Jeffco
Concrete Contractors, Inc.
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Jim Myers
Drug, Inc.
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News Media
Corporation
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RaCON,
Inc.
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Rite Aid
Corporation
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Southeast Cancer Network, Inc.
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Tidwell
DeWitt LLC
- Tuscaloosa
Toyota
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University
of Alabama
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Wick
Communications, Co.
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Ms. Armstrong is a member of the West
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce, Board of Directors
(2007-2010) and Women in Business
Council (Chairperson, 2006-2008);
Society of Human Resource Management;
Tuscaloosa Human Resource
Professionals (Alabama); Golden
Triangle Human Resources Association
(Mississippi); Inland Press
Association; NAFSA: Association of
International Educators; American Immigration Lawyers
Association (Alabama Regional Advocacy
Contact, Tuscaloosa Area). |
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| Professional
Involvement |
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American
Bar Association (Member, Labor and
Employment Law)
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Alabama State Bar (Member, Sections of
Real Property, Intellectual Property, and
Women)
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Mississippi State Bar (Member, Sections of
Estates and Trusts, Labor and Employment;
Real Property)
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Tuscaloosa County Bar Association
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American
Immigration Lawyers Association
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and Awards |
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| Ms.
Armstrong has authored several employer
immigration law compliance brochures,
including “I-9s,
IDs and Immigration Law in General”
and “Employer’s
Guide to Immigration Law.”
She also regularly publishes
articles regarding legal solutions for
businesses in local magazines, including Chamber
Perspectives.
Ms. Armstrong also routinely
speaks to business and trade groups
regarding legal solutions for business
needs.
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Education
and Professional Background
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Education:
University of West Alabama (B.S.,
Accounting, summa cum laude, 1995); The
University of Alabama (J.D., magna cum
laude, 1998)
Bar
Association & Court Admissions: Admitted
to bar, 1998, Alabama; 2000, Mississippi.
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S.
District Court, Northern District and Middle
District of Alabama; Northern District and
Southern District of Mississippi
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