James P. Carr graduated Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1972. In 1976, Mr. Carr obtained his Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School. He was admitted to the Maryland State Bar that same year.

After practicing briefly in Maryland, Mr. Carr moved to California in 1977, where he was admitted to the State Bar that year and joined the prestigious civil litigation defense firm of Cummins, White & Breidenbach. During his tenure there, Mr. Carr specialized in defending major American and foreign manufacturers in complex product liability litigation. After being elevated to full partner, Mr. Carr was invited to join the established practice of prominent personal injury trial attorney David M. Harney with the firm later becoming Harney, Wolfe, Shaller & Carr where he re-focused his practice on the representation of catastrophically injured clients.

In his thirty plus years of experience, Mr. Carr has tried over 60 cases to verdict, including many seven-figure verdicts in favor of his clients. In addition, Mr. Carr has settled more than 40 cases on behalf of his clients for amounts in excess of $1 million and additional scores of cases for amounts nearing that figure. Mr. Carr specializes in the handling of complex personal injury and catastrophic tort litigation, and is regarded by the legal community as one of its top personal injury litigators and trial attorneys. Examples can be found in the Sample Cases.

Mr. Carr lives with his wife and youngest son in Malibu, California.