Mike Carrico Supportive of Clients
Mike (Carrico) is supportive of the human beings involved in these legal processes and is sensitive to their anxieties. -Debi Hines, Special Education Director, APS
Lawyers
Michael L. Carrico - Shareholder
I practice in the following areas:
Commercial Litigation, Litigation
Practice
Mr. Carrico concentrates his practice in education law, employment law and commercial litigation.
His education law practice emphasizes special education law. He serves as a primary counsel to the Albuquerque Public Schools, a district of 90,000 students, on special education related matters, and in that capacity provides counsel on day-to-day issues, as well as litigates special education matters in administrative proceedings and in the federal courts. Mr. Carrico also advises school districts regarding student civil rights matters, employment matters, the development of school policies and procedures and related school law issues.
Mr. Carrico's employment law practice involves advising both public and private employers regarding personnel policies, employee discipline, disability accommodations and similar matters, as well as litigation of discrimination claims, claims for retaliatory discharge, and breach of employment contract claims. Mr. Carrico's commercial litigation practice focuses on contract claims, business torts and business fraud claims.
Professional Activities
- New Mexico Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section and Litigation Section
- Christian Legal Aid
- Frequent speaker at legal seminars on education and employment law issues
Honors
Order of Coif
Education
- University of Kentucky School of Law, with honors, 1991
- University of Illinois, 1985, B.S. Electrical Engineering
Bar Admissions
- New Mexico State Courts, 1991
- nited States District Court, District of New Mexico, 1992
- United States Court of Claims, 1991
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1992
- United States Supreme Court, 1997
