Michael J. Carroll

 


Contacting Michael J. Carroll

Phone: 515.309.6822 (direct)
Fax: 515.309.6823 (direct)
E-mail: mcarroll@babichgoldman.com




“We see problem solving as a special calling, and bring creative solutions to the most vexing issues.”


Supreme Court Experience
Michael practices primarily in employment, discrimination, and civil rights law. Recently, along with co-counsel, Michael worked on a case from the trial court, after a favorable jury verdict, to the 8th Circuit, and then to the United States Supreme Court. Additionally Michael has been privileged to represent attorneys in disciplinary matters before the Iowa Supreme Court’s Board of Professional Responsibility and Grievance Commission.     Michael graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in Political Science before attending Drake University Law School, where he received his J.D. in 1989. At that time, Michael was admitted to practice law in New Mexico as well as the U.S. District Court of New Mexico. He returned to Des Moines in 1991 and was admitted to practice in Iowa as well as the Northern and Southern Districts of the state’s federal courts, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Michael resides in Des Moines with his wife Kathy and their two sons.

Areas of Practice

Employment Law
Discrimination
Civil Rights
Mediation Services

Bar Admissions

State of Iowa (1991)
U.S. District Court Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa
U.S. Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit and Federal Circuit)
U.S. Supreme Court
State of New Mexico, inactive (1989)
U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico (1989)

Education

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, J.D. (1989)
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, B.A. in Political Science (1987)

Honors/Awards

AV® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Certified Mediator

Group/Organization Memberships

Iowa State Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
American Bar Association
Polk County Bar Association
Iowa Trial Lawyers Association
National Employment Lawyers Association
Delta Theta Phi
Drake National Mock Trial Team		  

Published Cases

Brenneman v. Famous Dave's of America, Inc., 410 F. Supp. 2d 828
(S.D. Iowa 2006)
Ceurvorst v. Principal Life Ins. Co., 728 N.W.2d 852 (Iowa 2007)
City of Hampton v. Iowa Civil Rights Com'n, 554 N.W.2d 532 (Iowa 1996)
Edwards v. Midwest Clothiers, L.L.C., Slip Copy (S.D. Iowa 2005)
Garrison v. Kemin Industries, Inc., Not Reported in F. Supp. 2d
(S.D. Iowa 2005)
Gaston v. The Restaurant Co., 260 F. Supp. 2d 742, 1411 (N.D. Iowa 2003)
Glandon v. Keokuk County Health Center, 408 F. Supp. 2d 759
(S.D. Iowa 2005)
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., 129 S.Ct. 2343 (2009)
Holmes v. Marriott Corp., 831 F. Supp. 691 (S.D. Iowa 1993)
Hutchins v. International Broth. of Teamsters, 177 F.3d 1076 (Iowa 1999)
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Blazek, 739 N.W.2d 67
(Iowa 2007)
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Clauss, 711 N.W.2d 1
(Iowa 2006)
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. D'Angelo, 710 N.W.2d 226 (Iowa 2006)
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Bd. v. Piazza, 756 N.W.2d 690 (Iowa 2008)
Iowa Supreme Court Bd. of Professional Ethics and Conduct v. Tofflemire, 689 N.W.2d 83, (Iowa 2004)
Jimenez v. Duran, 287 F. Supp. 2d 979 (N.D. Iowa 2003)
Krough v. Cessford Const. Co., 231 F. Supp. 2d 914 (S.D. Iowa 2002)
Krough v. Cessford Const. Co., 336 F.3d 710 (8th Cir. 2003)
Loeckle v. State Farm Auto. Ins. Co., 59 F. Supp. 2d 838 (N.D. Iowa 1999)
Manning v. Wells Fargo Financial, Inc., 756 N.W.2d 480 (Iowa 2008)
Lynnville Transport, Inc. v. Chao, 316 F. Supp. 2d 790 (S.D. Iowa 2004)
Martino-Catt v. E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co., 213 F.R.D. 308
(S.D. Iowa 2003)
Martino-Catt v. E.I. duPont Nemours and Co., 317 F. Supp. 2d 914
(S.D. Iowa 2004)
Miller v. Wells Dairy Inc., 90 F.3d. 193 (8th Cir. 2004)
Miller v. Wells Dairy, Inc., 252 F. Supp. 2d 799 (N.D. Iowa 2003)
Moschetti v. Chicago, Cent. & Pacific R. Co., 119 F.3d 707 (8th Cir. 1997)
Nelson v. Long Lines Ltd., 335 F. Supp. 2d 944 (N.D.
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