Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

For more than a decade, Christopher J. Carney has been protecting the rights of the injured and working to ensure they are justly compensated. His practice focuses on personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice and insurance law. 

A Cleveland native, Mr. Carney earned his B.A. in 1990 from the University of Dayton, and his J.D., cum laude, from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1993, where he was Chairman of the Moot Court Board of Governors. He is admitted to practice in all Ohio courts and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.  Mr. Carney has successfully argued in the Ohio Supreme Court in Mid-American Fire Insurance Company v. William Heasley.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys. His prior activity includes membership on the Executive Council of the Cleveland Bar Association's Young Lawyers' Section, and his association memberships include the Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ashtabula, Ohio State and American Bar Associations, the American Association for Justice, the Ohio Association for Justice; and the Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Insurance Law
• Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
• Nursing Home Negligence

Representative Cases

• Heasley v. Mid American , (Ohio Supreme Court)

West Practice Categories

Elder Law, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice, Transportation Law

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1993
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Ohio Association for Justice (Member)
• Cleveland Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors)
• Cleveland Bar Association (Member and Executive Council - Young Lawyers' Section)
• Cuyahoga County Bar Association (Member)
• Ashtabula County Bar Association (Member)
• Ohio State Bar (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Education

• Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1993
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA, 1990
  B.A.

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Address

55 Public Square
Suite 1200
Cleveland, OH 44113-1901

Phones

866-290-2913 (Toll Free Within Ohio)
216-502-3947

Faxes

216-861-8203

Emails

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Websites

http://www.kleinandcarney.com