Maria V. Carr

Practice Focus

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D. (2020)
  • Loyola University Chicago, B.S. (2017)

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Maria V. Carr

Associate

mcarr@dmclaw.com |
Direct: 412-392-5446

Two PPG Place
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402

Main: 412-281-7272
Fax: 888-811-7144

Profile & Honors

Maria V. Carr is an associate of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and serves as Secretary of the firm’s Commercial Law and Litigation Group. She concentrates her practice in the area of civil law, with a particular emphasis in commercial litigation, corporate services, and railroad litigation. In addition, she handles matters in the areas of school district defense and product liability law. Ms. Carr is also a member of the firm’s Community Outreach Committee.

Prior to joining the firm as a lawyer, Ms. Carr worked as a law clerk and summer associate at Dickie McCamey. During law school, she was a teaching assistant in the Legal Research and Writing Department at Duquesne University School of Law.

Practice Focus

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D. (2020)
  • Loyola University Chicago, B.S. (2017)

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Representative Matters

Representative Matters

  • Ms. Carr successfully defended a Pennsylvania school district as a second chair in a 3-week trial in which the plaintiff sued the school district, a Pennsylvania athletic association, and a Pennsylvania athletic league over a concussion sustained in a football practice 13 years prior to the trial. Plaintiff claimed that he has Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). The jury returned a verdict for all of the defendants after 2 hours of deliberation.
Presentations & Publications

Speaking Engagements

  • “There’s No Place Like Home: Mallory v. Norfolk Southern and the Exercise of General Jurisdiction” (Presenter); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Annual Conference; Chicago, IL; 7/26/2022
Admissions & Licenses

Admissions and Licenses

  • Pennsylvania Bar Admission
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Memberships & Community

Memberships

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Duquesne Law Alumni Association
  • National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Community

  • National Kidney Foundation (Volunteer and Committee Member)
  • Neighborhood Legal Services (Protection From Abuse Project)
  • Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership Best Interests Attorney Project
Education

Education

  • Duquesne University School of Law, J.D. (2020), cum laude; recipient of CALI Excellence for the Future Awards® in Civil Procedure and Drafting and Law and Neuroscience; Duquesne Business Law Journal (Executive Editor); Appellate Moot Court Board (Vice President); Outstanding Oral Advocate Award (Legal Research and Writing); Justice Louis L. Manderino Honor Society
  • Loyola University Chicago, B.S. (2017), magna cum laude, Psychology, minor in Psychology of Crime & Justice; Dean’s List (all semesters); Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll; NCAA Division 1 Women’s Soccer (senior captain)