Charles G. Monnett III

Charles G. Monnett III is a personal injury attorney with Maginnis Howard in Charlotte, North Carolina. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury cases. He began practicing in 1983, opening a firm that represented people harmed by negligence. In 2022, he merged his practice with Maginnis Howard and continued representing injured individuals and families in serious civil claims. His practice has included extensive work involving the long-term medical consequences of traumatic brain injuries and other severe harm.

Charles earned a B.A. from Appalachian State University in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1983. He was admitted to the North Carolina bar that year and later to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. His decades of litigation experience build on that legal training, particularly in evaluating injury evidence and presenting complex medical issues to courts and juries.

His reported results include a $13 million medical malpractice verdict involving a child’s neurological injuries after a missed diagnosis, a $2.25 million wrongful death settlement in a police shooting matter, and a $1,637,250 dram shop verdict following a fatal impaired-driving incident. He also obtained a $760,035.44 verdict for a person struck by a truck in a parking lot; the result was upheld on appeal. Each outcome arose from its own circumstances.

Charles G. Monnett III has argued matters before the Fourth Circuit, North Carolina Supreme Court, and North Carolina Court of Appeals. He chaired the American Association for Justice’s Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group and served on the board of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina. Through litigation, professional education, and organizational service, he advocates for people facing the lasting effects of serious injuries.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Maginnis Howard
• Member, The North Carolina State Bar
• National Advisory Board, Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
• President and Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association (2005 – Present)
• President’s Club and Leader’s Forum and Vice President for Communications, North Carolina Advocates for Justice (2009-2011)
• President, Mecklenburg County Trial Lawyers Association (1997-1998)
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Association for Justice (1998 – 2008)
• Member, Mecklenburg County Bar Association
• Member Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute
• Parliamentarian, Elected to the Board, Melvin Belli Society
• Board Member, Brain Injury Association of North Carolina
• Member, Governor’s Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council of North Carolina (2004 – Present)

Licensed State

• North Carolina

Education

• University of North Carolina School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Appalachian State University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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