Thomas Barwick
Tom has been licensed to practice law in North Carolina since 1980. He
graduated from East Carolina University in 1977 and earned his JD from
the University of Richmond School of Law in 1980 where he was also a member of the
Law Review.
Tom has a varied and extensive experience in law.
As a third year law student, Tom interned a year with the United States
Attorney's Office in Richmond, where he assisted in criminal and civil
litigation, actually trying his first case in federal court under
Virginia's third year practice rule. Returning home to eastern North
Carolina, Tom joined a general practice law firm in Goldsboro. He
values experiences gained there because it exposed him to a variety of
clients and practice areas, including criminal, domestic, real estate
and personal injury. He tried cases in all court levels from state
magistrate court to federal court, and in all state appellate courts.
In
1985 Tom started his own solo practice where he continued to represent
a variety of clients in all areas of law. Tom merged his practice with
another group in 1988 to form the firm of Walker, Young and Barwick,
PA. In this growing practice, Tom began a specialization in civil
litigation while developing an insurance defense practice that included
automobile negligence and medical malpractice. Gradually though, Tom
began to focus his practice in medical negligence.
In 1999, Tom
had the opportunity to join Martin & Jones in their medical
malpractice section. He understands injuries that occur when medical
care goes wrong take a tremendous physical and emotional toll on the
patient and family. Tom welcomed the idea of putting his many years of
experience in litigation to use helping victims of malpractice. He
finds representing victims not only more challenging but he also gains
a greater sense of satisfaction when his clients successfully obtain
closure from their encounters with bad medical care.
Tom resides
in Clayton, North Carolina with his wife and their three children. He
is a community activist, having served as a board member and president
of the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Chamber's Affairs Committee, a member of the Jaycees, a Mason, a Shriner, a city
councilman for the City of Goldsboro, a member of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board, and a deacon of First
Presbyterian Church of Goldsboro. He has served as president of the Wayne
County Bar Association. Tom participates in a variety of
other volunteer organizations.
Tom enjoys a variety of hobbies and
activities but especially loves being with his family, traveling,
sailing, diving and cooking.
