Michael A. Carvin

Mike Carvin focuses on constitutional, appellate, civil rights, and civil litigation against the federal government. He has argued numerous cases in the United States Supreme Court and in virtually every federal appeals court. These cases include the recent constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the decisions invalidating Sarbanes-Oxley's accounting board, preventing the Justice Department from obtaining monetary relief against the tobacco industry under RICO, overturning the federal government's plan to statistically adjust the census, limiting the Justice Department's ability to create "majority-minority" districts, and upholding Proposition 209's ban on racial preferences in California.

Mike was one of the lead lawyers, and argued before the Florida Supreme Court, on behalf of George W. Bush in the 2000 election Florida recount controversy. He also has represented state governments, financial institutions, telecommunications, and energy companies in "takings," First Amendment, civil rights, and statutory challenges to federal government actions.

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Areas of Practice 1) Litigation, 2) Issues & Appeals, 3) Government Regulation, 4) Administrative & Agency Litigation and 5) U.S. Court of Federal Claims Litigation
Law School The George Washington University Law School
Education Tulane University (B.A. cum laude 1978)
Bar Member / Association District of Columbia
Most recent firm Jones Day
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