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.

Bar Admissions

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

Education

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

Significant Accomplishments

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

 

• Senate Approves Trump Nominee for General Counsel of NLRB: How This Will Impact Non-Union Lawyers

  By Kevin Carr |November 2017

Additional Articles

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