About Chelsea Ragan

Chelsea Ragan is a personal injury attorney at O'Malley Tunstall PC in North Carolina. She joined the firm in 2023, focusing on car accidents and personal injury matters.

Before joining O'Malley Tunstall, Ragan served as a partner at a large personal injury firm and previously worked as an Assistant Public Defender in Gastonia, North Carolina, representing indigent clients in criminal court.

She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, where she was named a South Carolina Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellow.

She is licensed in North Carolina and a member of the Durham County Bar Association, the 16th Judicial District Bar, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and the NCAJ Women's Caucus.

She was recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in Best Lawyers in America from 2021 to 2023.

Proven verdicts and settlements at O'Malley Tunstall PC

These results are credited to O'Malley Tunstall PC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$879,000Settlement

A licensed practical nurse who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury and six separate fractures in a Moore County crash recovered $879,000 through Joseph Tunstall of O'Malley Tunstall PC after the defense challenged whether her near-full return to work diminished the case value.

Moore County Superior Court, NC · 2012Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
Durham County Bar Association
16th Judicial District Bar
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
NCAJ Women's Caucus

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch - Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs (2021-2023)
South Carolina Bar Foundation Public Interest Fellow

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
$8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
Hardison & Cochran
Hardison & Cochran
$3.5 million · Paralyzed Tree Cutter Wins $3.5 Million From Insurers After Employee Status Ruling
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
$40 million · Henson Fuerst Wins Record $40 Million Drunk Driving Verdict
Martin & Jones
Martin & Jones
$31 Million Settlement After Two-Point Lap Belt Paralyzed an 11-Year-Old in a Ford Escort

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