Carol E. Head Associate carol.head@bingham.com Download vCard T 617.951.8049 F 617.951.8736 Boston Carol Head's practice spans a broad range of commercial and constitutional litigation in state and federal courts and in arbitration. Her clients range from individuals and local companies to international corporations. Carol has participated in numerous appeals, working with teams that have obtained, among others, a victory in the Second Circuit that reversed the denial of a motion to compel arbitration of a dispute arising under an investment relationship between a motor vehicle manufacturer and an individual operator; a victory in the First Circuit in favor of a financial services company, which reversed an order vacating an arbitration award in a dispute involving an employee stock plan; and a victory in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that dismissed breach of contract and covenant of good faith and fair dealing claims brought against a financial services company under an employee stock plan. Active in pro bono work, Carol was part of a team representing a prison inmate involved in a dispute over religious rights before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Through the ACLU, she defended criminal defense attorneys against a district attorney's motion for a gag order to prevent them from speaking about their client's vacated conviction. Prior to joining the firm, Carol clerked for Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2002-2004) and Judge Ronald R. Lagueux of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island (2001-2002). As a law student, she interned at the Rhode Island U.S. Attorney's Office. Before law school, she worked as a policy analyst in the Rhode Island General Treasurer's Office. REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS Represented a motor vehicle manufacturer in an arbitration proceeding concerning claims brought by a former dealer operator Represented a financial services company in litigation arising out of alleged employment discrimination Represented an artist being sued by a museum in a case raising significant issues under the Visual Artists Rights Act Represented a motion picture production company and distributor in a dispute about DVD labeling Represented a well-known documentary filmmaker in a defamation and invasion of privacy action PUBLICATIONS "Class Certification Under the Robinson-Patman Act: Is This Sleepy Corner of Antitrust Law in for a Wake-Up Call?," ABA Newsletter, Antitrust Law Section(Spring 2008) Co-author, "The Second Circuit Limits the ADDCA's Restrictions on the Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements Between Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Dealers," Distribution, Vol. 11 (March 2007) MEMBERSHIPS Boston Bar Association Rhode Island Bar Association Women's Bar Association Governing Board of the Supreme Judicial Court Law Clerks' Society ADMISSIONS Admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Rhode Island U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit EDUCATION Boston College Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2001 Duke University, Master of Public Policy, 1995 Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, 1990