Carolyn J. Shields

Carolyn Shields is an American with 35+ years of experience practicing law. Her interest in Chinese language and culture dates from her college studies. As a law student at the Univ. of Connecticut, she was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Connecticut Law Review and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law. She received her Masters Degree in Law from Tulane University. Carolyn is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States and in the state and federal courts of New York and California, and has 30+ years of litigation experience in the courts of New York, California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Montana, with some of her noteworthy cases appearing in the legal literature. She has published articles in the law reviews, and has written a casebook, Cases and Materials on Admiralty and Maritime Law, which she used in teaching at Loyola University. Carolyn has also taught Commercial Law, Family Law, Corporation Law, Tax Law, and Maritime Law. Experience Partner, Liu & Shields LLP, Flushing, New York, 2005-present Partner, Bailey & Partners, Santa Monica, California, 1999-2005 Partner, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, Los Angeles, California, 1993-1999 Associate: Williams Woolley Cogswell Makazawa & Russell, Long Beach, California, 1991-1993 Associate: Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Buffalo, New York, 1983-1985 Areas of Practice Litigation in federal and state courts, including trial and appellate practice; General and Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage and Defense; Intellectual Property; Admiralty Law. Admitted to Practice Supreme Court of United States Federal Courts, New York and Califronia State Courts, New York and California Education Tulane Law School (LL.M., Admiralty, 1991) University of Connecticut (J.D., 1981, High Honors; Editor-in-Chief, Connecticut Law Review) Indiana University (A.B., Chinese Language and Literature, 1969) Professional Experience and Affiliations Member, Maritime Law Association (Committees: Uniformity; Practice and Procedue: Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, 1995-1997 (Admiralty Law)) Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, 1985-1986 (UCC); Chase College of Law, 1986-1987 (Conflicts, Corporations, Tax) Clerk to the Honorable John A. Speziale, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the State of Connecticut, 1981-1982 Publications Recent Developments: Liens, 1 Benedict=s Maritime Bulletin No. 3 (2203) Recent Developments in State and Federal Evidence Law, 34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce 1 (2003) (co-author) Daubert, Proof of a Prior, and the Soliton: Bernart Towboat Co. v. USS Chandler (DDG 996), 34 J. Maritime Law & Commerce 173 (2003) (co-author) Contributor, Marine Protection and Indemnity Policy Annotations Project (Chapter 3: Loss to Property By Collision and Other Causes, published by the Maritime Law Association of the United States, 2001) (co-author) Cases and Materials in Admiralty and Maritime Law (used at Loyola Law School, 1995-1997) Spoliation of Evidence: Joinder and Jury Trial, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP Admiralty News, Winter 1996, at 6 Soverign Immunity in Connecticut: Survey and Economic Analysis, 13 Conn. L. Rev. 293 (1981) Legal Remedies for Overurbanization: The Ghanaian Experience, 18 U.C.L.A. L. Rev. 252 (1970) (coauthor) Book Review, 46 Ind. L.j. 442 (1971) (coauthor) Languages Some French, German,Russian, and Chinese Activities Violin (Member, Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra and Lawyers' Orchestra, New York); Piano; Sailing