Kathryn M. Carmichael

Kathryn Carmichael focuses her practice on four areas including commercial real estate, corporate, intellectual property, and immigration.

Kathryn Carmichael focuses her practice on four areas, including commercial real estate, corporate, intellectual property and immigration.

Ms. Carmichael’s commercial real estate practice includes representing developers, landlords and tenants in the acquisition, zoning and development of projects including mixed-use developments, neighborhood shopping centers and wireless communications facilities. Her practice includes negotiating with governments in the development of these sites from beginning to the first store opening. She also represents borrowers and lenders in documenting and negotiating complex loan transactions.

Ms. Carmichael’s corporate and intellectual property practice focuses on advising private companies in the organization and use of limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships. Her corporate experience includes asset purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, and other general business matters. In addition, she advises companies on the prosecution and protection of their intellectual property portfolios with a particular emphasis on trademarks and copyrights.

Ms. Carmichael has considerable experience in immigration. This practice involves advising technology, manufacturing, and multinational corporations on recruiting and retaining global talent. She also assists clients in the sports and entertainment industry petitioning for the appropriate documentation to enable them performing in the United States.

Ms. Carmichael also represents clients in the fields of sports and entertainment with a primary focus on motorsports law. She has experience negotiating contracts in the industry and advising companies with intellectual property protection.

Ms. Carmichael is licensed in Virginia and is a member of the Virginia Bar Association. Also active in the community, she is a past board member and current active member of the Junior League of Charlottesville, and is a graduate of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce Leadership Charlottesville Program.

Ms. Carmichael earned her bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Georgia and her juris doctor from the University of Tennessee. While in law school, Ms. Carmichael served as student materials editor of the Tennessee Law Review and managing editor of Transactions: Tennessee Journal of Business Law. In addition, she served as a member of the College of Law Admissions Committee and as vice-chair of public relations for the College of Law Speaker Series.