Ann S Sheeley

Ann S Sheeley

also known as Sheeley Law

4.8
Rating: 8.3

Licensed for 37 years

Personal injury Lawyer at Newport, RI
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Workers Compensation

130 Bellevue Ave Unit 208, Newport, RI

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Licenses

Licensed in Massachusetts for 31 years

State: Massachusetts

Acquired: 1995

Active

Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2005

Licensed in Rhode Island for 37 years

State: Rhode Island

Acquired: 1988

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Location

Sheeley Law, LLC

130 Bellevue Ave Unit 208, Newport, RI, 02840-3283

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Ann S Sheeley's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

26 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | March 27, 2018

Exceptional Experience

Never ever been to a lawyer and was worried to see one. My experience with Anne made me feel worry free. Anne Sheeley is someone who you can TRUST and is very clear and upfront about everything. She CARESto listen to your entire story, does not cut you off like most lawyers I contacted did to me, and... will give you her words of wisdom, her time, and her undivided attention. She is HONEST, she will tell you exactly upfront what she will charge for her service, and she will give you real honest and personable advice as to what you should do to maximize your chance of winning your case. She will go as far as to contact her resources for you to get more information as to what can help you in your situation. I would highly recommend Anne for a lawyer as she has INTEGRITY and actually CARES to help! Anne did not even charge me anything for over an hour of her time consultation and helping me by making calls for me. Highly recommend Anne if you are looking for someone with great experience and who is honest.

Posted by Sheryl | April 21, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury

My lawyer

Miss. Ann Sheeley became my lawyer when I had an incident where I fell off my porch and hurt myself she did a great job she listen to me and she fought hard for me I never ever felt ignored she always got back in touch with me in a timely fashion and she always kept me up to date on what was going on... with the case she was the best lawyer for me

Posted by Meghan | January 30, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Personal Injury

Disgusted with the experience I had with my lawyer.

The reason I am writing this review is because I was in a car accident.After receiving physical therapy for 3 months, the therapist ended my treatment informing me that I was healed (which also coincidentally was the same time when my medical benefit on my car insurance ran out), when in fact I was s...till very much in pain.My bills were starting to add up & I felt like I needed representation.My husband was seeing a chiropractor at the time for separate issues, & the chiropractor had recommended that I see Ann Sheeley for representation.Ann was initially very personable, she promised to deal with my medical providers on my behalf, negotiate down my medical bill repayments, & obtain the best possible settlement from the other party’s insurance agent. She told me to send all bills directly to her office, & she would contact them and let know this was part of a settlement, to avoid receiving any collection notices.She told me I should worry about getting well and she would take care of the rest.During my initial meeting discussing my medical condition & state of discomfort, she recommended that I see a chiropractor, & she just happened to recommend the same chiropractor that had recommended me to see her.This is important to note that she advised me to not use my personal health insurance plan during my 3 month treatment plan. As my treatment progressed however, I continued to receive medical bills and collection notices from medical providers (after I had submitted them to her office).After following up with them multiple times, it was clear that her office did not put the liens that she promised.When I received the first settlement proposal statement, it was very confusing & the numbers didn’t make any sense. It turned out there were multiple errors regarding payments to the medical providers, the amounts payable to the medical providers did not agree with my actual bills, & none of the medical bills had been negotiated as promised. After an hour and half office visit she promised to negotiate my medical bills. She contacted me a few days later only to have not taken care of all of my bills.This is when she got very nasty with me on the phone. I noted that it was odd that when I requested to negotiate down my medical bills, she became very defensive about negotiating the chiropractor’s bills over anybody else.She spent very little of her time actually listening & more time talking over me. We went back and forth for nearly a month negotiating the final sums owed to my providers.Nothing about the whole process was simple, or made easy for me.I spent hours speaking to my personal health insurance company, and to my medical providers.This is when I learned that the advice Ann had given me was poor. According to my health insurance adjuster, a provider is obligated to file a claim with the health insurance, which would have resulted in a lower, automatically negotiated payment amount.Since Ann advised me not to use my health insurance, it resulted in my owing much more to my medical providers (but particularly to my chiropractor) than I should have been.Upon my realization of this injustice, I felt terribly sickened that I had been taken advantage of and at that point I just wanted the ordeal to be over.The only positive statement that I can make is that when further errors were uncovered on the settlement statement, which resulted in additional payment to my health insurance company, she was honorable enough to take it out of her fee instead of my amount. When I finally agreed to sign the settlement statement, I was relieved to finally put this behind me.However 5 weeks later, I continued to receive another collection from a medical provider. Upon following up, I discovered that Ann had promptly paid the chiropractor’s bill after receiving the settlement, but had not paid any of the other medical bills.She finally paid all of the other bills after I contacted her many times.My advice record all phones messages as I did.

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Experience

Rating:  8.3 (Excellent)

Professional misconduct

This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2005.

Public Reprimand issued in MA, 2005

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Honors

2017

Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers

2016

Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers

2015

Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America, National Trial Lawyers

2014

Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers

Work Experience

2010 - Present

Owner, Sheeley Law, LLC.

2003 - 2010

Managing attorney, Sparks Law Firm, A Professional Corporation

Associations

2010 - Present

Rhode Island Association for Justice

member in good standing

2010 - Present

Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

member in good standing

2010 - Present

Newport Chamber of Commerce

member in good standing

2010 - Present

National Association of Professional Women

member in good standing

1995 - Present

Massachusetts Bar Association

member in good standing

1995 - Present

United States Disctrict Court for Rhode Island

member in good standing

1988 - Present

Rhode Island Bar Association

member in good standing

Education

1987

Pace University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1983

State University of New York, Albany

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

1986

International Moot Court

Trial Advocacy

Languages

English

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