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Practice Areas

• Employment, Civil Rights

Education

• Duke University
  (B.S. Psychology with an African-American Studies Minor; Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Angier B. Duke Merit Scholarship)
• Oxford University
  New College: Lord Rothemere Scholar, studied comparisons of the American and British legal systems (while enrolled at Duke University)
• Harvard Law School
  Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Black Law Students Association

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Georgia
  
  State Bar of New York
  
  Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
  
  U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
  
  U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Assistant

Anita Dunn
anitadunn@asherafuse.com
404-870-6894

Carmen A. Butler

Prior to attending law school, Carmen worked as a paralegal in the litigation and labor and employment departments of a Cleveland, Ohio law firm. During law school at Harvard, she was a student attorney at the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, representing clients in the areas of employment law, family law, and social security hearings. Following law school, she was an associate in the labor and employment department of a large national firm in New York. A native of Atlanta, Carmen moved back to Atlanta and began working with Ashe, Rafuse & Hill in August 2003. Since working for ARH, she has represented clients in all aspects of employment law, including matters brought under Title VII , Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the ADEA, FMLA, and various other state and federal employment law statutes. She has also represented restaurants in civil rights matters brought under Title II and Section 1981.

During law school and during her legal career, Carmen has provided pro bono representation to victims of domestic violence. She is a member of Hands on Atlanta and volunteers for various projects through HOA, including volunteering at Westminster Commons nursing home.

Carmen loves all sports, and is in her high school athletic hall of fame for soccer and volleyball. She is still involved in soccer and has played in adult soccer leagues and has coached youth soccer. She is a huge Duke University sports fan (not just a fan of the men’s basketball team, but everything from Duke men’s soccer to Duke women’s lacrosse).

Carmen and her husband Jason (a high school teacher in the DeKalb County School System) are the parents of two young sons.

Representative Experience

• Representation of employers in Title VII race, color, national origin, gender and retaliation claims.
• Representation of employers in ADEA cases
• Representation of restaurants in Title II and Section 1981 public accommodations cases
• Provide counseling regarding drafting of employee handbooks and sexual harassment policies
• Management training and in-house paralegal training regarding federal and state employment laws.

Professional Organizations and Memberships

• ABA
• Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
• Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia Bar, Minorities in the Profession Committee

Civic Involvement and Leadership:

• Duke University Alumni Association
• Duke University Alumni Association Admissions Committee
• Hands on Atlanta