Maginnis Howard: North Carolina Personal Injury Trial Lawyers
Maginnis Howard is a North Carolina civil litigation firm whose work centers on one goal: righting the wrongs done to people who have been seriously injured by someone else’s negligence. With offices in Raleigh, Charlotte, and Fayetteville, the firm represents injury victims and grieving families in the courtrooms of North Carolina and the surrounding region and has recovered more than $100 million for its clients.
A firm built by joining trial practices
The firm was established in 2009 as Maginnis Law. In 2012 it launched a personal injury division led by Shawn Howard, which became the foundation of the practice. In 2019 it merged with Fayetteville’s Britton Law, and in 2022 it joined forces with Charles G. Monnett III & Associates in Charlotte. Each step brought established trial lawyers and deep local knowledge into a single team.
Personal injury and wrongful death
The firm’s lawyers handle the full range of serious injury claims, including:
- Car, motorcycle, pedestrian, and bicycle collisions
- Tractor-trailer and commercial vehicle crashes
- Drunk driving and dram shop cases
- Wrongful death
- Medical malpractice
- Premises liability
- Product liability
- Workplace accidents
- Dog attacks
- Daycare negligence
- Catastrophic and permanent injuries such as traumatic brain injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, burns, and CRPS
The firm is especially known for its work on behalf of children and families facing life-altering harm. It works for people, not corporations, and it knows how insurers operate. Its lawyers prepare every case thoroughly and negotiate from strength. They try cases when a fair settlement is not offered.
Results that reflect the work
- $13 million: verdict for an infant whose bacterial meningitis went undiagnosed, causing severe neurological damage
- $10 million: verdict for a child with a severe traumatic brain injury, believed to be the largest car accident verdict in Mecklenburg County Superior Court
- $9.075 million: settlement for a family struck by an underage impaired driver, a crash that killed an unborn child and left a 4-year-old with a severe brain injury
- $8 million: settlement for an infant who underwent bilateral leg amputations after improper femoral line placement
- $5.5 million: recovery for the son of a motorcyclist killed by a drunk driver
- $5.49 million: settlement for a couple injured in a multi-vehicle crash involving a commercial landscaping vehicle
- $2.9 million: settlement for the family of a 6-year-old girl killed by a drunk driver on I-85, against more than 15 defendants
- $1.637 million: jury verdict in a dram shop case, believed to be the largest contested dram shop verdict in North Carolina
The firm has also won substantial recoveries in mild traumatic brain injury cases, including arbitration awards and verdicts in which the insurer’s top pre-trial offer was a fraction of the final result.
How the firm works
Every client receives personal attention and direct access to a lawyer who knows the case. The firm works on a contingency fee basis, so clients pay no attorney’s fees unless there is a recovery. Our attorneys and support staff handle the paperwork, the medical records, and the insurance companies so injured clients can focus on recovery.
