Mr. Carrier has been practicing law with Tydings & Rosenberg for more than 25 years and is the firm’s Managing Partner.
He has a lengthy record of accomplishment in defending national and Maryland companies in employment ligation and general commercial disputes. He has litigated and counseled employers on diverse employment matters, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, disability, famil...
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Mr. Carrier has been practicing law with Tydings & Rosenberg for more than 25 years and is the firm’s Managing Partner.
He has a lengthy record of accomplishment in defending national and Maryland companies in employment ligation and general commercial disputes. He has litigated and counseled employers on diverse employment matters, including discrimination, wrongful discharge, disability, family leave, wage-and-hour claims, and trade secrets.
Since 1986, Mr. Carrier has also been litigating and counseling clients on employee benefit issues and the Employee Income Retirement Security Act (“ERISA”). He has advised plans, trustees, administrators, and service providers on fiduciary liability and compliance issues, contribution and funding issues, benefits, and insurance questions arising from fiduciary and service provider liability.
Listed by Benchmark Litigation 2010 and 2011 as a "local star" in the State of Maryland and cited for the past five years in an annual list of Maryland “Super Lawyers” appearing in Baltimore Magazine, Mr. Carrier has published widely on various legal topics. He is also AV® Peer Review Rated – the highest possible peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
An experienced and tenacious trial attorney, Mr. Carrier has won many verdicts in state and federal courts. Recently, he has defended:
- An AmLaw 250 national law firm and one of its partners against a claim brought by a former secretary. The secretary contended in the action that she had been discharged in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991 (“FMLA”). The claim was tried before a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis presiding. After a four-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the law firm on November 19, 2007;
- An office equipment retailer/distributor (the “Company”) against claims brought by its former Human Resources Director. The claims arose out of an alleged sexual assault occurring at an off-site Company retreat. The plaintiff alleged that, after a night of drinking, an executive of the company had attempted to sexually assault her in her hotel room upon their return from a local bar. The claims against the Company included claims for vicarious liability arising out of the incident, a claim for negligent hiring and supervision, and claims for gender discrimination, hostile work environment, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On December 2, 2008, after a ten-day trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland before the Honorable Benson E. Legg, Chief Judge, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Company, finding that it had not retaliated against the plaintiff in violation of Title VII. A judgment was entered by the Court on December 10, 2008; and
- National companies, such as Dollar Tree, Inc. and Best Buy, Inc., against various discrimination claims in federal and state courts.
Mr. Carrier's ERISA and employee benefit experience includes:
- Serving as counsel to the MM&P MATES Program (a multi-employer training fund headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland); the Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund (a multi-employer pension plan); the Ryder Systems, Inc., plans (single employer plans for Ryder employees); and several other small to mid-size single-employer plans;
- Playing a lead role in connection with multi-lawsuit litigation brought on behalf of the Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund against fiduciaries and service providers to that fund;
- Defending plans, administrators, and trustees against claims for breach of fiduciary duty under Title I, Part 4 of ERISA (ERISA's fiduciary duty section); and
- Litigating and counseling in regard to the obligations and liabilities of plan service providers including actuaries, accountants, counsel, and in-house and third-party administrators.
Among the reported cases in which Mr. Carrier has represented clients are:
- Lowen v. Tower Asset Management, 829 F.2d 1209 (2d Cir. 1987)
- In re Masters, Mates & Pilots Pension Plan and IRAP Litigation, 957 F.2d 1020 (2d Cir. 1992)
- Custer v. Sweeney, 89 F.3d 1156 (4th Cir. 1996)
- Loonie v. Thorne, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 28751 (4th Cir. 1996)
- Sweeney v. Moore, 1997, 21 E.B.C. 1337 (4th Cir. 1997)
- Harrington v. Carlough, 22 E.B.C. 1110 (4th Cir. 1999)
- Snowden v. Checkpoint Check Cashing, 290 F.3d 631 (4th Cir.) cert. denied 2002 U.S. LEXIS 9264 (2002)
Prior to joining Tydings & Rosenberg, Mr. Carrier clerked for the Honorable Walter C. Black, Jr., United States District Judge (1983-84).
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