Our Circle of Leadership
Many thanks to our Circle of Leadership firms for their continued support of NCAJ’s mission of empowering a strong community of trial lawyers.
Diamond Level | $24,000 Annual Investment
Abrams & Abrams, P.A. – Founding Member
At Abrams & Abrams, P.A., we are committed to making a difference in the lives of individuals and families affected by catastrophic personal injuries. We have built a reputation throughout the legal community for effectively managing complex personal injury cases while preserving the dignity of the people we represent.
With over 100 years of combined experience, our team of dedicated attorneys is focused on helping you recover from your injuries – both physically and financially. When you have questions about your legal options and concerns about your future, you can count on us to help you make informed decisions that help pave the path for a better future.
Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, PLLC – Founding Member
Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay, PLLC is a national plaintiff’s firm, based in Raleigh, North Carolina focusing on class actions, mass arbitrations and mass torts, that regularly litigates against some of the largest defendants in the world. The firm represents individuals and public entities in a wide array of cases including consumer protection, data privacy, environmental, banking, defective products, and other matters involving corporate misconduct. The firm frequently co-counsels with other firms to assemble the best team possible in litigating these high stakes cases.
Henson Fuerst Attorneys – Founding Member
Henson Fuerst Attorneys handles serious personal injury, nursing home abuse and neglect, social security disability, workers’ compensation and eminent domain cases across the state of North Carolina. Founded in 1976, the firm’s principal offices are located in Raleigh and Rocky Mount. Henson Fuerst has 11 attorneys and 20+ staff including certified paralegals, a nurse, private investigator, case managers and support personnel.
Horton & Mendez – Founding Member
Horton & Mendez is a Wilmington-based trial team with seven locations across North Carolina. Founded in 2021 by former insurance defense attorneys Devlin Horton and Nick Mendez, our firm is built on being humble, hungry, and smart. Because of our defense background, we know their playbook inside and out, allowing us to anticipate tactics and secure record-setting results. Including the largest personal injury verdict for pain and suffering in North Carolina history ($38.2M) and the largest workers’ compensation settlement in state history ($6.72M).
Law Offices of James Scott Farrin – Founding Member
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is one of the largest personal injury firms in North Carolina and has helped over 73,000 injured people since 1997. Operating from 14 offices in NC and one in SC, many of the firm’s 60+ accomplished attorneys are recognized professionals in their fields. The firm focuses on providing quality legal services to as many people as possible in the following practice areas: personal injury, car accidents, workers’ compensation, whistleblowing, defective products, eminent domain, mass torts, class actions, and Social Security Disability.
The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, P.A. – Founding Member
The Law Offices of John M. McCabe, P.A. is widely recognized for its unwavering advocacy and record of success in representing individuals throughout North Carolina who have been seriously injured or killed by tractor-trailer and bus collisions, construction accidents, animal attacks, and nursing home neglect. With a strong focus on justice and accountability, the firm has earned a reputation for delivering powerful results in high-stakes injury cases.
Founder John M. McCabe is a former President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors at Campbell University School of Law. For more than three decades, John and his team have worked not only to secure justice for their clients, but also to reform laws that unfairly limit the rights of injury victims.
John recently led the charge for historic changes to North Carolina’s automobile insurance laws—reforms that significantly increased the state’s minimum liability coverage for the first time in decades and eliminated a longstanding credit that allowed insurance companies to deny the full benefits of purchased coverage. These efforts have improved the ability of accident victims to recover fair compensation and hold insurers accountable.
Whitley Law Firm – Founding Member
Whitley Law Firm is a more than 50-year-old, North Carolina-based personal injury firm. We have a great respect and concern for the law, for the concepts of fairness and justice, and for our seriously injured clients. We are committed to the highest quality client service and one-on-one attention to each of our clients as we help them through this difficult time.
Sapphire Level | $18,000 Annual Investment
Brown Moore & Associates. PLLC – Founding Member
Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC is a premier litigation firm specializing in personal injury, workers’ compensation and medical malpractice. Our dedicated and experienced team of trial lawyers serve citizens in both North Carolina and South Carolina.
DeMayo Law Offices, LLP – Founding Member
Established on September 1, 1992 by Michael A. DeMayo, DeMayo Law Offices have grown to over 120 legal professionals and three offices (Charlotte, Hickory, and Monroe), with the singular focus on dedicating our resources, experience, and skill to representing individuals who have been wronged and seriously injured or who have died as a result of the negligence of another in North and South Carolina. Additionally, we handle a variety of Mass Torts across the United States.
Edwards Kirby – Founding Member
Edwards Kirby is led by two of the best known and most highly acclaimed litigators in America, former U.S. Senator John Edwards and David Kirby. The personal injury attorneys at Edwards Kirby have won record-setting verdicts and settlements for clients across North Carolina. At Edwards Kirby, we fight to get the best result for every client.
Johnson & Groninger, PLLC – Founding Member
Founded in 2011, Johnson & Groninger PLLC is a law firm with attorneys in Charlotte and Durham. We work hard to provide dedicated representation for injured individuals and their families throughout North Carolina. With board certified workers’ compensation specialists and attorneys who have advocated for hundreds of bicycle crash victims and litigated catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, we stand firm against insurance companies and in courtrooms across the state.
Ruby Level | $12,000 Annual Investment
The Law Offices of Wallace & Graham – Founding Member
Our firm practices a wide array of injury, disease, death, consumer, and environmental tort claims. We investigate the wrongful conduct of companies and the insurance industry. We aim to help our clients in any way possible. Please call to see if we can help.
Emerald Level | $6,000 Annual Investment
Koontz & Smith – Founding Member
We are a small law firm in Salisbury/Rowan County, North Carolina and focus on helping people with injuries from car wrecks, work injuries, making insurance claims, and filing for social security disability.
Taylor | Serbin Injury Lawyers, P.C.
Taylor | Serbin Injury Lawyers is a trial-driven personal injury law firm representing injured individuals and families throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. With decades of combined courtroom experience, our attorneys are known for disciplined preparation, honest guidance, and results that stand up against powerful insurance companies.
We focus on serious injury, wrongful death, and workers’ compensation matters. Every case is approached with the expectation that it may ultimately be tried—because that level of preparation produces stronger outcomes at every stage of the process.
Ricci Law Firm P.A.
Ricci Law Firm PA focuses on personal injury and workers compensation cases throughout North Carolina. Since 1997, Ricci Law Firm Injury Lawyers has provided exceptional legal assistance and care for North Carolinians who experience life-changing injuries and the loss of loved ones.
The Sumwalt Group Workers’ Comp and Trial Lawyers – Founding Member
Occupational injuries, diseases, and disabilities make our lives more challenging. When they happen from unsafe workplaces or someone else’s negligence, you need a guide to look out for you through our legal system for the full and fair compensation you deserve.
At The Sumwalt Group Workers’ Comp and Trial Lawyers, centrally based in Charlotte, North Carolina we understand what it’s like to be in your shoes. Our mission is to help hard-working people take control of their case. We help make the law make sense. Our attorneys have spent their entire legal careers helping people get back on their feet.
Pearl Level | $3,000 Annual Investment
Elrod Pope Accident & Injury Attorneys
Elrod Pope Law Firm is a personal injury firm serving clients throughout the Carolinas with offices in Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Lancaster, Lake Wylie, and Charlotte. For more than 45 years, the firm has built its reputation on professionalism, integrity, and relentless advocacy for those injured by the negligence of others. With a modern, client-focused approach paired with traditional values, Elrod Pope is committed to delivering exceptional results and compassionate service. The firm’s mission is simple: to fight for justice and provide hope when clients need it most.
Orndoff Law Firm – Founding Member
Orndoff Law Firm provides experienced, competent and caring legal representation in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. We understand the importance of each case to each client, and the commitment required to provide a high level of legal services. Orndoff Law Firm is proud to help injured people get fair treatment and fair compensation. Serving Hickory, NC and the surrounding areas for 25 years.
