Devin J. Carpenter

Devin Carpenter is a commercial litigator with experience in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts around the country. He represents clients in complex high-stakes disputes in a variety of areas, including antitrust, trade secrets, breach of contract, fraud, privacy, and ERISA. His clients span a range of industries, including telecommunications, insurance, agriculture, manufacturing, and finance.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

• Won summary judgment for national public company in a real estate dispute resulting in final judgment and no appeal*
• One of only a few practitioners to successfully establish federal question subject-matter jurisdiction for a motion to vacate an arbitral award after the Supreme Court’s Badgerow opinion*
• Successfully appealed bankruptcy court’s dismissal of tort claims, reinstating claims seeking over $100m in damages against multiple foreign defendants*
• Achieved dismissal with prejudice at the pleading stage of action brought against largest chemical producer in the world*
• Obtained judgment on the pleadings resulting in dismissal of all claims against one of the largest telecommunications providers in the US*
• Obtained a TRO against the competitor of a leading agricultural-product manufacturer, enjoining the competitor from marketing, selling, or delivering any product developed with my client’s confidential information*
• Obtained a TRO against a competitor on behalf of a leading environmental services company*
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice at the pleading stage of all claims asserted against the president of a professional sports team*

*matter handled prior to joining Honigman LLP

Prior Experience

• DLA Piper, Litigation Associate

Education

Admissions

Press Releases

Publications

• Confined Without Cause: The Constitutional Right to Prompt Probable Cause Determinations, National Juvenile Defender Center (2018)
• “So Made That I Cannot Believe”: The ICCPR and the Protection of Non-Religious Expression in Predominately Religious Countries, 18 CHI. J. INT’L L. 216 (2017)