Mr. Carrow's practice includes commercial claims of a substantial nature. One would think that "commercial law" would include all law that, by definition, involves commerce. As all who have dealt with commercial law, either transactional matters or litigation, are aware, it does not. If all commerce related law were encompassed by that term, there would be very little law remaining. Even torts and criminal law often involve commerce, directly or indirectly. To make matters even more confusing, certain areas of law generally treated as falling within the ambit of "commercial law," arguably do not, e.g., intellectual property law, information technology & multimedia law, tax law and media law, to mention but a few. For purposes of this page, "commercial law" is defined to encompass substantial matters affecting credit, debt collection, bankruptcy and the Uniform Commercial Code, including creditors' rights, mortgage foreclosure, banking law, development financing, and contracts for the sale of goods.

Having defined the term, suffice it to say that Mr. Carrow's practice includes negotiation, mediation, arbitration and if necessary, litigation of any of the commercial claims defined above with the exception of bankruptcy and tax related matters. The fee terms of Mr. Carrow's representation with regard to commercial disputes, are negotiated on a case by base basis.

As is the case with other areas of his practice, Mr. Carrow has come to the realization that delay,  stress,  animosity  and expense of litigation often outweigh the benefits, even to the prevailing party, who in addition to encountering the travails which accompany litigation, may have spent more in prosecuting the claim than was realized at the end of the day.  The cost of defense alone often places the defendant or his insurance carrier in a no-win position as well. Mr. Carrow has concluded, as has the legal profession generally, that Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") is the most effective method to dispose of the large majority of civil disputes, whatever their nature, in a civil, timely, fair and cost effective manner. In addition to his experience as an advocate involved in the ADR process, Mr. Carrow has acted as a private mediator and arbitrator as a court appointed settlement conference panelist, on numberous occasions.

On occasion, the facts surrounding the commercial dispute involve charges of fraud and deceit, or other wrongful acts, of a criminal nature. Mr. Carrow has had considerable and successful experience in defending against such allegations. He limits his criminal defense involvement, however, to matters which qualify in a general sense as "white collar crime."