Practice Areas: Mr. Carr litigates in the following areas: Labor and Employment Noncompetition Agreements Complex Commercial Class Action Alternative Dispute Resolution

Representative Matters:

• Defended national cable telecommunications company in numerous class and collective actions brought under various state and federal wage and hour laws.
  
  
• Represented national hotel chain in Title VII and ADEA suit in Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Represented national hotel chain in sexual harassment suit in Florida.
  
  
• Represented national hotel chain in age discrimination action under Kentucky state law.
  
  
• Defended large power company against retaliation and ADEA claims in Pennsylvania.
  
  
• Defended major airline in wrongful termination action. Obtained summary judgment dismissing employee’s claims and summary judgment in favor of airline on fraud counterclaim against employee.
  
  
• Defended major airline manufacturer in national origin discrimination suit.
  
  
• Represented a Fortune 100 company in connection with its claims of theft of trade secrets and RICO violations. Won a multi-million dollar judgment against the Defendants.
  
  
• Represented a national television network in obtaining administrative mandamus ordering Los Angeles County Police Department and California Highway Patrol to release mobile digital transmission tapes of the Rodney King incident.
  
  
• Represented structured settlement company in litigation in which favorable judgments were obtained in four separate actions approving transfer of payment rights despite anti-assignment language in structured settlement agreements.
  
  
• Represented City of Columbus, Ohio, in defense of equal business opportunity legislation.
  
  
• Represented settlement companies in fraud action and successfully recovered payments made on fraudulent claims through prejudgment garnishment proceedings.
  
  
• Represented international food conglomerate in computer software licensing and fraud dispute pending in federal court in Wisconsin.
  
  
• Represented worldwide office equipment corporation in national arbitration program, including drafting arbitration provisions and other portions of equipment leases.

Education:

• Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1988
  
  
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  B.A., magna cum laude, 1985
  Major: Political Science

Memberships:

• Member of the Georgia and California State Bars
  
  
• • Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and the Central and Southern Districts of California, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of California and the California Court of Appeal

Published Decisions:

• Gladysiewski v. Allegheny Energy Svc. Corp., No. 2:07cv1339, 2009 WL 4403382 (W.D. Pa. Dec. 2, 2009)
  
  
• Heilman v. Allegheny Energy Svc. Corp., No. 02:07cv1034, 2008 WL 4591640 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 14, 2008)
  
  
• Holloway v. Select Hotels Group, L.L.C., No. 8:08cv1208-T-33TBM, 2008 WL 4534135, (M.D. Fla Oct. 7, 2008)
  
  
• Lanier Worldwide, Inc. v. Clouse, Civil Action No. 1:01-CV-1194, 2003 WL 22026377 (Ala. Aug. 29, 2003)
  
  
• Insurance Industry Consultants, Inc. v. Essex Inv., Inc., 249 Ga. App. 837, 549 S.E.2d 788 (2001)
  
  
• Sweatt v. International Development Corp., 242 Ga. App. 753, 531 S.E.2d 192 (2000)
  
  
• Settlement Funding, LLC v. Jamestown Life Ins. Co., 78 F. Supp. 2d 1349 (N.D. Ga. 1999)
  
  
• Emmertz v. Cherry, 271 Ga. 458, 520 S.E.2d 219 (1999)
  
  
• CareKeeper Software Development Co., Inc. v. Silver, 46 F. Supp. 2d 1366 (N.D. Ga. 1999)
  
  
• Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Columbus, 172 F.3d 411 (6th Cir. 1999)
  
  
• Law Bulletin Pub. Co. v. LRP Publications, Inc., 992 F. Supp. 1014 (N.D. Ill. 1998)