Sean A.B. Cole

Sean A.B. Cole serves clients throughout the southeastern United States from his own firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is one of the long-standing and respected attorneys in his area, and he focuses his practice on severe personal injury claims, including wrongful death, catastrophic personal injury, injuries caused by drunk drivers, and wrecks involving commercial vehicles including 18-wheelers and delivery drivers.

For over 25 years, Mr. Cole has worked closely with individuals and families that faced catastrophic accidents, wrongful death, animal attacks, toxic exposure, drunk and negligent driving accidents, car and bicycle accidents, truck collisions, and brain injuries, as well as workplace harassment, civil litigation and business disputes.

A native of Virginia, Mr. Cole graduated cum laude with a B.A. in history from King University in 1994. He received his law degree in 1997 from Wake Forest University School of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of Barristers and was a member of the Student Bar Association and the Moot Court Board. He was awarded the Moot Court Board Award for his outstanding contributions, and he qualified as a quarterfinalist in the 1996-97 National Moot Court Competition, which is the highest moot court competition in the United States..

Before establishing The Law Offices of Sean Cole, Mr. Cole worked at several other acclaimed North Carolina law firms and gained extensive experience mediating and litigating personal injury and civil cases in the state, federal and appellate courts. He is certified as a mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission.

Having won millions of dollars in total compensation and restitution for his clients, Mr. Cole is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization which includes less than one percent of all U.S. attorneys. Additionally, he is a lifetime member of Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America and is rated AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell. He is also listed among the Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers by The National Trial Lawyers.

Recognized for his ties in the community, Mr. Cole is an Eagle Scout and holds a lifetime membership in the National Eagle Scout Association. For several years, he has participated in the annual Wake County Bar Awards event, helping to raise funds for legal aid. He was chosen twice for the Wake County Bar Association’s President’s Award and included multiple times in the North Carolina Pro Bono Honor Society for his pro bono contributions.

Mr. Cole is a member of the Wake County Bar Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice and the North Carolina Bar Association.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.