Gene A. Riddle

Gene Riddle is founding and managing partner at Riddle & Brantley, LLP, a North Carolina personal injury law firm focused on personal injury, workers’ compensation, Social Security disability, veterans’ benefits, wrongful death, product liability, and eminent domain. The firm also serves clients in a wide variety of mass tort and class action cases.

Riddle earned his J.D. from Wake Forest University in 1985 and has practiced law in North Carolina for more than three decades.

In addition to being a member of The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Riddle is also a member of Million Dollar Advocates and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates, the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Super Lawyers, and North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He also has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and received the 2014 Litigator Award.

In 2009, Riddle was awarded the Old North State Award by the Governor of North Carolina. The Old North State Award is the state’s second-highest civilian honor and recognizes individuals who who have provided exemplary service and commitment to the State of North Carolina.

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Riddle earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981 and his J.D. from Wake Forest University in 1985.

In addition to being a member of The National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Riddle is also a member of Million Dollar Advocates and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Super Lawyers, and North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He also has an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and received the 2014 Litigator Award.

$9.45 Million | Tractor-Trailer Accident & Wrongful Death — Attorneys Gene Riddle and Kurt Dixon represented surviving family of a family of four who was tragically killed in an 18-wheeler crash on a busy NC highway. We brought in experts to reconstruct the accident and even subpoenaed Google Maps for traffic data to prove liability. Ultimately, we secured justice for the family, negotiating more than $9 million in total compensation from multiple parties.

$2.25 Million | Car Accident & Wrongful Death — Attorney Gene Riddle secured $2.25 million in total compensation for the surviving family of our client, who was killed in a head-on crash with a heavy truck. Attorney Riddle oversaw a comprehensive accident investigation and advised defense counsel of his intention to file suit. Mediation was scheduled shortly afterward, in which we won justice for the victims’ loved ones.

$5 Million | Constitutional Rights Violation — Attorney Gene Riddle obtained a $5 million judgment against a sheriff’s deputy who demanded sex from incarcerated women. Attorney Riddle argued that the deputy had violated the women’s constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

Disclaimer: The results mentioned are intended to illustrate the type of cases handled by the firm. These results do not guarantee a similar outcome, and they should not be construed to constitute a promise or guarantee of a particular result in any particular case. Every case is different, and the outcome of any case depends upon a variety of factors unique to that case.

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