Martin & Jones Attorneys Honored By Peers

John Alan Jones, Spencer Parris, Hoyt Tessener and Forest Horne have each been selected by their peers to receive special recognitions.

John Alan and Hoyt have been recognized as among North Carolina SuperLawyers 2008 as well as among the Best Lawyers in America. Spencer Parris has been recognized as a North Carolina SuperLawyer 2008, and Forest Horne has been selected as among the Best Lawyers in America 2008.

Only five percent of the state's attorneys are selected in peer-review surveys each year as SuperLawyers. Attorneys are selected as Best Lawyers by more than two million peer-review surveys completed nationally.

Additionally, each attorney has achieved the highest rating, an "AV" rating, by Martindale-Hubbell legal directory, a peer-review ratings service based on the highest ethical standards and professional ability.

John Alan heads the firm's medical malpractice group. He has recently appeared before the North Carolina Supreme Court receiving favorable decisions on cases involving predatory lending practices in the state. The decisions will allow John Alan and his partner Chris Olson to continue their cases representing low-income borrowers against lending corporations.

Spencer Parris has long represented asbestos exposure victims and their families in cases against manufacturers and employers who knowingly exposed workers to the deadly material. Clients from more than 20 states have hired him to represent them over the past decade. Spencer was previously President of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Hoyt heads the firm's personal injury, nursing home and Social Security disability practices. He teaches at Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College, teaches jury selection to Campbell University third-year law students, and is a frequent instructor of continuing legal education programs. Hoyt has chaired the Litigation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and is on the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Forest has held leadership positions in the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the North Carolina Bar Association, and has been a speaker at seminars sponsored by these and other legal organizations. He recently represented clients in litigation and settlement with the pharmaceutical company Merck over its withdrawn painkiller, Vioxx.