Mark Carta is a Member of the Silvermine’s Executive Committee of the Silvermine’s School of Arts in New Canaan, CT.

October 23, 2017 -Mark Carta has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Silvermine Guild of Artists, Inc. in New Canaan, Connecticut. The Silvermine Arts Center, a Guild of over 300 professional artists, operates five galleries, a School of Art, and outreach programs in the Norwalk and Stamford schools.

Please see article on Law360 at http://www.law360.com/articles/700084/2nd-circ-says-ibm-didn-t-do-benched-executive-any-favors

As the Connecticut member of the international network of A-rated law firms known as LEGUS,  Mark Carta of Carta McAlister & Moore is leading a discussion among the members’ managing partners entitled: “ Marketing and Marketing Budgets.” More information about this select group of law firms and the LEGUS organization is available at www.leguslaw.com

Mark Carta and Margaret Triolo spoke at the May 18th meeting of the Employment Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association about the anatomy of an age discrimination claim.  Their presentation focused on the use of Motions in Limine and the recovery of damages.  In addition, they discussed the procedure and benefits of their use of a mock jury in preparing for a civil rights discrimination trial.

In an article entitled “Survey of Development in Labor and Employment Law” that appeared in the 2015 year end issue of the Connecticut Bar Journal (Vol. 89, No. 2), there is an extensive discussion of the age discrimination verdict won by Mark Carta and Margaret Triolo-Riley against IBM.

Mark Carta gave a presentation on Discrimination & Retaliation Claims – A Crash Course in Employment Litigation at the Fairfield County Bar Association. The presentation included topics such as an explanation of common discrimination claims brought by current and former employees and a primer on retaliation and whistleblower claims and how to guard against and respond to them.

The United States District Court issued a 38-page opinion on July 23rd affirming a jury’s Age Discrimination verdict won by Attorney Mark Carta on behalf of a former IBM executive. After analyzing and denying each of the defendant IBM’s flurry of post-trial motions, the Court directed that a Final Judgment in the amount of $3,718,920.78 be entered in favor of the plaintiff.

Mark Carta was quoted today in a Bloomberg.com news article entitled “Old, Fired at IBM: Trendsetter Offers Workers Arbitration” that analyzed IBM’s new practice of not disclosing statistical information related to the ages and positions of employed who have been dismissed and requiring that such employees agree to arbitrate all future claims as part of IBM’s standard severance agreement. Link to the article:
http://bloom.bg/SSVEvO

CMM attorneys recently won a jury verdict valued at over $3.6 million against IBM. Mark Carta and Margaret Triolo of CMM obtained this verdict on behalf of a former IBM executive on an age discrimination claim. Following a two week trial in the United States District Court in Hartford, the jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The jury found that the plaintiff – an IBM employee of 41 years – had been discriminated against in violation of both the United States Age Discrimination in Employment Act and New York State Human Rights Law based on his age. In addition, based on the jury’s further finding that the violation of the plaintiff’s civil rights was willful, the jury awarded punitive damages and $500,000 for his emotional distress. The plaintiff stated that he could not have been more pleased with the results of CMM’s representation and that he believed the jury had completely vindicated his rights.

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