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Dustin Carter

Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
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Dustin Carter
Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Alexandria,
 LA

Dustin C. Carter is a member of Neblett, Beard & Arsenault’s Mass Tort and Complex Litigation Group. His litigation focus has been on defective medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs, toxic torts, and consumer class actions. Dustin’s practice also includes large, complex single event matters, disasters and casualties, including: asbestos/mesothelioma claims, aviation litigation, negligent security and premises liability matters, large trucking accidents, hurricane claims, and admiralty/maritime claims. Dustin has been instrumental in multiple trials resulting in nearly $2 billion in verdicts.

Dustin is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and Mississippi. He also holds a national professional certification in mediation issued by the National Association of Certified Mediators. Dustin was recently appointed to serve as a Neutral/Mediator in Louisiana’s 24th Judicial District in Jefferson Parish in the Hurricane Ida property damage litigation centralized there.

Dustin is an active speaker on complex and mass tort litigation matters, and has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 under 40 Plaintiff Civil Trial Lawyer and a Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Dustin graduated from Mississippi College School of Law, with magna cum laude honors, and served as the Chief Executive Editor of the Law Review, Internal Competition Problem Editor, Brief Writer, as well as Brief Writer and Advocate for the Moot Court Board.

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana State Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
  • Mississippi State Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Education

  • Mississippi College School of Law (2015)
    • J.D., magna cum laude
    • Certificate in Civil Law Studies
  • Louisiana College (2012)
    • B.S., Public Administration, magna cum laude

Law School Awards

  • Scholarships and Writing Awards:
    • Recipient: 2014 Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP Academic Scholarship Award for Excellence in Writing
    • Recipient: 2014 Best Overall Appellee Brief Award, 2014 Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush Appellate Advocacy Competition
  • National Moot Court Awards:
    • Finalist: 2014 Judge Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
    • Semifinalist: 2014 Fifth Circuit/Texas State Bar Association Elliot Cup Regional Moot Court Competition
    • Octofinalist: 2015 Judge Conrad B. Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition
  • Best Paper/AmJur Awards
    • Legal Research I
    • Legal Writing II
    • Appellate Advocacy

Publications

Save the Students, Save the World: How Bankruptcy Could Help Correct the Inequitable Intrusion of For-Profit Colleges Into Higher Education (33 MISS. C. L. REV. 401)

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • National Order of Barristers, 2015 Inductee
  • National Order of Scribes, 2015 Inductee
  • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 member (2018-present)
  • Selected for inclusion in the 2024 & 2025 Louisiana Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers
  • National Association of Certified Mediators
  • Louisiana Association for Justice
  • American Association for Justice
  • Alexandria Bar Association
  • Young Professional Group of Central Louisiana

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