Setting the Standard

Attorneys

Martha P. Brown

Partner (Member)

Martha Brown concentrates her practice on negotiating, litigating, and advising her clients in workers’ compensation claims, insurance coverage disputes, and personal injury actions. Martha has litigated cases in both state and federal courts in North Carolina and in the North Carolina appellate courts. She also has been involved in all aspects of litigating both complex and routine workers’ compensation claims in front of the North Carolina Industrial Commission. In this forum, she has represented injured workers, employers, insurance carriers, and non-insured employers. In addition, Martha has experience working with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the North Carolina Department of Labor. She has advised clients regarding drafting of employee handbooks, policies, employment agreements, and severance agreements. Martha has been listed as one of the Legal Elite by Business North Carolina magazine.

Practice Areas:

Appellate Practice
Insurance Coverage
Insurance Defense
Personal Injury
Workers’ Compensation

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

Education:

University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993 – J.D. (with Honors)
North Carolina Law Review, Member, 1992–1993
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., 1990 – B.A. (Summa Cum Laude )
Alpha Sigma Nu

Sample Reported Cases:

Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. v. Buzz Off Insect Shield LLC, 364 N.C. 1, 692 S.E.2d 605 (2010)
McAdams v. Autozone, Inc., No. 1:05CV010121, 2007 WL 2733710 (M.D.N.C. Sept. 17, 2007)
Herring v. Liner, 163 N.C. App. 534, 594 S.E.2d 117 (2004)
Drakeford v. Charlotte Express Nat. Union Fire, 158 N.C. App. 432, 581 S.E.2d 97 (2003)
Simmons v. Chemol Corp., 137 N.C. App. 319, 528 S.E.2d 368 (2000)
Brown v. Roth, 133 N.C. App. 52, 514 S.E.2d 294 (1999)

Membership in Law-Related Organizations:

Greensboro Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (NCADA)
Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Miscellaneous:

Business North Carolina’s "Legal Elite"

Legal Decisions of Interest

The N.C. Supreme Court held that a liability insurance company had no duty to defend its insured in a trademark infringement action where the claims asserted were not covered by the CGL policy because the claims that the insured misrepresented … Continue reading →
Unfair and deceptive dealings among business partners are not deemed as having occurred “in commerce” and hence they do not give rise to a claim between such partners under the Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. White v. Thompson, No. … Continue reading →
Appeal to the Court of Appeals was dismissed because the appellant failed to serve parties in the case who did not appeal. Lee v. Winget Road, LLC, No. COA09-828 (N.C. App. May 18, 2010). Click here for a copy of … Continue reading →
Where a county’s liability insurance policy excluded coverage of any claim that would be barred by governmental immunity, that county has not waived the governmental immunity defense even though it had purchased the liability insurance policy. Estate of Early v. … Continue reading →
An employer is not liable for an injury caused by an off-duty employee even though the negligent act of the employee and the resulting injury occurred on the employer’s premises. Matthews v. Food Lion, LLC, No. COA10-73 (N.C. App. July … Continue reading →
The appellate court reiterated the established principle that a plaintiff who brings a personal injury action alleging that he sustained and will continue to suffer physical and mental/emotional pain has impliedly waived his physician-patient privilege. Lowd v. Reynolds, No. COA09-505 … Continue reading →
The trial court properly ordered that one of two contested wills be deemed the valid and enforceable one without a trial as a sanction for one of the party’s failure to comply with a court order to respond to written … Continue reading →
A claim involving an alleged invalid warrant was properly dismissed for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) where the Complaint set for merely the conclusory allegation that the warrant was insufficient, and there were no allegations explaining … Continue reading →

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Office Location

Phone:: 336.282.8848
Fax:: 336.282.8409

3203 Brassfield Road Greensboro, NC 27410