About Carla Minniefield
Carla Minniefield takes her role as Practice Leader of Carter Mario Injury Lawyers very seriously. She never loses sight of the fact that the results she achieves have the potential to dramatically improve a client’s life. She does not shy away from taking a case to trial if she believes it will benefit the outcome of a case. We, as a firm, are proud to work with such a dedicated and well-versed legal professional as Attorney Carla Minniefield.
At our firm, Attorney Carla Minniefield is a passionate advocate for injured victims and is relentless when pursuing justice. She is naturally friendly and makes her clients feel at ease while providing them with a great deal of peace of mind during the legal process. She believes that the voices of injured victims should be heard and that taking legal action is necessary. Her goal is to recover the maximum compensation for our clients so that they can restore comfort to their lives after experiencing such a stressful setback as a personal injury.
Attorney Carla Minniefield is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of Connecticut’s School of Law in the Legal Practice Program. There, she teaches the Interterm Negotiation and Interviewing course as well as Counseling and Advocacy courses. Outside of her professional involvements, she is an Alabama native who enjoys cooking, jazz, and visiting Martha’s Vineyard
Proven verdicts and settlements at Carter Mario Injury Lawyers
These results are credited to Carter Mario Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A pavement-marking crew member fell from a moving trailer and struck his head on the road after a co-worker changed lanes abruptly, leaving him with no memory of the incident; Carter Mario resolved the combined workers' compensation and third-party auto claims for $3 million.
Carter Mario recovered $1.25 million for pedestrian Deborah Okolovitch after a driver exiting a parking lot struck her, with defense counsel contesting liability because she was not in a marked crosswalk.
Michael Lemieux was riding his motorcycle in Milford when a car driven by Weihua Niu hit him head-on, fracturing his left leg, injuring his right arm, and causing a hernia; Carter Mario Injury Lawyers demanded the full policy limit from the outset and obtained a $1.25 million settlement.
A U.S. District Court jury in Connecticut returned an $850,000 verdict for a sole-proprietor owner-operator trucker who was struck while parked on an exit ramp when a second rig rolled backward into him, more than four times the defense's final offer.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
