Jeremy Maddox

Charlotte, NC14 years experienceAdmitted 2011

About Jeremy Maddox

Jeremy S. Maddox is a Partner at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin and a lead personal injury attorney for the firm. He joined the firm in 2011 and was instrumental in leading the opening of the firm's Charlotte office.

Maddox earned his Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems and Operations Management from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia in 2007 and his Juris Doctor from Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2011. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in September 2011.

Before joining Farrin, he worked as a law clerk assisting employees with labor and employment law cases and provided pro bono legal assistance with Legal Aid of North Carolina through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. He was part of the team that worked on the historic Black Farmers case, helping James Scott Farrin lead a team of firms in obtaining a $1.25 billion settlement for over 15,700 Black farmers after years of USDA discrimination.

His honors include Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021), National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2020-2023), National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2021), and Business North Carolina's Legal Elite (2021-2025).

He is a member of North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the North Carolina Bar Association, the 26th Judicial District Bar Association, and the Mecklenburg County Bar Association. He volunteers with the USO in honor of his military family members.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Law Offices of James Scott Farrin

These results are credited to Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$8 millionSettlement

Farrin co-lead counsel Gary Jackson won an $8 million class settlement for roughly 6,500 residents forced from their homes by the 2022 ammonium nitrate fire at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant, with a separate $4.5 million for affected businesses.

Forsyth County Superior Court, Winston-Salem, NC · 2025Class ActionsRead the full story →

A Johnston County jury awarded $5.1 million to the family of Joan Drake, killed when a driver going 98 mph struck her car as she turned into a Clayton Walmart, after Farrin attorneys Coleman Cowan and Donald Clack tried the case without putting on a single medical bill.

Johnston County Superior Court, NC · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2 million

A mother and her two teenage daughters were seriously hurt in an October 2018 head-on crash on North Carolina Highway 49 with a company truck driven by an unlicensed man. After the injury claims were resolved by agreement, a federal court held that the construction company's commercial excess policy covered the accident and that interest was owed on top. The Fourth Circuit affirmed in August 2025, and the family's total recovery reached $2,861,458.

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Greensboro · 2023Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Elon University School of Law
B.A. Information Systems and Operations Management, 2011
George Mason University
Undergraduate, 2007

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2011
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
North Carolina Bar Association
26th Judicial District Bar Association
Mecklenburg County Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (2021)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2020-2023)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2021)
Business North Carolina Legal Elite (2021-2025)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Charlotte firms

DeMayo Law Offices, LLP
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$12 million · A Warehouse Visit, Falling Marble Slabs, and a $12 Million Wrongful-Death Settlement
Brown Moore & Associates
Brown Moore & Associates
$6.13 Million Verdict After Hospital Discharged Chest-Pain Patient Who Died Hours Later
Elrod Pope
Elrod Pope
$10.28 Million Verdict for Worker Trapped When Trailer's Landing Gear Collapsed
A&S Personal Injury Lawyers
A&S Personal Injury Lawyers
$3 million · Ex-Band Director Held Liable for $3 Million in Student Assault
Auger & Auger
Auger & Auger
$500,000 Settlement for Taxi Passenger With Broken Femurs and Brain Injury After Hit-and-Run Cab

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