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Carol A. Shelly

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Practice Areas

  • Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Birth Injury
  • Brain Injury
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
  • Wrongful Death Claims

Education

  • Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, Delaware
    • J.D.
  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    • B.A.
    • Major: Political Science

Classes & Seminars

  • Four County Civil Practice, Bucks, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Fundamentals of Civil Practice & Procedure, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • 28th Annual Essentials of Pennsylvania Practice, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2002
  • Taking & Defending Depositions, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1998
  • Best of CLE Videos, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1999
  • Ethics Potpourri - PBA Professional Committee Update, 2007, 2009, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Advocacy for the Ages, Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2009
  • The Legislature & The Law, Bucks County Bar Association
  • UM/UIM Cases - How to Try Them, How to Win Them, Bucks County Bar Association
  • Use of Medical Evidence in Civil Cases: Pre-Trial, Bucks County Bar Association, 2000
  • Use of Medical Witness: Trial & Evidence, Bucks County Bar Association, 2000

Professional Associations

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, 2000 to Present
  • American Bar Association, Member, 2000 to Present
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Pennsylvania, 1986
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2005

Honors

  • Past President, Bucks County Bar Association
  • Past President, Bucks County Bar Foundation
  • Past Chair of the Civil Litigation Section, Bucks County Bar Association
  • Selected To Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2010, 2013 - 2014, 2017 - 2021
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Multiple Years
  • Women Leaders in the Law, Multiple Years
  • Pennsylvania Top Rated Lawyers, Multiple Years
  • Top Rated Lawyers in Personal Injury Law, Multiple Years
  • AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Harriett Mims Award, 2023
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