Carl represents both plaintiffs and defendants in trial and appellate courts in a wide range of matters, with an emphasis on antitrust, securities, malpractice, and derivative actions.
In antitrust matters, Carl has handled actions against a large pharmacy chain, a major food production company, one of the nation’s largest radiation oncology providers, and one of the country’s leading residential real estate platforms. He has represented clients as varied as a major quick service restaurant company, a group of physicians, a start-up company, and individual consumers, in actions for damages, declaratory, and injunctive relief. He also provides antitrust counseling.
For a decade, Carl ran one of the most important securities matters in recent history. That matter went to the United States Supreme Court twice and culminated in two merits decisions, first in Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., (Halliburton I) and again in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton (Halliburton II). In 2018, following remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the court gave final approval to a $100 million settlement on behalf of a class of shareholders Carl represented.
Carl regularly defends legal malpractice actions and has handled multiple derivative actions, including one where he represented a special litigation committee that recently won court approval to settle a bitterly disputed action over the objections of the original plaintiffs after a three-day evidentiary hearing.
Carl has handled multiple appeals in state appellate courts, U.S. courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Before joining Boies Schiller, Carl worked for three years on the civil appellate staff at the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the U.S. in federal courts of appeals.
Carl has been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the leading 500 litigators in America. In 2017, Carl shared Litigator of the Week honors from The American Lawyer for his work in the Halliburton case. Carl is a long-time member of the board of directors of Americans for Immigrant Justice, which provides legal counsel for indigent immigrants.
Before attending law school, Carl was a reporter for The Miami Herald.