He began his career in 1971 in
Washington, D.C. where he served as an
attorney-advisor to a member (judge) of the
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Thereafter, from 1973 to 1977, he was a
trial attorney for the NLRB in Houston and
San Antonio, Texas. The first case he tried
at the NLRB, Eastex,
Inc., resulted in a United States Supreme
Court decision in 1978.
In 1977, Mr. Carrabba went into the private
practice of labor and employment law
representing employers exclusively. He
currently advises management clients in all
areas of labor and employment law, including
employment discrimination, Title VII, Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, Americans
with Disabilities Act, Fair Credit Reporting
Act, Affirmative Action Programs, wrongful
termination, the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, the National Labor Relations
Act, collective bargaining, arbitration,
retaliatory discharge under the Texas
Workers’ Compensation Act, the Fair Labor
Standards Act, labor relations (employee
handbooks) and personnel policies. Successful
trial matters that he has handled on behalf
of employers include a Federal Court victory
in March, 2006 for a construction company,
where a union was seeking over $8,000,000.00
in alleged damages; a Federal Court jury
trial involving allegations of race and
national origin discrimination; a State
Court jury trial alleging age
discrimination; and a dismissal of an NLRB
case by an Administrative Law Judge. |
