Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Costly According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and millions of emergency room visits. The CDC estimates that in the United States 1.7 million […]
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Forest Horne Accepted Into American Board of Trial Advocates
Partner Forest Horne has been accepted into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Seventh Amendment, which guarantees the right to civil jury trials. Members in this prestigious invitation-only group must have tried a minimum of ten civil jury trials […]
Announcing 2020 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
John Alan Jones, Forest Horne and Mike Riley have again been recognized by their North Carolina peers as Super Lawyers for 2020. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only up to 5 percent of the lawyers […]
Forest Horne Honored as Lawyer of the Year 2020 by Best Lawyers
Martin & Jones is pleased to announce that partner Forest Horne has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America as Lawyer of the Year 2020 in Product Liability Litigation. Forest was also honored as Lawyer of the Year in 2018 and 2012. Forest has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and […]
Traffic Fatalities Increase After Years of Decline
After years of decreasing, the number of road-related deaths has increased two years in a row, according to numbers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). While federal figures may not confirm it (due to possible lack of identifying and tracking as cause of crash), many suspect the increase […]
Forest Horne Named Senior Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America
Forest Horne has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon […]
Attorneys and Firm Again Recognized as Among Best
The law firm of Martin & Jones, PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys John Alan Jones, Forest Horne and Mike Riley have been recognized by their peers as among the Best Lawyers in North Carolina for 2018. Forest Horne has been recognized as well as a Lawyer of the […]
Proposed Bill Puts Your Legal Rights at Risk
Your rights are at risk, and you need to know. You need to act. We all do. It is a frightening reality that we have an economy based on the fattening of corporate wallets — that making a profit is valued above helping people, above the physical and financial safety […]
Regional Competition Winners Take Home National Championship
Martin & Jones was proud to be one of the sponsors of the regional 2017 American Association for Justice (AAJ) Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC) held in Raleigh the weekend of March 10-12. The winner of the regional competition went on to become the national champions. Congratulations to the Wake […]
Lawsuit Filed Against Charlotte School of Law — Attorneys Continue to Investigate
A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed by Martin & Jones and Shipman & Wright, on behalf of all students attending the Charlotte School of Law during the fall 2016 semester. The complaint alleges that Charlotte Law and its owners, InfiLaw, violated North Carolina’s prohibition against unfair or deceptive […]