Don Strickland
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Since joining Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau in 1984, Don has successfully represented clients in serious personal injury and wrongful death cases in the state and federal courts of North Carolina. Don has also litigated business tort cases in the state and federal courts in North Carolina and South Carolina, federal courts in Florida and Maryland, and state court in Arizona.
Don obtained substantial verdicts and settlements against corporate defendants including Honda, Southeastern Toyota, Snap-on Tools Corporation, South Carolina National Bank, and Champion Products, Inc. He and partner Don Beskind obtained the largest federal tort claim verdict in North Carolina against the United States government.
Areas of Practice
- Serious Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Business Torts
- Professional Negligence
- Premises Liability
Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. in Business Administration, 1978
- Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1984
Admissions
- North Carolina 1984
- U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Professional Memberships
- Wake County Bar Association
- North Carolina State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- Leaders Forum
- President's Club
- Board of Governors, 1997-2005
- Benefactor
- Board of Editors, Trials Briefs, 1986-1999
- American Association for Justice
- Leaders Forum
- President's Club
Don is a frequent speaker and writer for continuing legal education seminars in the area of litigation. He has served on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committees in federal multi-district litigation, representing both individual and class action plaintiffs in business tort cases.
Special Recognition
Don has an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America. Don is a fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy. Don has been selected as a North Carolina Super Lawyer and based on a survey of members of the North Carolina Bar Association in business related specialties; Business North Carolina has selected Don as a member of its North Carolina Legal Elite in the field of litigation.
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