Attorney E. Leon Carter, Munck Carter, LLP, Dallas, Texas

	March 13, 2010

E. Leon Carter
600 Banner Place Tower
12770 Coit Road
Dallas, Texas 75251

Phone:
(972) 628-3625

Fax:
(972) 628-3616

E-mail:
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Web site:
http://www.munckcarter.com

Position	Education	Honors
Published Works	Affiliations

Leon Carter is a Partner and Board Member of Munck Carter, and practices within the Firm's Litigation section. Mr. Carter who has over 20 years of trial and litigation experience working with an impressive client list. Mr. Carter was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2007, Mr. Carter was named by the Dallas Business Journal to "The Defenders - One of the Top 15 Business-Defense Lawyers in the D-FW Metroplex, as well as a Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine. In 2007, Mr. Carter was also selected as one of Lawdragon's 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

Mr. Carter has served as a Dallas County Assistant District Attorney and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas. He has also served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington and SMU's Dedman School of Law. He has provided legal analysis for Court TV, a CBS affiliate and a FOX affiliate.

After serving as Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Carter joined the law firm of Jackson Walker, L.L.P. where he was a Senior Partner in the Litigation section. His experience includes representing plaintiffs and defendants in the areas of patent litigation, products liability, First Amendment issues, labor and employment, and toxic tort litigation. He has appeared in a variety of State and Federal courts and has tried more than 50 civil and criminal cases to a jury. Mr. Carter has conducted numerous mediations compiling a settlement rate of over ninety percent.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1986; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

Education:: Texas Southern University, 1986, Houston, Texas
J.D.; East Texas Baptist University, 1980, Marshall, Texas
B.A.

Published Works:: Legal Action on the Go: The Patent Rocket Docket', SmartBusiness Dallas, June, 2007

Classes/Seminars Taught:: How To Select A Jury For A Corporate Client: Overcoming Jury Bias; Discovery About Experts Under The New Rules; Discovery Regarding Expert Witnesses; Things Not To Do When A Complaint (Grievance) Has Been Filed Against You; Expert Testimony In Texas Courts; Government Authorities Use Of Subpoenaing To Obtain Financial Records : How Far Can They Go?; Preparing A Client (Or Witness) For Deposition; How To Offer And Exclude Evidence - Evidence Tampering And Destruction; Expert And Opinion Evidence: Qualification, Scope And Form Of Examination

Honors and Awards:: Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers; Advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates; Former co-chair, Judiciary Committee of the Dallas Bar Association; Named repeatedly a top Super Lawyer in the State of Texas by Texas Monthly; Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America; Selected by the Dallas Business Journal as one of the Top 15 Business Defense Lawyers in the D/FW metroplex; Selected for inclusion in the Top 500 Lawyers in the United States; Selected as a Director of the Dallas Bar Association; Selected as a Member of the Committee For a Qualified Judiciary

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow; American Board of Trial Advocates, Dallas Chapter; Fellows of the Dallas Bar Foundation; Chair; Dallas Bar Foundation; Fellow; State Bar of Texas, Executive Committee - Litigation Council; Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court; Member; Judge T. John Ward Inn of Court; Member; Dallas Bar Association; Past Co-Chair of Judiciary Committee; College of the State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Harrison County Bar Association; Member; Dallas County Bar Association; Member; Camp John Marc; Board Member; Vickery Meadows Learning Center; Board Member; Big Brothers Big Sisters; Past Board Member; Leadership Dallas; Past Member, Class 2000; Martin Luther King Center; Past Chair of the Board; Volunteer Center of Dallas County; Past Board Member; Dallas Subcommittee of the Unauthorized Practice of Law; Past Board Member

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