About J. Adam Bridwell

J. Adam Bridwell is a partner at Hardison & Cochran in North Carolina. He joined the firm directly after receiving his law degree in 2005 and was named partner in 2015. His practice focuses primarily on workers' compensation, with additional work in personal injury, car/truck/motorcycle accidents, Social Security disability, nursing home and child care negligence, wrongful death, mass torts, and defective medical devices.

Bridwell is a Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, certified by the North Carolina State Bar.

He earned his B.A. in Marketing and Management from the University of South Carolina and his Juris Doctor from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 2005.

He is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar and is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and Phi Alpha Delta.

He was named to the North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars list in 2014 and 2015.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Hardison & Cochran

These results are credited to Hardison & Cochran. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Johnston County jury awarded $3 million to commercial truck driver Keave Bayes after a log fell on him at a logging deck, and John Paul Godwin of Hardison and Cochran, with co-counsel Sanford Thompson, secured the full verdict.

Johnston County Superior Court, NC (insurance coverage appeal: M.D.N.C. / 4th Cir.) · 2022Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
Verdict

A 4-3 North Carolina Supreme Court decision held that state employees cannot invoke sovereign immunity to block individual-capacity wrongful death claims, arising from the death of an NCSU maintenance worker killed by a pressurized refrigerant flange.

Supreme Court of North Carolina (underlying case: Person County Superior Court) · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of South Carolina
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2005
North Carolina State Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
Phi Alpha Delta

Awards & recognition

North Carolina State Bar Board-Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2014, 2015)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
$8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
$40 million · Henson Fuerst Wins Record $40 Million Drunk Driving Verdict
Martin & Jones
Martin & Jones
$31 Million Settlement After Two-Point Lap Belt Paralyzed an 11-Year-Old in a Ford Escort
Brent Adams & Associates
Brent Adams & Associates
$3.41 million · Johnston County Jury Awards $3.41 Million to Family of 23-Year-Old Killed by Sucker Punch at Selma Bar

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.