Michael M. Shea, Jr.
Michael M. Shea, Jr., practices exclusively within the field of personal injury litigation. Within this practice, his cases are limited to those which involve injuries to the central and peripheral nervous system. As such, the persons and/or their families Shea & Shea represents have suffered some form of traumatic or acquired injury to the brain, brain stem, or spinal cord.
The general circumstances of the traumatic event are numerous and include motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, injury from unsafe or defective products, toxic exposure, amusement park accidents, motorcycle accidents, roadway design cases, to identify a few.
Mr. Shea practices primarily within the state of California, however, he has also represented injured persons in the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In 1995, Mr. Shea successfully represented an injured person in Cuenca, Spain. This person was the wife of a United States Air Force Colonel injured in a head on collision on the Madrid-Valencia highway. Currently he is representing another United States Serviceman injured in Germany.
Mr. Shea is a member of the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California and the America Trial Lawyers Association. Over the years, he has been an invited speaker on traumatic brain injury cases to many different organizations including the Brain Injury Association of Washington, D.C., the Brain Injury Association of California, and the Utah State Bar Association.
Acquired Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injuries
Motorcycle Accidents
Construction Accidents
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Aviation
- Insurance Law
- Litigation & Appeals
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- Toxic Torts
- Wrongful Death
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- California State Bar 126983
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- California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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- Santa Clara University School of Law, Santa Clara, California, 1986
J.D.
Honors: Leo A. Huard Award "Outstanding Participant"
- Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, 1983
B.S.
Major: Finance/Economics
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- Effective Medical Evidence in the Brain Injury Case, Los Gatos Community Hospital, Rehabilitation, 1996
- "Jury Selection in the Post Concussive Syndrome Case", Brain Injury Association Washington, D.C., Annual Conference, 1997
- "Overcoming Jury Bias in the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Case", Utah State Trial Lawyers Conference, 1998
- "Dealing with the Psychiatric Defense: Emotional Problems or Organic Brain Damage", Brain Injury Association of California, Annual Educational Seminar, 2000
- Depositions That Make The Difference, The 5 Keys of The Corporate Defendant Deposition, Consumer Attorneys of California, College of Trial Arts - 43rd Annual Convention, 2004
- "Preparing for Deposition and Direct and Cross Examination of Experts", Utah Trial Lawyers Association 2006, 2006 Brain Injury Conference, March 9, 2006 - March 10, 2006
- State of the Art Medical and Rehabilitative Care in Brain Injury, California Brain Injury Association, 2006
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- Santa Clara County Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- American Association for Justice
- Brain Injury Associations of CA, WA, UT
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
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- Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc., 1985 - 1991
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- Arbitrator, Santa Clara County Superior Court
- Judge Pro Tempore, Santa Clara County Superior Court