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Mr. Carter founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.employmentlawgroup.com\/\">The Employment Law Group<\/a>\u00ae law firm in 2002 and is a principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Carter has experience representing service members and veterans who face workplace bias, and employees at higher educational institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among his notable outcomes for clients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employmentlawgroup.com\/in-the-news\/blogs\/firm-news\/court-says-victory-for-telg-client-is-only-reasonable-outcome-in-military-bias-case\/\">Success at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit<\/a> for a U.S. Army reservist who suffered retaliation at a government agency because of his military service;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An appellate ruling that whistleblowers have an absolute right to move to federal court if the U.S. Department of Labor takes too long to act on their complaints;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.employmentlawgroup.com\/in-the-news\/press-releases\/jury-awards-1-million-sexual-harassment-atlantic-automotive\/\">A $1 million jury verdict<\/a> for a woman who was sexually harassed at work and then fired after filing complaints against her supervisor; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An appellate ruling that allowed his client to proceed with claims against three government officials who conducted an investigation that the client considered unfair, defeating an argument by the U.S. Department of Justice that these officials had absolute immunity from civil litigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","listing_categories":[53893],"areas_of_focus":[54264,54532],"class_list":["post-501667","listings","type-listings","status-publish","hentry","listing_categories-lawyers","areas_of_focus-employment","areas_of_focus-whistleblower"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adam Augustine Carter - Northern Virginia Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/best\/lawyers\/adam-augustine-carter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adam Augustine Carter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Known for his deft touch in high-stakes negotiations, Adam Carter frequently helps executives reach favorable agreements with their companies at pivotal career moments. 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