Stewart Honored with Emerging Leader Award

Carter M. Stewart, an associate in the Columbus office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, has been awarded the John Mercer Langston Bar Association's Emerging Leader Award. Recipients of the Emerging Leader Award are lawyers that show promise as young attorneys and community leaders.

As a member of the litigation group, Stewart specializes in complex litigation matters and has experience in commercial litigation, criminal defense, antitrust, and education law.  As an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of California, he prosecuted a wide range of cases, including money laundering, illegal immigration, narcotics possession, and the unlawful distribution of performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes.

Before joining Vorys, Mr. Stewart also worked as a litigation associate at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen LLP (now Bingham McCutchen LLP) in San Francisco where he focused on antitrust, shareholder class action suits and commercial contract disputes.

Stewart is a member of the American Bar Association and received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, his M.A. from Columbia University and his B.A. from Stanford University.

The JMLBA is an affiliate member of the National Bar Association whose purpose is to be a facilitator for excellence within the legal profession while also encouraging community service for those in need. Stewart was officially honored at the JMLBA’s Barristers Salute on May 15th in Columbus.