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William D. Acton Jr. (Bill Acton) - Charlotte, NC
438 Queens Road Charlotte, NC 28207
DeVore, Acton & Stafford, P.A.
Updated: 09/22/2022
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Charlotte Personal Injury Lawyer
Overview
I have always enjoyed representing people who have been injured, whether before the Industrial Commission, a jury, the NC Court of Appeals or the NC Supreme Court.About William D. Acton Jr. (Bill Acton)
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Insurance Disputes
- Eminent Domain
Current Employment Position(s)
- Retired, of Counsel
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1977
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Specialties and Certifications
- Board Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation, North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization
Other Affiliations
- Mecklenburg County Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Former member of the Workers' Compensation Council
- North Carolina State Bar
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Former member of the Workers' Compensation Board
Education
- North Carolina Central University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1977
J.D.
Honors: cum laude - North Carolina State University, 1974
B.A.
Major: Economics
Fraternities and Sororities
- Kappa Alpha Order
Past Positions
- Mecklenburg County Office of the Public Defender, Defended and tried hundreds of cases from Traffic Offenses to Capital Murder, 1977 - 1984
- Griffin, Ruff and Acton, Workers' Compensation, Personal Injury and Criminal practice, 1984 - 1990
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About William D. Acton Jr. (Bill Acton)
Included on the 2023 North Carolina list
Past Lists
- 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
- 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
View the profile for William D. Acton Jr. (Bill Acton) on Super Lawyers
Honors
- Selected To Super Lawyers: 2009, 2011 - 2013
Office Information
Address
438 Queens Road Charlotte, NC 28207
Phone
Fax
- 704-332-2825
Websites
Publication
Representative Cases
- Insurance bad faith and punitive damages. $2,000 compensatory damages and $225,000 punitive damages., Lovell v. Nationwide, 108 N.C.App. 416, 424 S.E.2d 181 (1993), affirmed 334 N.C. 682, 435 S.E.2d 71 (1993).
- Unfair Trade Practices, treble damages, Process Components v. Baltimore Aircoil, Inc., 89 N.C.App. 649, 366 S.E.2d 907, (1988), affirmed, 323 N.C. 620, 374 S.E.2d 116 (1988).
- Workers Comp: Denied back claim, with appeals to the Supreme Court. Settlement payout for over $300,000. , Gregory v W.A. Brown & Sons, 363 N.C. 750, 688 S.E.2d 431 (2010).
- Workers Comp: Penalties against insurance carrier for illegal wrongful termination of benefits. Settlement payout for over $438,000. , Baxter v. Nichols and Key Risk Insurance, I.C. No. 687088, affirmed by Supreme Court, 363 N.C. 829, 690 S.E.2d 265 (2010).
- Workers Comp: Reinstatement of past due benefits for police officer. Payout for over $164,000., Police Officer Lisa Shupe v. City of Charlotte, 205 N.C.App. 321, 697 S.E.2d 525, 2010 WL 2651609 (N.C.App.)Unpublished Disposition.
- Workers Comp: Broken hand for machine worker. Settlement of over $200,000.
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