Background
Almond, Michael Allen was born on January 24, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Aubrey and Hazel (McGee) Almond.
Almond, Michael Allen was born on January 24, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Aubrey and Hazel (McGee) Almond.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1971. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1975). University of Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Grail. Order of the Coif. Morehead Scholar. Morehead Law Fellow. Fulbright Fellow.
Staff Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1973-1975.
Visiting Lecturer, International Business Transactions Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1980. Law Clerk to Honorary J. Braxton Craven, Junior, Circuit Judge, United States.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1975-1976. Recipient, Republic of Germany Friendship Award, 1984.
Member, Aspen Institute Berlin Study Group, 1986-1990.
Chairman, Carolinas Council on World Affairs, 1988-1990.
Worked at Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein Limited liability partnership (Charlotte, North Carolina) specializing in Administrative and Regulatory, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Reorganization, Biotechnology, Computer, Construction, Copyright, Corporate, Education, Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans, Employment, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Governmental Contracts and Procurement, Governmental Relations, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade and Investment, Land Use and Zoning, Lending and Finance, Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships, Litigation, Malpractice Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, Products Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate (Commercial and Residential), Securities, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxation, Technology Management and Licensing, Telecommunications, Trademark, Transportation, Utilities Regulation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, North Carolina. Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Morehead Scholar.
Morehead Law Fellow. Fulbright Fellow. North Carolina Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorary J. Braxton Craven, Junior, Circuit Judge, United States.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1975-1976.
Member: Council on Foreign Relations, 1995. World Trade Center of North Carolina, Executive Committee, Board of Directors.
Carolinas Partnership, Board of Directors. International Bar Association.
Past Chairman, Charlotte World Affairs Council.
Former Member: North Carolina District Export Council. Aspen Institute Berlin Strategy Group on German-American Relations. Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein Limited liability partnership is one of the oldest and largest firms in the Carolinas.
From its Raleigh, Charlotte, Spartanburg and Columbia offices it serves a region recognized as an emerging center for business and industry.
Our European office is located in Frankfurt, the banking, business and commercial capital of continental Europe. Foreign information contact Irvin West. Hankins III, Managing Partner, or Sara H. Schreibman, Development Director, 704-372-9000.
Chairman German-American Heritage Society, 1981-1982, Mayor's International Forum, 1991. Mission leader, participant various trade and investment missions to Europe and Far East, since 1982. Co-founder, member Charlotte European American Business Stammtisch, since 1987.
Member Berlin study group on German-American rels.Aspen Institute, 1986-1992, Berlin strategy group on German-American relations, since 1992. Member Mayor's International Cabinet, 1992-1993. Member Focus 2010 Community Visioning Project, 1992-1993.
Board directors Charlotte World Affairs Council, since 1986, chairman, 1988-1990, American Concord Society, since 1987, Opera Carolina, 1987, Children's Theatre Charlotte, Inc., 1989-1990, Alemannia, since 1989. Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (chairman international law committee 1982, county member 1992), Mecklenburg County Bar Association, British American Business Association Carolinas (board directors since 1992), German American Chamber of Commerce (advisory board 1987), Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (international economics development action county since 1976, chairman international committee 1992, export trade commission 1993, board directors since 1992), U. North Carolina Chapel Hill Chancellor's Club, Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Paula Jean Lombardi. Children: Sarah Evelyn, Michael Aubrey.