First Admitted: 1986, Pennsylvania

Professional Webpage: https://www.shelly-law.com/About/Carol-A-Shelly.shtml

Bar/Professional Activity:

American Board of Trial Advocates
P.B.A. Covid Task Force, 2020
PBA, Civility Committee, Member, 2019
Member, American Bar Association, 2000-Present
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2000-Present
Past President, Bucks County Bar Foundation
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994
U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1993
Bucks County Bar Association, Women Lawyers' Division, Chair, 2003
Pennsylvania, 1986
Bucks County Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference Committee Chair
Bucks County Bar Association, Merit Selection Committee, Chair, 2004
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Legislative Relations Task Force, Member
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Judicial Administrative Committee, Co-Chair
Bucks County Bar Association, Chair, Civil Litigation Section, 2000
Bucks County Bar Association, MCLE Committee Chair
Bucks County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Division, Chair, 2015
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, House of Delegates
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Health Care Law Committee, Member
Bucks County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1998
Bucks County Bar Association, Medical/Legal Committee, Chair, 2004
Bucks County Bar Association, Vice President, 2003
American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2009
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Women in the Profession, Member
Bucks County Bar Association: President, 2004
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Constitutional Review Commission, Co-Chair

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

$1,000,000.00 settlement. Tractor trailer case. Policy limits. , 2020
Confidential multi million dollar settlement of medical malpractice case involving negligent reading of radiology films. , 2022
Estate of Toalombo v. Bankers J.T. Bankers Saloon. $525,000.00 settlement for wrongful service of alcoholic beverages to a visibly intoxicated individual., 2021
Confidential settlement for negligent performance of thyroid surgery. , 2020
$310,000.00 settlement for negligent nursing care resulting in wrongful death of patient. , 2020
Kiefer v. State Farm. $150,000.00 recovery of full policy limits in underinsured motorist claim. , 2019
Confidential settlement in medical malpractice claim involving negligent prescription of medication resulting in permanent vision loss., 2019
Settled motor vehicle accident for $800,000.00 for 89 year old who suffered orthopaedic and concussion injuries. , 2021
Radiologist malpractice, $1,000,000.00 settlement for misread CAT resulting in decreased life expectancy of Plaintiff., 2019
$950,000.00 settlement. Orthopaedic malpractice case. , 2020
Motor vehicle accident involving wrongful death and brain injury. Settlement, $1,750,000.00, 1999
$800,000.00 settlement for failure to diagnose infection in eye resulting in visual deficits. , 2019
$900,000.00 settlement in negligent prescription of medication resulting in partial blindness of elderly man., 2019
Confidential settlement in a failure to diagnose kidney cancer case, involving misread CAT scan and hospital systemic negligence involving reporting of radiology reports to physicians, 2012
Confidential settlement amount in a medical malpractice case. $2.5 million dollar settlement. Plaintiff bled to death after surgery. Failure to monitor patient adequately, 2016, 2016
Schaeffer v. Erie, Underinsured Motorist Claim $600,000.00, Wrongful death claim, 2015
Confidential settlement amount. Medical malpractice. Retained surgical sponge resulting in permanent injury, 2015
Confidential Settlement. Negligent performance of cardiac ablation resulting in permanent disfigurement and injury, 2017
Confidential amount received by verdict in a medical malpractice case involving failure to diagnose and properly treat an infection in the spinal cord, 2014
Confidential settlement involving negligent placement and monitoring of tubes in Plaintiff's ears, resulting in permanent hearing loss, 2015
$2,947,750.00 verdict in motor vehicle accident, involving death of a young lady by a drunk driver, 2011
Confidential settlement amount. Shoulder dystocia obstetrical malpractice claim, with brachial plexus injury, 2014
Confidential medical malpractice settlement. Wrongful death of 58 year old who bled to death after gallbladder surgery, 2016
Confidential Settlement amount. Misread biopsy resulting in unnecessary lumpectomy, 2017
Confidential settlement involving death of an elderly patient in a geriatric psychiatric unit, 2015
Verdict, $4,000,000.00, case involving failure to diagnose an infection in the abdomen, 1999
Confidential settlement figure. Wrongful death of an infant. Failure to diagnose uterine infection, 2015
Confidential settlement amount. Wrongful death of a 82 year old in a geriatric psychiatric hospital, 2015

Pro bono/Community Service:

Soroptimist International of Doylestown, 2009
Bucks County Community College, Board of Trustees, 2013
Chair, Women Lawyer's Division, Bucks County Bar Association, 2015
American Association of University Women, 2016

Honors/Awards:

Super Lawyers, 2004-2010, 2012-2020

Educational Background:

Gettysburg College, Bachelors of Arts in Political Science, 1981

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

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

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011-2015
Top Rated Lawyer Personal Injury Law, 2012-2017
Top Rated Lawyer in Pennsylvania, 2012-2017
Women Leaders in the Law, 2012-2016

Carol A. Shelly