About John Shields

John Shields is an attorney at Cellino Law with decades of experience representing injured individuals in New York and New Jersey. He has been practicing law since 1984 and brings more than 20 years of focused experience in personal injury cases, including participation in over 40 trials. Before joining Cellino Law, formerly Cellino & Barnes, in 2010, John practiced with the Law Offices of Hill & Moin in New York City. Between the ages of 18 and 26, while earning his undergraduate, graduate, and law degrees, he worked as a landscaper, dishwasher, short-order cook, bartender, school bus driver, and UPS truck loader while attending law school at night. Those experiences gave John a deep understanding of what it takes to earn a living and support a family, and guide his advocacy for injured clients today.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cellino Law Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to Cellino Law Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$19.45 millionVerdict

Ross Cellino and Stephen Barnes won a $47.4 million Erie County jury verdict for a 22-year-old law student who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when two drivers played high-speed road tag on the New York State Thruway.

Erie County Supreme Court (Justice Christopher J. Burns); affirmed as modified, NY App. Div. 4th Dep't, Dec. 21, 2001 · 2000Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other New York firms

Weitz & Luxenberg
Weitz & Luxenberg
$10.9 billion · Weitz and Luxenberg Helps Win $10.9 Billion Roundup Settlement for 125,000 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Claimants
Levy Konigsberg LLP
Levy Konigsberg LLP
$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
Kramer Dillof Livingston & Moore
$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
Jacoby & Meyers, LLP
$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.