Adam E. Carr
NBTA board-certified civil trial lawyer
Adam E. Carr provides legal defense and coverage counsel throughout Ohio to leading companies for auto, home, commercial general, retail, transportation, and other exposures in the trial courts and on appeal.
2004-2024 Board-Certified in Civil Trial Law by the NBTA National Board of Trial Advocacy
BOARD CERTIFIED – Proven, Tested Excellence®
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent (peer rated for highest level of professional excellence)
2024 U.S. News & World Report - Best Law Firms (10th consecutive year selected)
2024 The Best Lawyers in America (11th year selected)
2023 Ohio Super Lawyers (11th year selected)
2009-present A.M. Best’s Recommended Insurance Attorneys
Adam E. Carr has served as lead trial attorney during hundreds of days of trial, resolved disputes in thousands of mediations, litigated more than ten thousand civil cases, and defended many appeals.
Adam E. Carr practices throughout the State of Ohio, with court appearances in 73 of Ohio's 88 counties. He has tried cases in 17 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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- A Brief History of Ohio Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Laws - OACTA Quarterly Review, Fall 2022
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- Baldwin's Ohio Practice Series: Tort Law
- Westlaw
- Post-Verdict Procedure for Polling the Jury and Post-Trial Motions, OACTA Litigation & Trial Skills Workshop, Columbus, Ohio
- Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys
- Best Practices for Ohio Claims Handling, webinar
- Defending, Taking, and Preparing for Key Depositions, webinar
- Rossdale CLE
- Defending, Taking, and Preparing for Key Depositions, webinar
- Rossdale CLE
- Impeaching Witnesses and Attacking Credibility, Witness Examination and Evidence Guide for Attorneys, webinar
- National Business Institute
- board-certified civil trial lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA)
- 2024 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- 2024 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2023 Ohio Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- 2023 The Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- 2023 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers Best Law Firms
- U.S. News & World Report
- National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- Ohio board
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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
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- 6th Circuit
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- Insurance Defense
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Construction Law
- Construction Litigation
- Business Law
- Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Trucking Accidents
- Premises Liability
- Professional Negligence