For more than 20 years, Carl Hartmann has been lead trial and appellate counsel in numerous, complex federal civil cases throughout the nation -- involving corporate law, employment, intellectual property, HR, EEO, telecommunications, insurance, banking, real estate workouts, and white collar RICO -- and has acted as co-counsel in a number of criminal matters. He has been counsel both for major corporations and individuals, as well as special outside investigative counsel for the federal government in mixed civil/criminal matters. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Hartmann was also the supervising counsel for Merrill Lynch Private Capital’s U.S. Virgin Islands asset recovery operations.

He has consulted with, and developed major programs in compliance, EEO and litigation support for many corporate and governmental clients including Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Justice Department, the U.S. Navy, the Western Area Power Authority, the National Forest Service, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.

As lead counsel for legal publisher HyperLaw, Inc. in the Southern District of New York action Matthew Bender and HyperLaw, Inc. v. West Publishing -- he tried one of the largest successful federal copyright actions regarding database protection and copyright in electronic publishing. He also argued the case in the successful Second Circuit appellate affirmance. In another federal civil action, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit described Mr. Hartmann's victory against a city government following a difficult and extensive federal trial as "a classic jury case".