Strategic Advocacy.
Proven Results.
Dealing with Injury lawsuits can be difficult and more often than not, emotionally taxing as well. This is why when you hire Shelsby & Leoni, you hire people who will hold your hand throughout the process and ensure you have experienced and knowledgeable representation.
Shelsby & Leoni: One of the Most Trusted Names in Delaware Law
Shelsby & Leoni was founded with a singular mission: to fight for those who’ve been seriously injured. Over the years, we have earned our reputation for dedication, results, and integrity.
Year after year, for well over a decade, our attorneys have been honored to be recognized by our peers. Multiple members of our team have been selected for inclusion in Delaware Super Lawyers and were also named among Delaware Today’s Best Attorneys. Our honors span key practice areas, including medical negligence, personal injury, and workers’ compensation.
We are proud of the recognition, but we are even prouder of the work we do for our clients, every day.
Awards
Results
Learn About Our Multi-million Dollar
Verdicts and Settlements
Explore a few of our most notable successes and see how we’ve delivered results for our clients.
$4.6 Million
Medical Malpractice — The firm represented a child who suffered injuries during childbirth. The firm retained 15 experts and aggressively litigated the case with multiple depositions.
$4.2 Million
Pregnancy Injury — Our medical malpractice attorneys won this case for failure to diagnose chorioamnionitis in a pregnant patient. The failure to diagnose this condition during pregnancy ultimately resulted in brain damage to the child.
$4 Million
Medical Malpractice — Mr. Shelsby represented a woman and her family in a medical malpractice action in Delaware, where the patient suffered the loss of her kidneys. That patient was evaluated in an emergency room and diagnosed with a kidney stone and infection. The patient was sent home without antibiotics. She returned to the hospital several days later in septic shock. She lost one kidney and significant function of the remaining kidney. The case was resolved by a settlement in excess of $4.0 million dollars.
At Shelsby and Leoni
We Give Back
We donated $10,000 to the Delaware Youth for Christ charity in 2018.
We sponsored the 14th hole at the Green Beret Project Golf Tournament at Fieldstone Golf Club in Greenville, DE in 2021.
We routinely donate to the Sunday Breakfast Mission.
We regularly sponsor Stanton Little League Teams, Ursaline Academy Sports, and Peidmont Sports.
Attorneys
Setting the Standard
Leading the way
Gilbert F. Shelsby Jr.
Gilbert F. Shelsby Jr. has won a string of impressive jury verdicts in Delaware and Maryland, where his practice takes in an array of personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
Robert J. Leoni
Rob Leoni is a Delaware trial lawyer who has tried multiple cases to juries in Delaware State and Federal Courts for over 34 years.
Kline & Specter, PC
Affiliated With Excellence
Our founders, Gil Shelsby and Rob Leoni, serve as Of Counsel at Kline & Specter, PC, one of Philadelphia’s top-tier personal injury and whistleblower firms with 30 attorneys (including 7 doctors) and over 100 staff members. Our ability to leverage the vast resources and expertise of Kline & Specter allows us to deliver transformative legal outcomes for people who need our help.
Kline & Specter’s national recognition as one of the best law firms in the United States (with a record of seven-figure and eight-figure verdicts in personal injury, whistleblower, and mass tort cases) reflects on our capacity to tackle complex litigations. Under the leadership of Tom Kline and Shanin Specter, our combined strength has earned widespread media acclaim and established industry benchmarks.
