About Randall Phillips

Randall Phillips is an attorney at Maginnis Howard, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has over 30 years of experience and joined Maginnis Howard in 2006. His practice focuses on personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, motor vehicle liability, and product liability cases.

Phillips earned his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1991, and his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1994.

He is admitted to practice in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, as well as the U.S. District Courts in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He has argued a significant case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit involving witness intimidation tactics.

He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Melvin Belli Society, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors), the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, and the Tennessee Association for Justice (former Board member, 1998-2005). He has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers, and holds a 9.2 Avvo rating. He receives referrals from attorneys nationwide and has extensive litigation experience throughout the Southeast.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer

These results are credited to Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$8.62 millionSettlementTop 20 in North Carolina · #8

Three people died and a child was seriously injured when a 20-year-old drove the wrong way on Interstate 85 after a night of underage drinking supplied by bars and a fraternity; Maginnis Howard's Shawn Howard helped secure an $8.62 million settlement against 18 of the 19 defendants one month before trial.

North Carolina (venue withheld) · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2.5 millionSettlement

Maginnis Howard secured a $2.5 million settlement for 6,858 North Carolina patients after proving that medical-records processor MRO Corporation systematically charged copying fees that exceeded the state statutory cap, entitling each class member to a full refund of unlawful charges plus a penalty of roughly $205 per violation.

Durham County Superior Court, NC (Case No. 22-CVS-3672) · 2024Class ActionsRead the full story →
$1.25 millionSettlement

A $1.25 million settlement resolved a wrongful-death claim against the City of Winston-Salem after a probationary city landfill operator, distracted by personal phone calls, backed a bulldozer into Waste Management driver Thomas Thompson and killed him.

Forsyth County Superior Court, NC (Case No. 23 CVS 2810) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$760,035Verdict

A jury awarded $760,035 to a news reporter who suffered a fractured tibia after a municipal truck driver struck and then backed over his leg in a Huntersville parking lot, and the NC Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the verdict over a contributory-negligence challenge.

Mecklenburg County Superior Court, NC (affirmed NC Court of Appeals COA24-505) · 2024Car 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

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of Tennessee, admitted 1994
American Association for Justice
Melvin Belli Society
Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors)
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
Tennessee Association for Justice (former Board member, 1998-2005)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America
Avvo 9.2 rating
B.A. summa cum laude, UNC Charlotte (1991)

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$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
Hardison & Cochran
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$3.5 million · Paralyzed Tree Cutter Wins $3.5 Million From Insurers After Employee Status Ruling
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.