Carole Briggs

Carole Briggs is Of Counsel at Alderman, Devorsetz & Hora PLLC in Washington, DC and has spent more than 30 years representing community associations. Her practice includes real estate matters, construction disputes, dispute resolution, and business affairs. Carole negotiates contracts, including loan closing documents and service agreements. She also drafts and revises association declarations, bylaws, and rules, helping boards address governance requirements and navigate the approval process for important community-association documents.

Carole earned an L.L.M. from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from George Washington University National Law Center, and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Her legal education supports work that combines real estate, contract, governance, and dispute-resolution issues. This academic background provides a foundation for reviewing complex documents, structuring agreements, advising association boards, and analyzing the legal responsibilities that affect community associations and property-related decision-making.

Carole’s experience centers on the operational and legal needs of community associations. She works on construction disputes and other conflicts while advising on contracts that affect financing and services. Her drafting practice includes the governing documents that establish rights, obligations, procedures, and standards within associations. By assisting boards through approval processes, she helps clients understand how proposed declarations, bylaws, and rules fit within their broader legal and governance responsibilities.

Carole Briggs is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Connecticut, and Minnesota. Her long-standing work with community associations gives her experience across real estate, construction, contracts, governance, and dispute resolution. She provides practical legal support for boards and associations that need to revise governing documents, negotiate agreements, address property-related conflicts, or manage formal approval processes. Her practice combines transactional drafting with dispute experience to address the recurring legal issues facing community-association clients.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Alderman, Devorsetz & Hora PLLC
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, Connecticut Bar Association
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Connecticut
• Minnesota

Education

• New York University School of Law
  Master of Laws (LLM)
• George Washington University National Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Minnesota
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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