Adam Augustine Carter

Adam Augustine Carter is a principal and founding attorney at The Employment Law Group PC who represents employees and executives in high-stakes workplace matters. Adam handles wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination, whistleblower claims, and employment negotiations involving hiring, promotion, and separation. He has particular experience representing service members and veterans under USERRA and employees at colleges and universities. His practice includes litigation, appeals, arbitration, and negotiated resolutions, with a strong focus on solving employment disputes efficiently and protecting individual rights.

Adam earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as editor-in-chief of the American Criminal Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Judge Oliver Gasch of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He then practiced white collar criminal defense before devoting most of his career to employment law. That background developed close attention to facts, evidence, and adversarial strategy, skills he now applies in employment litigation, whistleblower matters, and negotiations involving significant professional and financial consequences.

Adam has obtained major trial and appellate outcomes for clients in retaliation, discrimination, harassment, military-service, and whistleblower cases. His results include jury verdicts for a university scientist, a former Marine Corps pilot, and a woman who alleged sexual harassment and retaliatory termination. He has also secured appellate rulings addressing military-service retaliation, whistleblower access to federal court, and civil claims against government officials. Alongside courtroom work, he regularly negotiates employment agreements and settlements intended to resolve disputes without extended litigation.

Adam Augustine Carter is admitted in the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court, and numerous federal courts. His work has been recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Chambers, Lawdragon, and other legal publications, and he is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He also teaches negotiation skills within his firm and participates in employment-law organizations. His practice combines courtroom experience, negotiation strategy, and detailed analysis to help employees navigate difficult workplace conflicts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, The Employment Law Group, P.C.
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Fellow, The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (2023 – Present)
• Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
• Member, Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
• Treasurer, The Barristers of Washington, D.C. (2024 – Present)
• President, The Counsellors (2018-2019)
• Treasurer, Current, Friends of Stead Park
• Member, Order of Malta

Licensed State

• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• Maryland

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Georgetown University
  A.B. in Economics

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