Member in Charge of Northern Florida Office | Co-Chair, Labor and Employment Practice Group | Co-Chair, Education Practice Group
Northern Florida
mobile 304.389.8026
Charleston, WV
office 304.340.3877
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.

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