Mr. Carew practices all aspects of commercial and products liability litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts.  He also has experience in fiduciary liability, lender liability and construction disputes.  He has represented clients in all phases of litigation and trial.  Mr. Carew’s trial experience includes his role as a member of the trial team in the highly publicized trial of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. AA Arms, Inc., et al., Case No. CV 99 3999 (E.D.N.Y., J. Weinstein) that resulted in a defense verdict and unanimous (12-0) advisory jury verdict of no liability for his client.  The defense win was recognized as one of the top 10 defense verdicts of 2003 by The National Law Journal.  He has worked extensively with a wide range of experts at the pretrial and trial phases, including experts in the fields of fiduciary liability statistics, real estate and housing economics, forensic accounting, aircraft avionics, aeronautical and mechanical engineering, industrial hygiene, exposure assessment, neurology, molecular and cellular pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics.

Mr. Carew has authored or coauthored several legal articles related to emerging litigation trends and product liability.  He is a member of the Texas and Dallas Bar Associations.  He also participates in pro bono matters and was named “2006 Outstanding New Pro Bono Lawyer’ by the Dallas Bar Association – Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. 

Before law school, Mr. Carew was a financial analyst for a major aerospace corporation.  His experience includes material cost estimating, defense contract auditing, subcontract cost analysis, and subcontract negotiation.  He was also a financial analyst for a national restaurant company where he built rate-of-return models for forecasting new restaurant construction and development costs.  Mr. Carew served as a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and is a decorated veteran of the first Iraq war.

Current Employment Position(s):
Associate

Areas Of Practice:
Commercial and Complex Business Litigation
Product Liability Litigation
Trust Litigation
Construction Litigation

Bar Admissions:
Texas, 2001
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

Publications:
"Update on Punitive Damages Claims: A 50-State Survey (Texas)", American Bar Association Product Liability Subsection, May 2007 (lead author).

"PFOA Litigation: More to Come?", Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts, April 2006 (co-author).

"Attacks on Food Industry Escalate: An Update," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (co-author).

Education:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2001 J.D.

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1994 B.S.
Major: Finance

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Dallas Bar Association
Member

State Bar of Texas
Member

Military Service:
United States Army, Sergeant, Military Policeman
Decorated Veteran, Iraq War I

Past Employment Positions:
RockBottom Restaurants, Inc., Financial Analyst
Lockheed Martin, Astronautics Div., Financial Analyst