J. Lynette Carter focuses her practice at Eckert Seamans in the area of commercial litigation. Previously, she served seven years at the Pennsylvania Capitol as a budget analyst for the Pennsylvania State Senate, and as a research analyst for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Upon graduating from law school, Lynette served as a prosecutor in Dauphin County before returning to the PA House of Representatives as In-House Counsel. She entered private practice as an associate attorney at Marzzacco Niven & Associates, where she appeared before Administrative Law Judges on behalf of social security disability clients and assisted with personal injury matters.
Lynette is a Director of the Dauphin County Bar Association and was the 2022-23 PA Bar Association’s Minority Bar Committee Secretary. Lynette is Zimbabwean American, bilingual, a former Division II field hockey player, a Member of the International Sociology Honor Society and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Commercial Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor – Widener University Commonwealth Law School, Harrisburg PA.
Awarded the Law & Government Institute’s Certificate in Legislation with honors.
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology, Cum Laude – Messiah University, Mechanicsburg PA.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Dauphin County Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Shona
