Mr. Addie-Carter is an Associate Attorney with Horman Nichols where he represents individuals and businesses before administrative agencies, the District and Circuit Courts of Maryland. His practice areas include civil litigation, landlord/tenant law, serious traffic defense, collections, family law, and personal injury.

Mr. Addie-Carter graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in 2016. While in law school, he served as a competition volunteer judge for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and the Editor-in-Chief for the Criminal Law Practitioner publication. Additionally, he served internships with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office; the Hon. John M. Maloney of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland; and represented low-income tenants as a student attorney with DC Law Students in Court, Inc. He is a 2016 fellowship recipient of the College’s JD Distinguished Fellowship Program.

Mr. Addie-Carter was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2016. He has served as a Legal Fellow with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office; an Assistant State’s Attorney for Frederick County, Maryland; and as the Judicial Law Clerk for the District Court of Maryland, District Eleven (Frederick & Washington Counties).

Since moving to Frederick, Mr. Addie-Carter has become active with the Bar Association of Frederick County, Maryland, where he enjoys serving as an attorney judge for the MYLaw High School Mock Trial Competition. He additionally served on the Church Council for Grace United Church of Christ, where he directed the Church’s outreach work and volunteer projects and on the Community Partnership Committee of The Frederick Center, Frederick County's local LGBTQ+ resource, support, and information center. He currently lives in Frederick with his husband and their two cats.

EDUCATION

Law Degree

American University Washington College of Law, J.D. 2016

Undergraduate

American University, B.A. (Justice) 2012 ​

PRACTICE

Family law & Adoption

Civil litigation

Serious traffic defense

Personal Injury

HONORS & AFFILIATIONS

2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star

2016 JD Distinguished Fellow, American University Washington College of Law

Maryland State Bar Association

Bar Association of Frederick County

COURT ADMISSIONS

Maryland, 2016

United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 2019

CIVIC

Attorney Judge, MYLaw High School Mock Trial Competition, 2018 to Present

Member, Community Partnership Committee – The Frederick Center, 2021 to Present

Chair, Outreach Ministry Commission – Grace United Church of Christ, 2018 to 2020