Eckert Seamans Elects Member Colleen Shields to Board of Directors Through 2027
November 21, 2024
The Board of Directors of national law firm Eckert Seamans has elected Member Colleen D. Shields to serve on the firm’s Board through the 2027 term. Shields is based in the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office, where she also serves as the office Member-In-Charge. The full Board of Directors consists of 24 members from across the firm’s offices and is led by Dorothy (Dot) Davis as Chair of the Board.
Dot Davis commented: “Our board consists of a dynamic group of attorneys from across the firm’s offices and practice areas, and we look forward to the knowledge, perspective, and values that Colleen will bring to the group to further advance the success of our firm.”
Shields is an experienced civil litigator with more than two decades of first chair jury trial experience. She focuses her practice on defending high-exposure, complex cases in the areas of professional negligence, products liability, premises liability, sexual abuse, and general commercial liability. She has represented physicians and individual health care providers in nearly every medical specialty and has tried numerous medical malpractice cases successfully to defense verdict. Additionally, Shields represents community hospitals and academic medical centers in matters involving individual claims as well as class action lawsuits.
“Colleen is an extremely talented attorney who has guided our Wilmington office with exceptional leadership for the past five years,” said Scott D. Cessar, Chief Executive Officer. “We are excited to expand her impact on the firm through this Board appointment.”
Shields has served as the President and National Board Representative for the Delaware Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates; as a State Representative for Delaware for the Defense Research Institute; as a Board Member of the Defense Counsel of Delaware; and as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for three consecutive years in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants.
Mark Reardon, Chair of the Executive Committee, noted, “We are looking forward to working closely with Colleen as a newly elected member of the Board, as she brings a unique and forward-thinking perspective as both a strong litigator and the leader of our Wilmington office.”