Dylan B. Carp is a Partner in the San Francisco, California office of Jackson Lewis LLP.
Mr. Carp is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and a co-founder of Jackson Lewis’ Appellate Practice Group.
Mr. Carp has argued 10 appeals before federal and state courts. In addition to appeals and writs, Mr. Carp focuses his practice on unfair competition and trade secrets law, having second chaired a three-month unfair competition jury trial.
Mr. Carp also handles all aspects of litigation in cases involving discrimination, harassment, disability, and wage and hour issues, including taking and defending depositions, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, and participating in mediations and settlement conferences.
In addition to Mr. Carp’s litigation practice, he counsels employers on unfair competition, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour issues.
Mr. Carp has lectured on ethics and appellate law and litigation tactics. Mr. Carp has also published articles on these and related topics. His article on statutory interpretation was cited by a California court of appeal.
Prior to joining Jackson Lewis in 2007, Mr. Carp had a general litigation practice and also litigated federal civil rights class actions.
Mr. Carp received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1998 and a B.A. in Mathematics from Hamilton College in 1991.
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Dylan B. Carp is a Partner in the San Francisco, California office of Jackson Lewis LLP.
Mr. Carp is a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and a co-founder of Jackson Lewis’ Appellate Practice Group.
Mr. Carp has argued 10 appeals before federal and state courts. In addition to appeals and writs, Mr. Carp focuses his practice on unfair competition and trade secrets law, having second chaired a three-month unfair competition jury trial.
Mr. Carp also handles all aspects of litigation in cases involving discrimination, harassment, disability, and wage and hour issues, including taking and defending depositions, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, and participating in mediations and settlement conferences.
In addition to Mr. Carp’s litigation practice, he counsels employers on unfair competition, discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour issues.
Mr. Carp has lectured on ethics and appellate law and litigation tactics. Mr. Carp has also published articles on these and related topics. His article on statutory interpretation was cited by a California court of appeal.
Prior to joining Jackson Lewis in 2007, Mr. Carp had a general litigation practice and also litigated federal civil rights class actions.
Mr. Carp received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1998 and a B.A. in Mathematics from Hamilton College in 1991.
Published Works
Articles
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"Measured Response"
San Francisco Daily Journal (April 24, 2007) [Contributor] |
"Show, Don’t Tell"
San Francisco Daily Journal (March 26, 2007) [Contributor] |
"Court Needs to Follow its Own Rule of Not Relying on Legislative History"
San Francisco Daily Journal (Nov 15, 2006) [Contributor] |
"Getting Arbitration Awards Reviewed Remains Unlikely"
San Francisco Daily Journal (Oct 19, 2006) [Contributor] |
"Mastering the Law on Requesting Judicial Notice on Appeal"
ABA Appellate Practice Journal (Spring 2005) [Co-Author] |
"Owners Who Deliberately Keep Themselves Ignorant of their Company’s Polluting Activities Likely to Face Criminal Liability under the Clean Water Act"
Environmental Litigation Committee Newsletter (2003) [Author] |
"Raising Issues on Appeal for the First Time"
K&L Update: Appellate Briefs 6.3 (Oct 2002) [Author] |
"Large and Small Business Owners Take Note: “Private Attorney General” Actions Under California’s Unfair Competition Law"
K&L Update: Cal. Litigation (Sept 2002) [Author] |
"Out of Scalia’s Shadow"
Liberty Magazine (Sept 1998) [Author] |
"The Case of the Litigious Little Leaguer"
3 TEX. REV. L. & POLITICS 171 (1998) [Author] |
Honors, Awards and Pro Bono Activity
Honors
- Recognized by Northern California Super Lawyers for 2012
- Named Lawyer of the Year 2005 by the Compliance Reporter
Lectures
- Participated as panel member in CLE discussion sponsored by the Bar Association of San Francisco on lawyer ethics at the appellate level
- Presented 1-hour national intra-firm CLE lecture on appellate courts’ discretion to address issues first raised on appeal
- Presented 30-minute national intra-firm lectures on petitioning for rehearing in the federal courts of appeals, the use of motions for judgment to preserve claims of error on appeal, and the use of supersedeas bonds to stay enforcement of judgment pending appeal
Professional Activities
- Contributing editor, The Appellate Practice Journal, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
- Former Co-chair, Bar Liaison Subcommittee, Appellate Practice Committee, Section of Litigation, ABA
- Judge, American Bar Association, Law Student Division, 2002 West Regional National Appellate Advocacy Competition
- Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers, ABA Appellate Judges Conference
- Member, Appellate Practice Section, Bar Association of San Francisco
- Member, Amicus Committee, Defense Research Institute, Appellate Practice Section
- Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
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