Carma Henson

Proven Verdicts
Attorney, Partner at Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
Raleigh, NC26 years experienceAdmitted 1999

About Carma Henson

Carma Locklear Henson is a partner at Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law in North Carolina, where she has practiced since 1999. Her practice focuses on nursing home abuse and neglect cases, advocating for vulnerable elderly populations against large corporations. She practices alongside her husband David Henson, her brother-in-law Thomas Henson Jr., and Rachel Fuerst.

Carma is the first Lumbee to lead the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, where she serves as President. She grew up in Pembroke and Wake County and attended St. Mary's School.

She earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1999, passing the bar exam and being admitted that same year.

She currently serves as Chair of the Nursing Home Litigation Group for the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and as President of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

She has been selected to Super Lawyers from 2020 to 2025.

Proven verdicts and settlements

A North Carolina nursing home placed an 89-year-old man in a room with a resident it knew to be violent, and within three days the roommate beat him to death.

North Carolina (confidential) · 2023Wrongful 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 1999
American Association for Justice (Chair, Nursing Home Litigation Group)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (President)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2020-2025)
First Lumbee to lead the North Carolina Advocates for Justice

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