Law in Practice
As a first year law student you learned the elements and theories of the law, but have you considered the numerous factors that impact a client’s interests and an attorney’s practice?  Join us for the second session of Law in Practice where an attorney in the practice area Contracts Law will walk you through a recent client matter involving a concept of law from your first-year course work.  You will be given an opportunity to consult on the case (How would you have worked to resolve the issue?). Then the presenter will explain the ultimate outcome of the matter and what considerations, beyond the black letter law, came into play.

Program #2: CONTRACTS with Kevin Carter, Frost Brown Todd LLC 

Mr. Carter is a senior associate in Frost Brown Todd's business litigation group. He has represented clients in state and federal courts in a wide range of civil cases.  His representative matters have included breach-of-contract claims; construction claims; fraud, contractual interference, and other business torts; partnership disputes and business dissolutions; real estate disputes; banking and finance matters; and creditors' rights issues.  Outside his primary practice areas, Carter has advised government contractors in defending allegations of federal False Claims Act violations.  He has also represented several Ohio municipalities in civil rights cases and planning and zoning appeals.  He has experience in all phases of litigation, from motion practice to bench and jury trials to briefing and arguing appeals.

Before becoming a lawyer, Carter was a research assistant at a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in education policy analysis.  He also spent a year as a law clerk in the Cleveland public defender's office and was an extern for a magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.  He was a member of his law school's National Moot Court Team and a winner of the school's annual intramural moot court competition.

He joined FBT in 2012 after practicing for five years at a large law firm in Cleveland.  He is a member of the American, Ohio, and Cincinnati Bar Associations and has published articles in local and national bar journals.

This event is sponsored by the Academic Success Program, Center for Professional Development.