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Thomas Henson Jr. joined Henson Fuerst in 1989. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1986 and his Juris Doctorate in 1989—both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.. Thomas is the Past Chair of the board of directors of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina (BIANC), advocating for brain injury victims and their families across North Carolina, and currently serves on its board. He has been a presenter at multiple conferences for victims of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), their caregivers, and brain injury professionals.. In 2012, Governor Bev Perdue appointed Thomas to the first of two four-year terms on the North Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services, the advisory council is responsible for studying the needs of people with brain injury; coordinating preventive efforts; promoting inter-agency coordination of efforts; and making recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, and state organizations about planning, development, and funding.. Thomas remains an active member of the Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice. He recognizes that brain injuries can happen to anyone, anytime, and he is passionate about helping victims and families reassemble their lives under the best possible circumstances. Additionally, he contributed a chapter for the book The Miracle Mind: Sonya’s Story, a guidebook designed to help stroke and traumatic brain injury patients, their families, and their caregivers.. Thomas also served as a member and past director on the board of directors for Friends of Residents in Long Term Care.. In 2002, Thomas formed the Henson Fuerst Cycling Team, which has grown from only a few members into a team of more than 50 people, including top-level triathletes, recreational riders, and brand-new riders. The Cycling Team’s primary event has been the North Carolina Tour de Cure, which benefits the American Diabetes Association (ADA).. From 2009 until 2014, Thomas served as chair or co-chair for the Tour, and still serves as captain of the Henson Fuerst Cycling Team. The team raised over $100,000 for the ADA in their years of participation, and together, all participants in the Tour de Cure raise hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. Henson Fuerst team members also participate in other charity cycling events such as the Bike MS Ride to benefit multiple sclerosis, the 100-kilometer “Ride for the Rock,” which raises funds for the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, the Raven Rock Ramble which benefits the UNC Kidney Foundation, and the CARA Ride for Their Lives which benefits the Carolina Animal Rescue and Adoption Organization.. Attorney Thomas Henson Jr. loves to spend time with his wife and son who are the “center and the joys of his life.”

John Alan Jones is the founding member and managing partner of Martin & Jones, where he has worked since he began practicing law in 1982.  John Alan was born and raised in Pine Level, North Carolina.  He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society.  After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1979, he entered law school at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Holderness Moot Court.. Upon graduating from law school in 1982, John Alan began representing workers with occupational diseases caused by toxic chemicals and cotton dust.  His practice soon became statewide.  He represented hundreds of North Carolina workers in these occupational disease cases, which led to an interest in both medicine and product liability claims.  In the mid-1980's, he began representing people who had been injured by major corporations manufacturing toxic chemicals, asbestos, defective pharmaceuticals and harmful medical devices.. From 1984 until 1997, he successfully represented approximately 1,100 women from 28 states who had been injured by the Dalkon Shield IUD.  Indeed, he obtained a large plaintiff's verdict in the last Dalkon Shield case tried in the United States.  In 1988 he first agreed to represent someone injured by medical malpractice.  He tried and won his first medical malpractice case in 1990, and he has successfully represented medical malpractice victims throughout North Carolina, having tried these cases from the mountains to the coast.  He now heads the firm's medical malpractice group, which is comprised of 5 attorneys and 12 support staff.  John Alan continues to devote a large percentage of his practice to representing individuals catastrophically injured by medical negligence, defective pharmaceuticals, toxic substances or other negligence.. He also devotes a significant amount of his work time to consumer class action litigation and representing small businesses victimized by unfair business practices of major corporations.  John Alan served as lead counsel on behalf of thousands of consumers in class actions against major banks arising from predatory lending practices.  After more than seven years of litigation, John Alan and partner Chris Olson settled predatory lending class actions against a Bank of America subsidiary, NationsCredit, for $38,750,000 and a CitiBank subsidiary, Citifinancial, for $42,500,000.  Each of these class actions went to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court, resulting in landmark appellate decisions providing protection for North Carolina consumers and providing compensation to more than 12,000 North Carolina consumers.. John Alan does not limit his law practice to the state of North Carolina.  He handles both trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina and around the U.S.  He has received Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" peer review rating, which is the highest rating given.  Due to recognition by other attorneys from around North Carolina, John Alan has been recognized by the following organizations:. John Alan is married and has two young children.  He happily spends most of his free time with family activities, but he also enjoys saltwater fishing and travel.

Carma Henson, attorney and partner with Henson Fuerst, joined Henson Fuerst, P.A. in 1999, after earning her Juris Doctor from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1999.  Carma was born and raised in Garner, North Carolina.. Carma has spent her entire career fighting for the rights of individuals who have been hurt, abused, or neglected through no fault of their own.  This has ranged from representing nursing home residents who were physically abused and neglected; to representing folks who have been catastrophically injured or even killed as a result of a tractor trailer accident, a drunk driver, or sometimes due to just simple inattention of another driver; and many things in between.  Carma has learned through her many years of litigating injury and death cases, that in a large majority of these cases, and especially in the cases that seem to be the most obvious and egregious, the responsible party will not take full responsibility for the harm they caused unless the plaintiff’s lawyer is prepared and ready to fight, tooth and nail, to ensure justice for her clients.  And that is what Carma Henson promises to do—to battle with the large insurance companies, the nursing home corporations, the hospitals, the tractor trailer companies—whatever the defendant, to ensure that her clients are treated fairly.. Carma’s passion for ensuring justice for these folks was naturally acquired. Carma was raised in a modest home where she was taught to always work hard and stand up for what is right, for what she believed in. And Carma passionately believes that all people, no matter their race, religion, or age, deserve to be treated fairly, and with dignity and respect, at all phases and stages of life. At the end of the day, that is what is important to Carma, and what she strives to teach her children—to work hard, be caring, compassion, honest, to treat people with respect, and to never back down from what you know is right.. Carma is married to David Henson, also an attorney and partner at Henson Fuerst (son of founding partner Tom Henson, Sr.). They have 2 sons, Caleb and Parker, and have recently welcomed a girl to the family—a goldendoodle puppy named Bailey. Carma and her family spend much of their free time with other family, and love spending as much time as possible at the beach.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.

Experienced Medical Malpractice attorney serving clients in Raleigh and surrounding areas.