W. Bruce Baird 

John F. Carroll

Of Counsel

John F. Carroll is of counsel to Gwin, Steinmetz, & Baird. Mr. Carroll is an experienced civil and criminal trial attorney. He is a former Lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Naval Reserve, active duty. He is also formerly an Assistant Federal Public Defender for both the Northern District of Texas at Dallas and the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has extensive experience in defending white collar criminal cases including complex bank fraud cases. Mr. Carroll is also an experienced civil trial attorney in the practice areas of insurance defense and personal injury litigation.

Mr. Carroll concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance defense, personal injury litigation, white collar criminal defense, general criminal defense as well as banking litigation and general civil litigation.

Education

  • College of Wooster BA, 1979
  • Akron University Law School J.D. 1983 Member of Law Review

Practice Areas

  • General Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Banking Litigation
  • Condemnation Law

Publications

  • Torts in Sports: I’ll See You in Court, Vol. 16, No. 3, Akron Law Review (1983)
  • Casenote, State of Idaho v. Freeman, Constitutional Amendment – Recission of Ratification Period, Vol. 16, No. 1, Akron Law Review (1982)

Bar Memberships

  • Kentucky Bar Association
  • West Virginia Bar Association
  • Indiana Bar Association

Courts

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Military Appeals
  • United States District Court, Western District of Kentucky
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Texas