Adam E. Carr
NBTA board-certified civil trial lawyer
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating Martindale-Hubbell
Avvo Rated 10.0 out of 10.0 Superb
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.
2020 U.S. News & World Report - Best Law Firms (sixth time selected)
2020 The Best Lawyers in America for insurance law (seventh time selected)
2020 Ohio Super Lawyers for insurance coverage (eighth 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.
- Cleveland State University
- J.D. | Law
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- Rice University
- B.A. | History and English dual major
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- managing partner
- Carr Law Office, LLC
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- partner
- Williams Sennett & Scully Co., L.P.A.
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- 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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- Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series: Tort Law
- Westlaw
- Understanding Your Market and Leveraging Communication , podcast
- Small Firm Forum
- 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
- board-certified civil trial lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA)
- 2020 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2020 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2020 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- renewed board certification in civil trial law
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- 2019 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
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- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- Civil Litigation and Procedure Specialty Board
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- Activities: Civil Litigation and Procedure Specialty Board, CLM Journal of American Law
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- DRI- the Voice of the Defense Bar
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- Akron Bar Association
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- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
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- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- board-certified civil trial lawyer
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- Lake County Bar Association
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- Ohio State Bar Association
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- Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
- Student Dean & Alumni Dean
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- Ohio
- 6th 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