Franchising

Chicken Salad Chick hires in-house counsel

Chicken Salad Chick has hired Carol Terry as VP and general counsel. Provided

February 9, 2023

Alabama-based Chicken Salad Chick has hired attorney Carol Terry as VP and general counsel. In the newly created role, she will report to CEO Scott Deviney and will oversee all aspects of Chicken Salad Chick's legal business as it continues expanding throughout the Southern and Midwestern regions of the U.S.

Terry has served nearly two decades at General Electric Co., in various global roles, including as general counsel for GE Power's Transmission and Distribution business, general counsel for GE Power's Services Operations business and chief compliance officer for GE's Power Services business, according to a press release. Following GE's divestiture to Swiss-owned ABB Ltd., Terry continued supporting the energy industrial segment through integration, before transitioning into private practice. She has also served as an adjunct professor of Business Law at Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business over the past nine years.

"As Chicken Salad Chick continues to grow throughout the country with new company and franchise locations, we saw the need to add a high-level general counsel to our executive team," Deviney said in the release. "Carol's extensive law background managing complex business and contracts with GE, as well as her private legal practice experience will add great insight to our company. Additionally, her strength of character and commitment to serving others makes her a natural fit with our company culture."