Shelly Zeise

Shelly L. Zeise was born in San Bernardino and has spent most of her life in the Inland Empire as a Trial Attorney. She has raised her family in Redlands. Over the past five years, she has divided her time between California and Arizona. She has practiced for 35 years in California and 18 years in Arizona. She has achieved the highest “AV” ranking from Martindale Hubbel which measures integrity, competence and integrity within the legal profession, (which only approximately 2% of lawyers nationwide) have achieved.

Ms. Zeise, like Mr. Clark, is also a member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only organization of attorneys who have extensive trial experience and who place high values on profession. She has tried 35 civil cases to verdict. She also is a certified specialist in Civil Trials and Civil Procedure from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Ms. Zeise received her Juris Doctorate locally from the University of La Verne, School of Law in 1989. She has a unique perspective, as she spent 20 years as a defense attorney and then transitioned to the plaintiff bar by joining Welebir, Tierney and Weck. After several years, she started her own firm, the Law Offices of Shelly L. Zeise. Ms. Zeise enjoys servicing many clients who were injured in Arizona, however reside in California. She is able to do so effectively by maintaining a residence in Arizona and being a part of both the Arizona and the California desert community. Ms. Zeise has now joined WCLG  as “Of Counsel” to assist in handling more unusual or difficult cases in California and handling their Arizona cases as well.