Charles Monnett

Charles G. Monnett III is an attorney at Maginnis Howard, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has more than 40 years of experience in plaintiff trial work, having begun practice in 1983. His practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and traumatic brain injury cases.

Monnett earned his B.A. from Appalachian State University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1983.

He is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar (1983), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (1983), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1989), and the U.S. Supreme Court (1991).

He is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice (NC State Delegate since 2006; Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group Executive Committee). He serves as Parliamentarian and Board Member of the Melvin Belli Society, is a Member Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute, has served as President and Board of Governors member of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, sits on the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (since 1997), and is a former board member of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina.

He has been selected for the North Carolina Super Lawyers list every year from 2009-2024 and named to North Carolina Lawyers Weekly's 2024 Power List for Medical Malpractice. He received the Randy Evans Advocacy Award in 2009 and is featured in Who's Who in American Law.