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Janet Carter

Senior Director, Issues and Appeals

Janet directs Everytown Law’s national Second Amendment practice, defending gun safety laws against constitutional challenges through amicus briefing, advice to government lawyers, and direct representation.

Janet directs Everytown Law’s national Second Amendment practice, defending gun safety laws against constitutional challenges through amicus briefing, advice to government lawyers, and direct representation. She also works with Everytown Law’s affirmative litigation team to craft and execute appellate strategy in state and federal courts across the country. 

Janet clerked for Judge Richard Posner at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Office

  • New York

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Court Admissions

  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits
  • United States Supreme Court