When a serious injury turns a family’s life upside down, the lawyer they choose matters. For more than five decades, Patrick E. Carr of Carr & Carr has been the attorney many Oklahomans call when the stakes are highest. Based in Tulsa, he focuses on personal injury and car accident cases, along with defective products, insurance bad faith, and deaths caused by someone else’s carelessness.
A Firm Built by Father and Son
Patrick’s story in the law starts in 1973. That year he earned his law degree from the University of Oklahoma and opened Carr & Carr Injury Attorneys with his father, Eugene Carr. From day one, the two set out to represent individuals going up against insurance companies and large corporations.
Eugene passed away in 1992, and Patrick carried the practice forward. Today the firm has offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City, and its attorneys include Michael E. Carr and Scott J. Carr. The guiding idea has never changed: “Protection of individual rights is absolutely necessary to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy.”
The Cases He Takes On
Patrick represents people with life-changing injuries and families who have lost someone. A big share of his career has gone into personal injury and car accident cases. He also handles product and insurance cases that can take years of engineering, medical, and financial review before they ever reach trial.
Catastrophic and brain injuries. Brain injuries, spinal cord damage, and post-traumatic stress can reshape how a person works, thinks, and lives. These cases depend on medical proof about the future, not just the bills already paid. Patrick works with treating doctors and medical witnesses who can explain long-term care needs to an insurer or a jury.
Defective products. When a product fails in a way its maker should have prevented, the manufacturer can be held responsible. Oklahoma’s Supreme Court recognized manufacturers’ products liability in Kirkland v. General Motors in 1974, just one year after Carr & Carr opened its doors. Patrick’s career covers the full life of that doctrine in the state. The firm’s product results include cases involving window blind cords, a vehicle switch that started a house fire, and fireworks.
Insurance bad faith. Oklahoma insurers owe their own policyholders a duty to deal fairly and in good faith. When an insurer delays, lowballs, or denies a valid claim without a real reason, the policyholder may have a bad faith claim on top of the original one.
Railroad crossing and vehicle collisions. Patrick’s recoveries include railroad crossing crashes and serious highway wrecks, some involving commercial vehicles. Crossing cases often involve more than one responsible party, from the railroad that maintains the signals to whoever let trees or brush block a driver’s view of the tracks. Past results do not predict or promise the outcome of any future case.
Credentials and Leadership
Before law school, Patrick earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from OU in 1970 with Special Distinction. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the country, and named one of the Top Ten Senior Men. They is admitted to practice in all Oklahoma state courts, and more of his background is available on his Super Lawyers profile.
He is also a familiar name in Oklahoma’s legal leadership. They served as a judge on the Oklahoma Temporary Court of Appeals, which gave him a firsthand look at how cases appear from the bench. The Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association elected him Vice President in 2001 and President in 2002, and he has served on its Board of Directors. He has also sat on the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, which works on the ethics rules every Oklahoma lawyer follows.
Patrick has taught fellow trial lawyers as an instructor at Keenan Ball College. His memberships include the American Bar Association, the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Tulsa County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Oklahoma Association for Justice.
The Person Behind the Practice
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Patrick served in the Army National Guard, first as an enlisted soldier and later as an infantry platoon leader and station commander. He went on to serve as an officer in a Civil Affairs unit of the United States Army Reserve.
He and his wife married in 1975 and have three grown sons and five grandchildren. Away from the office, he’s a distance runner with marathon finishes in Oklahoma, California, and Texas. He also plays the violin, reads history and biographies, and keeps up with research on nutrition and longevity.
Help for Injured People Across Oklahoma
Patrick represents injured people all over the state, from the Tulsa area to rural counties where a crash or a product failure left someone badly hurt. With a second office in Oklahoma City, the firm’s attorneys can also meet clients at home or in the hospital.
Serious injury cases take time, money, and patience to build. Carr & Carr’s fee comes only from a recovery, so the initial consultation is free. Anyone whose family has been changed by a serious injury or loss can reach the firm.
