Charles G. Monnett, III
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina
Maginnis Howard
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice; view more
Licensed in North Carolina since: 1983
Education: University of North Carolina School of Law
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Charles G. Monnett III is a prominent personal injury attorney, recognized by his peers for his judicious legal representation he provides to clients who have been injured due to no fault of their own. At Maginnis Howard in Charlotte, North Carolina, he is well-equipped to handle myriad legal matters, including medical malpractice and traumatic brain injuries as well as workers’ compensation and catastrophic injuries. He has been the recipient of many accolades, including induction to the Melvin Belli Society and Who’s Who in America, as well as being awarded the Randy Evans Advocacy Award by the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina.
Mr. Monnett completed his undergraduate studies in 1980, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree in general studies from the Appalachian State University. He went on to enroll in the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1983. The same year he graduated from law school, he obtained his license to practice law in North Carolina, and he is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Within his legal community, Mr. Monnett maintains close affiliations with myriad legal organizations to help bolster the standard of service of his industry to greater heights, including the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice (Executive Committee of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group), the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America – National Advisory Board and the Roscoe Pound Institute, among many others. In addition, he is a member of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the Governor’s Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council of North Carolina and the Mecklenburg County Bar Association.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dental Malpractice, Dram Shop Laws, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 50% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1983, North Carolina
Professional Webpage: https://www.carolinalaw.com/team/charles-monnett/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Board of Governors-Southern Trial Lawyers
- Member, Birth Trauma Litigation Group, American Association for Justice
- Executive Committee, AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
- North Carolina, 1983
- Board of Directors, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, 1994 - 2000
- Board of Governors, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 1997 - Present
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1991
- President, Mecklenburg County Trial Lawyer's Association, 1997 - 1998
- Workers Compensation Section, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- Leader's Forum, American Association for Justice
- Chair, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, 2005 - 2006
- Member, American Bar Association
- Secretary, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2010 - 2011
- Executive Committee, Mecklenburg County Trial Lawyers Association, National Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group
- NC State Delegate, American Association for Justice, 2006 - Present
- Professional Negligence Section, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- President, Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Governor's Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council of North Carolina, 2004 - Present
- Vice President for Communications, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2009 - 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1989
- Board of Governors, North Carolina Association for Justice, 1997 - Present
- Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Executive Committee
- President's Club, American Association for Justice
- Chair-Elect, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, 2004
- Member, Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- Parliamentarian, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - 2010
- Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association
- Member, American Association for Justice, Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
- Chair-Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group-AAJ
- Member, Governor's Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council of North Carolina, 2008 - Present
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, National Advisory Board
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1983
- Board of Directors, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, 2002 - 2007
- Auto Torts Section, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- President's Club, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- Treasurer, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, 1998 - 2008
- President, Mecklenburg County Trial Lawyers Association, 1997-1998
- Leader's Forum, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2005 - Present
- Member, North Carolina Bar Association
- Treasurer, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - 2012
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $10,000,000 verdict on behalf of child with severe traumatic brain injury, 2006
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Board of Directors-Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
- Melvin Belli Society
- North Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council
Honors/Awards:
- Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute Sustaining
- North Carolina Lawyers Weekly 2024 Power List: Medical Malpractice
- Inaugural Recipient of Randy Evans Advocacy Award, presented by the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, 2009
- Sustaining Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute
- Selected for Inclusion in the North Carolina Super Lawyers® list: 2009-2024
- Who's Who in American Law
- Melvin Belli Society, Parliamentarian, Elected to the Board
Educational Background:
- Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, B.A., 1980
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- "Unfair Insurance Practices: Bad Faith in Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Underinsured Motorist Coverage and Med Pay", Auto Torts and Insurance Law, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Greensboro, NC, May 11, 2001
- "Refuting Claims of Malingering: From Case Selection to Closing Argument", Second Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of California, Napa, California, September 10, 2000
- American Association for Justice, Author, Direct Examination of Lay Witnesses, 2008
- "Refuting Claims of Malingering in TBI Litigation", Third Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of New York, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, June 23, 2000 - June 24, 2000
- "Neurolaw: The Basics", North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, December 18, 1995
- "The First Crossroads: Assessing the Client and the Case", Mistakes Made in the Personal Injury Case, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Charlotte, NC, June 8, 2000
- "Gain a Better Understanding of Neurolaw Basics", Michigan Lawyers Weekly, July 15, 1996
- Moderator and Course Planner, "Brain Injury Litigation in the New Millennium", Fifth Annual Trial Lawyer's Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 28, 2000
- "Direct Examination of Lay Witnesses", Trial Magazine-Journal of the American Association for Justice, July, 2008
- "Evidentiary Issues in TBI Litigation following Daubert and Kuhmo Tire", Fifth Annual Trial Lawyer's Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 28, 2000
- "Effective Representation of Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries-an Overview", Trial Briefs-North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, October, 2008
- "The Road to Recovery Requires Competent, Effective Legal Representation: Daubert and Other Evidentiary Concerns", Brain Injury Association of California-1st Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, Napa, CA, October 13, 1999
- ''Opening Statement in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases: Connecting with the Jury'', AAJ’s Litigating Traumatic Brain Injury Cases Seminar, American Association for Justice, March 16, 2012 - Present
- "Daubert and the Admissibility of PET Scans", 53rd Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Washington, DC, July 18, 1999
- "Opening Statement in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases", 12th Annual Neuroscience of Brain Injury: Research Informing Medical Treatment and Legal Practice, Brain Injury Association of California, November 4, 2011 - Present
- Moderator and Course Planner, "Maximizing Damages in Difficult Traumatic Brain Injury Cases", Fourth Annual Trial Lawyer's Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 22, 1999
- "Detection and Proof of Traumatic Brain Injuries", 17th Annual Workplace Torts & Workers' Comp, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Raleigh, NC, December 4, 2010
- "Guardianship, Trusts and Other Legal Issues Following Traumatic Brain Injury", Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Care Givers Conference, Greensboro, NC, December 5, 1998
- Moderator, "Trial of a Traumatic Brain Injury Case", 52nd Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Washington, DC, July 20, 1998
- "The Use of Imaging, Neuropsychology, Psychiatry and Other Medical Experts in the TBI Case", 11th Annual Neuroscience of Brain Injury: Research Informing Medical Treatment and Legal Practice, Brain Injury Association of California, November 6, 2010
- Moderator and Course Planner, "Mild Acquired Brain Injury: Proving it is Real", Third Annual Trial Lawyer's Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 30, 1998
- "Direct Examination of the Treating Neurologist", Litigating Traumatic Brain Injury Claims, American Association for Justice, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2010
- "Valuing the Traumatic Brain Injury: The Plaintiff's Perspective", The Annual Symposium on Head Injury Claims, The Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, December 4, 1997 - December 5, 1997
- Traumatic Brain Injuries - Moderator and Course Planner, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, March 26, 2010
- "Should I Take a Brain Injury Case?" All you Ever Wanted to Know About Brain Injury and Were Afraid to Ask, Lorman Business Center/Brain Injury Association of Illinois, Chicago, IL, November 6, 1997 - November 7, 1997
- "Voir Dire" Practical Trial Skills, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, April 24, 2009
- "Legal and Financial Issues Following Traumatic Brain Injury", Carolina's Brain Injury Symposium, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, August 12, 1997
- "Perspective from the Plaintiffs' Attorney:" How to Approach a Mediated Settlement Conference: What's Proven Successful and What has Not, Mastering Mediation, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, March 27, 2009
- "Settlement Brochures", 51st Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, San Diego, CA, July 24, 1997
- "Effective Advocacy In Mediation" Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2008: Mastering the Science and Trial Strategies, Brain Injury Association of America, Las Vegas, NV, April 3, 2008 - April 4, 2008
- "Dealing with Financial/Legal Issues Following TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury-Challenges to Recovery", Northwest Area Health Education Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Hickory, NC, April 11, 1997
- "Direct Examination of Lay Witnesses in a Traumatic Brain Injury Case", 61st Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Chicago, Illinois, July 22, 2007
- "Opening Statement in Cases Involving Head and Neck Injuries", 8th Annual Convention, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, LA, February 11, 1997
- "Mora vs. State Farm", Southern Trial Lawyers 2007 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 15, 2007
- "Settlement Brochures", The Evaluation and Settlement of Claims Involving Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd Annual Trail Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 24, 1997
- "Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation (How to Identify a Brain Injury Case and How to Prove a Brain Injury Case)", Auto Torts XXIX, South Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Atlanta, Georgia, December 1, 2006
- "Legal Issues Facing Persons with Traumatic Brain Injuries", Traumatic Brain Injury Workshop, Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities, Raleigh, NC, September 26, 1996
- "Handling the Traumatic Brain Injury Case-An Overview", NABIS Brain Injury Conference of Americas, North American Brain Injury Society, Miami, Florida, September 15, 2006
- "Pharmacological Management of the Sequella of Traumatic Brain Injury", 50th Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Boston, MA, July 26, 1996
- "Dealing with the Defenses", Eighth Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, California Brain Injury Association of America, Napa, California, September 2, 2006
- "The Basics of Head Injury Litigation", Mecklenburg County Bar Association, Nassau, Bahamas, March 12, 1996
- "Deposing the Defendant Driver", 59th Annual Convention, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section, July 25, 2005
- Moderator, "TBI Litigation", 59th Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Toronto, Canada, July 25, 2005
- Moderator and Panel Member, "Additional Thoughts Regarding Traumatic Brain Injury", 7th Annual Convention, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, LA, February 11, 1996
- "Selecting an Attorney and Establishing Guardianship", Beyond Tomorrow: Planning for the Future, Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Hilton Hotel, Charlotte, NC, February 7, 2004
- "The Direct Examination of a Physiatrist", The Use of Expert Testimony in Brain Injury Litigation-1st Annual Trail Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, January 19, 1996
- "Beyond Tomorrow: Planning for the Future", Brainstorm 2003 Moving Forward, Brain Injury Alliance of South Carolina with the Pee Dee Area Mental Health Education Center of SC, April 4, 2003
- "Direct Examination of the Plaintiff", How to Try A Personal Injury Case, North Carolina Academy of Trail Lawyers, Greensboro, NC, April 7, 1995
- "Beyond Tomorrow: Planning for the Future", Brainstorm 2003 Moving Forward, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, April 4, 2003
- "Personal Injury Claims", Insurance Litigation in North Carolina, National Business Institute, Inc., Charlotte, NC, October 26, 1994
- "Toys 'R Us: How Technology, Gizmos and Gadgets are Changing the Way to Practice Law", Mecklenburg County Trial Lawyers Association, March 27, 2003
- "Traumatic Brain Injuries", Damages, Wake Forest University School of Law, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 3, 2002
- Moderator, Fourth Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of America, Napa, California, September 21, 2002
- "The Use of Medical Literature in TBI Litigation", 56th Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Atlanta, Georgia, July 21, 2002
- "Presenting TBI Claims for Settlement", Third Annual Trial Lawyers Conference, Brain Injury Association of California, Napa, California, September 30, 2001
- Moderator, "TBI Litigation", 55th Annual Convention, American Association for Justice, Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, Montreal, Canada, July 18, 2001
Office location for Charles G. Monnett, III
6842 Carnegie Blvd.
Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28211
Phone: 919-944-4708
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