Fall 2008 - Cumberland School of Law - Samford University

Carol H. Stewart ’82 is 2008 Lawyer in Residence
The Lawyer in Residence program at
Samford University’s Cumberland
School of Law recognizes the accomplishments
of law school alumni.Each year,a
distinguished practitioner is invited to spend
two days on campus as the lawyer in residence,
speaking to a variety of classes related to the
lawyer’s area of practice,and meeting with
students in formal and informal settings.This
unique educational program allows students to
augment the traditional curriculum with the
experiences of current practitioners.
Carol H. Stewart ’82 practices in the
Real Estate and Litigation sections at Burr
& Forman, LLP, focusing in the area of
condominium law and business torts litigation.
She is the author of the “Condominium
Law” chapter in Legal Aspects of Real Estate.
In 1994, she completed the Alabama section
in Real Estate Transaction Series: Condominium
Law and Practice (Matthew Bender). She is a
regular lecturer in the areas of condominium
law and homeowners associations.
Stewart was admitted to the Alabama
and Georgia Bars in 1982, the Florida Bar
the following year, and recently to the
Tennessee Bar. She served a nine-year term
on the Board of Bar Commissioners of the
Alabama State Bar, and served on the
Disciplinary Commission and the MCLE
Commission. She is panel chairman of the
Character and Fitness Committee and on
the MCLE Rules, Regulations and
Enforcement Committee. She has served as
chairman of the Business Torts and
Antitrust Section of the State Bar.
Stewart served on the Executive
Committee of the Birmingham Bar
Association in 2000 and is a past president
Cumberland School of Law
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Carol H. Stewart ’82
of the Women’s Section of the Birmingham
Bar. She is a member of the American Bar
Association,Alabama State Bar, State Bar of
Georgia, the Florida Bar, and the Tennessee
Bar Association. She serves on the Alabama
Law Institute, Real Estate, and is a Fellow
of the Alabama Law Foundation and the
American Bar Foundation. She is listed in
The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers
USA for her work in real estate law.
Stewart received the L. Burton Barnes
Award for Public Service in 2001 from the
Birmingham Bar Association. In 2003, she
receivedVolunteer of theYear from
Cumberland School of Law and the Board
Member of theYear Award from Hand-in-Paw.
Stewart received her B.S. in chemistry
from the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte and her M.S. degree in forensic
sciences from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham. She received her J.D., magna
cum laude, from Cumberland. During law
school, she served as Law Day Chair and
Recent Decisions Editor for the
Cumberland Law Review. Upon graduation,
she became law clerk to Chief Judge Sam
C. Pointer, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for
the Northern District of Alabama. She has
served the law school in recent years as the
Birmingham Club and the Annual Funds
Chairperson. For the past five years, she has
served on the Advisory Board.
Stewart’s passions include her grandchildren,
Judson and Alice McLean, and
rescuing homeless dogs. She and her
husband, Rusty, have five dogs, and have
fostered hundreds of abandoned dogs and
puppies from local animal shelters. She has
devoted years of service to animal organizations,
including serving as board president
of Hand-in-Paw, an animal-assisted therapy
organization, and the Greater Birmingham
Humane Society. She participated in Big
Brothers/Big Sisters for more than 10
years, and is a member of the Cathedral
Church of the Advent and the Women’s
Network. She was a 1999 participant in
Leadership Birmingham and formerly
served on the Board of Pathways, an organization
that serves homeless women and
children.
Currently, she serves as secretarytreasurer
of the Board of Directors of the
Community Real Estate Foundation.
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