Meet Our Attorneys

Tom works with Martin & Jones in the medical malpractice section.  He understands injuries that occur when medical care goes wrong and how it can take a tremendous physical and emotional toll on the patient and family.

Katie works exclusively with victims of medical malpractice.  She concentrates her practice on helping families who have a loved one with cerebral palsy as a result of birth trauma or obstetrical malpractice.

Carrie joined Martin & Jones in 2010.  She received her undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  After graduating with honors from Washington Lee School of Law, Carrie clerked for the Honorable Hal Cobb, a federal judge in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Jill works exclusively with employees who have not been properly compensated by their employer for all of their hours worked.  Her practice is devoted to assisting employees with violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Forest Horne has obtained verdicts or negotiated settlements for his clients from corporations in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical, CSX railroad, and trucking industries. He represents clients in a wide variety of cases, including asbestos diseases, defective drugs, professional negligence, and the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA).

John Alan Jones has represented people seriously injured by toxic chemicals, dangerous pharmaceuticals, medical devices and medical malpractice since 1982.  He has also successfully represented thousands of consumers in class action lawsuits arising from predatory lending, unfair or deceptive trade practices or defective products.  John Alan has handled these cases in both state and federal courts throughout North Carolina as well as state and federal courts around the U.S.  He also represents small businesses who have been unfairly victimized by large corporations.

Since 2001, Greg has continued to handle claims involving medical devices and defective drugs, including Sulzer hip implant cases and products liability claims against pharmaceutical companies manufacturing the drugs Rezulin, Reglan, Permax, and Vioxx.

Chris has been practicing law with Martin & Jones since 2001. Prior to joining Martin & Jones, Chris worked for five years at one of the state’s largest and most prestigious defense firms.

Spencer primarily limits his practice to representing people with asbestos diseases, especially mesothelioma victims.  He has been representing these workers and their families for over 20 years.  In addition to his work with asbestos victims, Spencer also handles personal injury and defective product cases involving catastrophic injury or death.

Mike Riley obtains compensation for people diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and other diseases caused by exposure to asbestos.  The symptoms of asbestos related diseases typically show up decades after a person has been exposed to asbestos, and those effects of asbestos exposure are generally irreversible.

Sam is a veteran of the United States Army and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.  After graduating from Duke University School of Law in 1992, Sam was appointed as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Damon Keith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Hoyt Tessener represents those injured in truck and car accidents, hurt by nursing home neglect, taken advantage of by fraud or other unfair activities.

Megan works in the personal injury practice area helping people harmed by the negligence of others.

Walt practices in a variety of civil litigation areas, including personal injury, products liability, railroad and trucking accidents, civil rights and business litigation in North Carolina and South Carolina.  Walt is committed to seeking justice for those who have been wrongfully injured or taken advantage of.