Michael D. Carr, P.A.

Michael D. Carr is a native Delawarean. After graduating from Dover High School Mr. Carr graduated from Jacksonville University in 1971. He served as president of his class, and, in conjunction with Ralph Nader, was the baccalaureate speaker of 1971. Immediately following graduation from college, Mr. Carr was selected to head a federally funded project by the Chief Judge of the Family Court of the State of Delaware known as the VIP (Volunteers In Probation) Program. This Program sought to have community volunteers work with youth who had become involved in the juvenile justice system. After successfully spearheading this program Mr. Carr continued with his employment in the Family Court while attending Delaware Law School. Mr. Carr graduated from Delaware Law School in 1976. Mr. Carr is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association and is admitted to practice before all courts in Delaware and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Immediately following graduation from law school Mr. Carr was appointed as an Assistant District Attorney for Chester County, Pennsylvania. In less than two years Mr. Carr tried in excess of thirty criminal jury trials winning each trial after the first trial. Mr. Carr’s performance in the Chester County District Attorney’s Office resulted in his skills quickly being recognized and being assigned felony jury trials throughout his second year with that office.

Following his position with the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Carr was asked to join the Law Firm of Malcolm & Riley, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. With this firm, Mr. Carr’s initial civil litigation experience included representing defendants in personal injury matters, including automobile accidents. Shortly thereafter Mr. Carr was selected to represent individual physicians and physician practices in the suburban Philadelphia area who were named as defendants in medical malpractice lawsuits. Mr. Carr’s civil litigation experience included trying cases in Philadelphia County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, Bucks County, and Chester County as well as the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. While associated with Malcolm & Riley, Mr. Carr undertook his first representation of a traumatically brain injured individual before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. That case resulted in Mr. Carr’s first million dollar plus award.

Mr. Carr thereafter was asked to join the Law Firm of Bryde, Ament and Evans located in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Carr remained a partner in that firm which later was known an Ament, Lynch & Carr until 2000.

Mr. Carr’s practice since becoming a member of the Delaware Bar Association has focused on representing injured individuals, including litigation in the areas of the wrongful death, medical malpractice and nursing home abuse. Mr. Carr has also been approved as one of the few personal injury lawyers by the American Auto Workers Union representing union members throughout the state.

Mr. Carr has one son, Drew Carr, a recent graduate of Rollins College.

Areas of practice: personal injury representing the injured.
Litigation percentage: 90% of Mr. Carr’s practice is devoted to litigation.
Bar Admissions: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1976, Delaware 1986.
Professional Associations and Memberships: Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, Delaware State Bar Association, Pennsylvania State Bar Association and the Chester County Bar Association.
Fraternities: Sigma Phi Epsilon.

The Law Offices of Michael D. Carr, P.A., has two established offices:
The Wilmington office is located at 3 Mill Road, Suite 307, Wilmington, DE 19806 (by appointment only); and the Rehoboth Beach office is located at 19716 Sea Air Avenue, Suite 2, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

Mr. Carr conducts an active trial practice in New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware. Clients are represented from the following areas: Wilmington, Christiana, Newark, New Castle, Bear, Dover, Milford, Georgetown, Seaford, Townsend, Laurel, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island, Delaware.