Adam E. Carr
NBTA board-certified civil trial lawyerAvvo Rated 10.0 out of 10.0 Superb
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating Martindale-Hubbell
Adam E. Carr represents large and small companies, people, and insurers who require a legal defense against injury, property damage, and other claims from auto, bus, truck, premises, and other accidents; contracts and business disputes; premises liability; products liability; real estate and construction litigation; and other issues requiring the intervention of an experienced trial lawyer.
2019 U.S. News & World Report - Best Law Firms (fifth time selected)
2019 The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law (sixth time selected)
2019 Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage (seventh time selected)
2004 board-certified in civil trial law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (current thru 2024)
lead trial attorney during more than 200 days of trial, hundreds of mediations, and thousands of witness depositions
Adam E. Carr practices throughout the State of Ohio, with court appearances in 67 of Ohio's 88 counties. He has tried cases in 16 different counties, and has argued before 10 different appellate courts within Ohio, including the Supreme Court of Ohio, 8 Ohio courts of appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
- Insurance Defense
- Insurance Claims
- Personal Injury
- Construction Law
- Business Law
- Real Estate Law
- Products Liability
- Animal & Dog Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Appeals & Appellate
- Trucking Accidents
- Bus Accidents
- Professional Negligence
- Ohio
- 6th Circuit
- managing partner
- Carr Law Office, LLC
- - Current
- partner
- Williams Sennett & Scully Co., L.P.A.
- - Current
- general counsel
- Cleveland Orthopaedic & Spine Center, Inc.
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- judicial extern
- Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District
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- judicial law clerk
- Cleveland Heights Municipal Court
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- fellow
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
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- Law & Public Policy Clinic
- law clerk
- Zashin, Rich, Sutula & Monastra Co., L.P.A.
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- Cleveland State University
- J.D. | Law
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- Rice University
- B.A. | History and English dual major
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- renewed board certification in civil trial law
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2019 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2019 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- Avvo Rating 10.0 out of 10.0 Superb
- Avvo
- 2018 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2018 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- 2017 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2017 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2017 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law; fourth time selected
- 2016 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law; third time selected
- 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2016 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage; fourth time selected
- 2016 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2016 Best Law Firms for insurance law according to U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
- 2015 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law; second time selected
- 2015 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2015 Best Law Firms for insurance law according to U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
- 2014 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law
- renewed board certification in civil trial law
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- 2012 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2012 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage; third time selected
- 2011 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2011 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage; second time selected
- 2010 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2010 edition of Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage
- Recommended Insurance Attorneys
- A.M. Best Company
- renewed board certification in civil trial law
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Board-Certified Civil Trial Lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- American Jurisprudence (Am Jur) Award in Appellate Practice
- Lawyers Cooperative Publishing
- highest "A" in a practical class on federal and state appellate practice, taught by a current United States magistrate judge
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- Ohio board
- - Current
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- Civil Litigation and Procedure Specialty Board
- - Current
- Activities: Civil Litigation and Procedure Specialty Board, CLM Journal of American Law
- DRI- the Voice of the Defense Bar
- - Current
- Akron Bar Association
- - Current
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- - Current
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- board-certified civil trial lawyer
- - Current
- Lake County Bar Association
- - Current
- Ohio State Bar Association
- - Current
- Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
- Student Dean & Alumni Dean
- - Current
- Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series: Tort Law
- Westlaw
- Amazingly Important Claim Handling Questions, National Insurance Fraud Seminar, Indianapolis, Indiana
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- Understanding Hearsay, The Rules of Evidence: A Practical Toolkit, Youngstown, Ohio
- National Business Institute
- Claim File Do’s and Don’ts – A Lawyer’s Perspective, Ohio Joint Insurance Fraud Seminar, Columbus, Ohio
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- A Parent's Grief Journey, Akron, Ohio
- Akron Children’s Hospital
- Challenging a Personal Injury Damages Award, webinar
- Clear Law Institute.
- Reservation of Rights and the Duty to Defend, Cleveland
- & Litigation Management Alliance
- Litigation 101, Cleveland
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- The Rules of Evidence: A Practical Toolkit, Youngstown
- National Business Institute
- board-certified civil trial lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA)
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