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Diamond View II, Suite 130, 280 South Mangum Street, Durham, NC 27701

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3605 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 500, Raleigh, NC 27612

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Carlie Smith practices franchise and general corporate law.   Carlie has experience with franchising in range of industries, including retail, hospitality, education, home services, business services, and medical or similarly regulated professional services.

About

Carlie works with franchisors and franchisees to grow their brands and businesses by helping them to comply with state and federal franchise regulations and navigate corporate transactions.  Carlie often assists hospitality and restaurant brands in navigating the regulatory permitting process.

She routinely helps businesses to protect their intellectual property through obtaining federal and state trademarks registrations, licensing, and monitoring of the marketplace for infringement.

Prior to joining Manning Fulton, Carlie worked as a law clerk at Kirton McConkie, a Salt Lake City law firm. During law school she interned with Judge Thomas B. Griffith of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Thomas R. Lee of the Utah Supreme Court.

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Credentials

Education

  • J. Reuben Clark Law School – J.D. 2019 – Summa Cum Laude
  • Brigham Young University – B.S. Secondary Education 2016 – Summa Cum Laude

Admitted to Practice

  • North Carolina
  • Utah

Professional Activities

  • Hugh B. Brown Barristers Award – 2019
  • Utah Bar Association – 2019 to present
  • Reuben Clark Law Society – 2016 to present

Prior Experience/Clerkships

  • Prior to joining Manning Fulton, Carlie worked as a law clerk at Kirton McConkie, a Salt Lake City law firm. During law school she interned with Judge Thomas B. Griffith of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Thomas R. Lee of the Utah Supreme Court.

 

Community Engagement

CARA Pro Bono Project at the South Texas Family Residential Center – Immigrant Representation – 2017 – 2018

Project Read – Literacy Tutor – 2016 – 2017

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

  • Teacher and Women’s Leader – 2018 – 2019
  • Volunteer Missionary in New Mexico – 2013 – 2014
  • Member – 2001 to present

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