Colleen N. Shea - Wilmington, NC
Attorney at Cranfill Sumner
Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Wilmington, NC
5535 Currituck Drive Suite 210 Wilmington, NC 28403
Wilmington Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Updated: 03/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Medical Malpractice
- Premises Liability
- Professional Liability
Attorney Information
Overview
Colleen Shea is a Partner in the Wilmington, North Carolina office of Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP. She practices in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Transportation and Trucking Defense, and General Liability Litigation. Colleen represents hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and other health care providers in tort actions as well as before governmental agencies. She also aggressively defends trucking and commercial transportation clients often advising these clients in pre-litigation accident investigation and reconstruction. She has extensive trial experience throughout the various counties in North Carolina.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
- Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®: Lawyer of the Year 2021 in the field of Medical Malpractice Law
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2016 - 2023); Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2022-2023); Litigation - Health Care (2023)
- Business North Carolina Legal Elite - Litigation (2023)
- Selected for inclusion in the 2017 Women in the Law by Best Lawyers Business Edition in the field of Medical Malpractice Law (2017)
- Selected for inclusion into American Board of Trial Advocates
Education
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Legal Education
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Campbell University School of Law,
Raleigh,
North Carolina, 1997
J.D.
Honors: The Order of Barristers, 1997
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Campbell University School of Law,
Raleigh,
North Carolina, 1997
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Non Legal Education
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University of North Carolina,
Charlotte,
North Carolina, 1993
B.A.
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University of North Carolina,
Charlotte,
North Carolina, 1993
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Classes and Seminars
- Campbell University School of Law, Former Adjunct Professor Trial Advocacy
Pro Bono Activities
- Rescue Mission of Cape Fear, Former Board Member
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1997
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- North Carolina Bar Association (Member)
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (Member)
- New Hanover County Bar Association (Member)
- Defense Research Institute (Member)
- North Carolina Chapter of the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (NC ASHRM), 2023 - 2024 (Board of Directors Member-At-Large and Chairperson of the Public Relations & Marketing Committee)
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Contact
5535 Currituck Drive
Suite 210
Wilmington, NC 28403
Fax: (910) 344-0104
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.cshlaw.com/
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