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Forest has been practicing law for more than twenty-five years. He spent the first six years of his career as a partner with a large "defense" law firm mainly defending large corporations in civil lawsuits. Seeing the inequalities that existed in the justice system between wealthy and powerful companies and regular people, Forest was motivated to change his law practice, join Martin & Jones and help level the playing field for ordinary, hard-working men and women and their families...
Forest has been practicing law for more than twenty-five years. He spent the first six years of his career as a partner with a large "defense" law firm mainly defending large corporations in civil lawsuits. Seeing the inequalities that existed in the justice system between wealthy and powerful companies and regular people, Forest was motivated to change his law practice, join Martin & Jones and help level the playing field for ordinary, hard-working men and women and their families...
Forest has been practicing law for more than twenty-five years. He spent the first six years of his career as a partner with a large "defense" law firm mainly defending large corporations in civil lawsuits. Seeing the inequalities that existed in the justice system between wealthy and powerful companies and regular people, Forest was motivated to change his law practice, join Martin & Jones and help level the playing field for ordinary, hard-working men and women and their families.
With the experience Forest gained from defending lawsuits, he now represents people who have been severely injured or families of those killed due to the negligence of others. Forest represents men and women injured on the job in claims before the Industrial Commission with a goal of obtaining every dollar of compensation to which the employee is entitled under the law. Forest has tried lawsuits for his clients to successful jury verdicts in numerous states, including North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. He has also successfully represented clients in lawsuits filed in Georgia, New Jersey, Tennessee, Ohio, Alabama, Minnesota, Florida, Utah and Illinois. Forest has argued appellate cases in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Forest has obtained verdicts or negotiated settlements for his clients from corporations in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical, railroad, and trucking industries. He continues to represent clients in a wide variety of cases, including asbestos disease, defective drug, professional negligence, and the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA).
Forest was lead counsel in a case in which he won what was reported to be the single largest FELA asbestos disease verdict in the country on behalf of a CSX railroad worker who contracted the asbestos related lung cancer, mesothelioma. Forest has also obtained other verdicts or negotiated settlements for his railroad worker clients against various railroads in numerous states.
Forest has been recognized by his peers as a Best Lawyer in America for the last decade, and has the further honor of being named Lawyer of the Year for 2018 in the area of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions for Raleigh. Forest also received the distinction of Lawyer of the Year in 2012 in the area of Product Liability Litigation for Raleigh. He has also been chosen annually for inclusion in North Carolina Super Lawyers since 2010. Forest has achieved the highest attorney rating, "AV," by Martindale-Hubbell, an independent legal services company whose peer-review attorney ratings service is an objective indicator that an attorney has the highest ethical standards and professional ability. What these accolades and ratings do not show is Forest's commitment to and compassion for his clients.
Forest has held leadership positions in the NC Advocates for Justice, and NC Bar Association and has been a speaker at seminars sponsored by these and other legal organizations. He is a senior fellow of The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society of the Litigation Counsel of America.
(Cases or matters referenced do not represent the law firm's entire record. Each case is unique and must be evaluated on its owns merits. The outcome of a particular case cannot be predicated upon a lawyer's or a law firm's past results. Unless otherwise specified, each of the following matters was contested on liability and/or damages, the opposing parties were represented, the matters involved complex legal and/or factual issues, and the law firm was successful in collecting the amounts stated. Case summaries are from 2000 through the present.)
About H. Forest Horne
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Railroad Worker Injury - FELA
- Drugs & Medical Devices
- Premises Liability
- Trucking Accidents
- Workers' Compensation
- Products Liability
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
Other Affiliations
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Auto-Torts Co-Chair)
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association (Alternative Billing Commission)
- Wake County Bar Association (Communications Committee)
- NC Advocates for Justice
- NC Bar Association
Education
- Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh, North Carolina
J.D.
Honors: Order of Barristers
Honors: Moot Court National Team and Moot Court Board
Honors: Attorney General
Law Review: Campbell University Law Review, Articles Editor - University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
B.A.
Major: Business Administration
Past Positions
- Manning, Fulton & Skinner, PA, Partner
- Manning, Fulton & Skinner, PA, Associate
- Attorney General's Office for the State of North Carolina, Department of Labor, Clerk
Classes and Seminars
- Speaker, Practical Skills Course on Personal Injury Law, North Carolina Bar Association
- Speaker, Business Torts, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Speaker, Premises Liability, National Business Institute
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About H. Forest Horne
Included on the 2024 North Carolina list
Past Lists
- 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyer in America, 2008 - Present
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2010 - Present
- AV, Martindale-Hubbell
- Fellow, Trial Lawyers Honorary Society of the Litigation Counsel of America
- Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, 2018
- Lawyer of the Year, Product Liability Litigation, 2012
Office Information
Address
4140 Parklake AvenueSuite 400 Raleigh, NC 27612
Fax
- (919) 863-6084
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