Harry C. Carpelan

Associate Attorney

Harry C. CarpelanHarry is a native Californian who was raised in Riverside and attended schools here.  He completed his education, both undergraduate and law school, at the University of California at Davis.  He was admitted to the California Bar in 1981.

In 1982, Harry joined an insurance defense firm in Redding, California, where he represented self-insured public entities in dangerous condition and civil rights claims.  He returned to the Riverside area in 1987 and worked in insurance defense firms until joining Redwine and Sherrill in 2005.  At Redwine and Sherrill, Harry represents public entities and private parties as both defendants and plaintiffs.  He serves as a court-appointed and bar association panel mediator and arbitrator.  He has served as Judge Pro Tempore in San Bernardino County.

Harry is admitted to practice law before all U.S. District Courts in California, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Harry has traveled extensively in the U.S. and Europe.  He is a music devotee, classic to jazz, rock, etc.  He enjoys opera and attends often.  His parents were founding faculty members of the Biology Department at University of California-Riverside.