Carolin Shining

Carolin K. Shining is a solo litigator licensed in California and Illinois and admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Since founding Shining Law Firm in 2014, she has focused on personal injury, toxic torts, consumer class actions, legal ethics, trust litigation, and commercial disputes. She has been active in State Bar initiatives since 2018 and regularly speaks at national and regional legal conferences, including CAALA Vegas, where she served as a 2024 ethics panel moderator and in 2025 as a speaker on legal ethics.