Mr. Carr's practice encompasses the gamut of traditional labor law issues facing employers, trial work in employment matters, class and collective actions, wage and hour law, and business law.

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Education

• West Virginia University, B.A., cum laude, honors graduate, Presidential Scholar, 1992
• West Virginia University, J.D., 1995

Experience

• Representing employers in the collective bargaining process with labor organizations
• Advising employers during union organizational efforts and elections
• Serving as lead counsel in numerous trials of unfair labor practice charges and appeals to the National Labor Relations Board
• Conducting labor and employment due diligence reviews in connection with mergers and acquisitions
• Representing clients in contract interpretation and discipline arbitrations
• Serving as lead trial counsel in over 200 employment cases in various jurisdictions throughout the United States, including trials in state and federal courts, on a myriad of labor and employment issues
• Serving as lead trial counsel in numerous wage and hour, immigration and employment-related class and collective actions
• Developing strategies for companies dealing with the full array of employment and labor issues, including EEO policies, practices and personnel decisions
• Representing clients in appellate work before numerous state and federal tribunals
• Conduct training sessions for private and public employers on various issues of employment and labor law
• Defending employment discrimination actions before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various state human rights agencies
• Developing a broad range of employment and personnel policies, practices, and procedures, including drug-testing policies
• Developing strategies for employers in connection with layoffs, reductions in force and facility closings
• Represent executives in matters of compensation and contract issues

Distinctions

• Named the Best Lawyers^® 2019 "Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Labor Law - Management in Charleston, W.Va.
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected for inclusion in West Virginia Super Lawyers
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor & Employment Law
• Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers for Business for Labor and Employment Law

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• Florida State Bar
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Florida Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States District Courts for the Middle District of Florida

Memberships

• Kanawha County Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Publications & Presentations

• Cutting Edge Issues in Traditional Labor Law, SuperVision, 2006 and 2008
• "Wage and Hour Law Update," Lorman, 1997-1999, 2001, 2006 and 2008
• "A Survey of Disability Law," Lorman, 1999 and 2006
• "Electronic Data Discovery," "Technology-related Workplace Harassment," and "Discovery Assistance on the Internet," American Bar Association, 1999, 2000 and 2001
• West Virginia Human Resources Guide to Hiring & Firing, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2004 and 2009
• Featured in "Team Chemistry - Cytec Industries Inc. and Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC" by Steven Andersen, Counsel to Counsel Magazine, Fall 2010