Karen Boardman Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - Charlotte

Karen Boardman Bio
With over 20 years of legal experience, Karen Schuller Boardman co-founded Alignment Legal, offering proactive, strategic, and client-centered legal services to ensure the stability of our clients’ most valued assets, business, and personal interests.. Karen graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science. After undergraduate studies, Karen spent eight years working as an intellectual property paralegal, continuing to work full-time while attending law school in the evening at North Carolina Central University School of Law. Karen is licensed to practice in Tennessee and North Carolina.. Karen advises both emerging and established business and creative clients in protecting their intellectual property through trademarks and copyrights, with a registration rate over 90%. Karen counsels businesses on entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation, sales transactions, and other day-to-day operational matters. Karen assists nonprofits with organization and tax-exempt status applications, as well as their intellectual property and business needs. Karen works with clients on estate planning, as well as handing administration of estates in probate.. Originally from New Jersey, Karen attended Providence Senior High School in Charlotte. After living in the Triangle area of North Carolina for 24 years, Karen recently moved back to the Queen City in 2018. She and her husband Adam live with their dog Abigail in South Charlotte.