Biography
Carole has extensive experience with matters relating to individual income tax, estate and inheritance tax, estate administration, charitable organizations and other tax planning matters.
She has represented a range of clients, including those in education and nonprofit sectors.
Before Fox Rothschild
Carole was a partner at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, which combined with Fox Rothschild in 2018.
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1980)
- Auburn University (M.B.A., 1968)
Memberships
- President, Rotary Club of Greensboro
- Treasurer, Sit-In Movement, Inc., International Civil Rights Museum and Center
- Trustee, Guilford College
Board of Directors
- Director, Board of The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation
- Director, Board of The Stanley and Dorothy Frank Family Foundation
- Director, Greensboro Partnership
Honors & Awards
- Received the "Outstanding Women in Business Special Achievement Award," from the Triad Business Journal (2019)
- Greensboro's News & Record People of Influence (2017)
- North Carolina Bar Association Citizen Lawyer Award (2009)
- Selected to the "Best Lawyers in America" list for Trusts and Estates (2009-2019, 2024-2026) and Tax Law (2018, 2019, 2024-2026) in New York, NY by Best Lawyers
- Martindale-Hubbell's top (AV) Peer Review Rating
- Triad Business Journal's Most Influential People in the Triad
- Triad Business Leader's Women Extraordinaire (2007, 2011)
- Greensboro Partnership 2007 Thomas Z. Osborne Distinguished Citizen Award
- Auburn University, College of Business 40 of 40 Award recognizing Outstanding Alumni (2008)
- National Conference for Community and Justice, Piedmont Triad Region 2003 Brotherhood Sisterhood Citation
- Guilford College 2002 Distinguished Service Award
- Triad Business Journal's Top Women in Business (2002)
- Business North Carolina's Legal Elite, Tax/Estate Planning (2003-2007, 2009-2011)
- Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers, Tax (2007)
