Full Biography: David J. Carr

David J. Carr is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Law section of Ice Miller LLP, focusing his practice in the areas of litigation of employment contracts involving trade secrets, confidential information and covenants against competition, complex wage and hour law issues, employment discrimination, and personnel policies. Mr. Carr is a veteran labor negotiator and has handled numerous labor arbitrations, union avoidance and other collective bargaining matters in both the public and private sectors. He also has substantial experience representing employers in wrongful discharge lawsuits and employment discrimination investigations, including sexual harassment situations.

Mr. Carr has handled class and collective wage and hour cases across the country, including, but not limited to: Thomas, et al. v. Active Response Marketing (Ohio); Melonakis-Kurz v. Heartland Home Finance, Inc.(Colorado); and McClain v. Heartland Home Finance, Inc.(Georgia). Mr. Carr serves as the Chair for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce annual seminar entitled Indiana Wage and Hour Law, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Indiana Employer's Guide to Wage and Hour Issues.

Mr. Carr is a contributing author for the ABA treatises Covenants Not to Compete: A State by State Survey (BNA 1991), The Employee Duty of Loyalty: A State by State Survey (BNA 1995), Employment Trade Secrets Law: A State by State Survey (BNA 1997); Tortious Interference in the Employment Context (BNA 2004). He is also a contributing author to Harvey’s Indiana Practice and Procedure (West 1988).

Mr. Carr is admitted to practice in Indiana, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has successfully taken cases to trial in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Georgia. He is a member of the American, Indiana and Indianapolis Bar Associations, and serves on the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Subcommittee of the ABA Labor Section. He is a past Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association Labor Law Section. He is also a member of the Christian Legal Society, the Federalist Society and is a Diplomate of the Court Practice Institute. An active member of the community, Mr. Carr served as a member of the Zionsville Parks and Recreations Board from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, he was elected to the Zionsville Town Council, and 2007, was re-elected to his second full term on the Council, making him the current longest serving member.

Mr. Carr received his Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1981. He then earned his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. He also received the Res Gestae Award for Outstanding Legal Article of the Year for his paper on wrongful termination in Indiana in 1988. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and again in 2008, Mr. Carr was named an Indiana "Super Lawyer."