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Vernon Sumwalt has handled approximately 300 workers' compensation hearings, 120 appeals--mostly from cases he has tried--and many other cases before juries and our courts of general jurisdiction in both North Carolina and South Carolina. He is a Past President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (formerly the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers) and has taught 145 state and national classes for lawyers and other professionals. He has also written over 55 books, chapters, and articles on different aspects of workers' compensation and trial law.
Since 2005, Vernon has been a North Carolina State Bar Board Certified Specialist in the area of Workers' Compensation Law. In 2014, the North Carolina State Bar also certified him as a Specialist in Appellate Practice.
North Carolina, 1998
South Carolina, 1998
United States Supreme Court, 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2017
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1998
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1998
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2005
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2015
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (formerly the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers) (Past President (2020-2021), President (2019-2020))
North Carolina Bar Association (Workers' Compensation Section (1998-present))
North Carolina Industrial Commission (Informal Advisory Council (2013))
Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina (Chair of the Uniform Bar Exam Drafting Subcommittee for Workers’ Compensation (2017-2019) )
North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization (Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Specialization Committee (2014-2017))
South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association) (Member (1998-present))
American Association for Justice (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association) (Member (1998-present))
Kids Chance of North Carolina, Inc. (Board of Directors (2009-2012))
Workplace Injury Litigation Group
South Carolina Injured Workers’ Advocates, 2019 - 2021
North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization (Member of the Appellate Practice Specialization Exam Committee (2022-present))
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, May, 1998 Juris Doctor
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, May, 1994 B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: magna cum laude