About Rebecca Britton

Rebecca Britton serves Of Counsel at Maginnis Howard in the firm's Fayetteville, North Carolina office. Her practice focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and medical malpractice cases.

With over 30 years of hands-on experience litigating and trying personal injury and wrongful death cases, she has advocated for injured individuals throughout North Carolina for more than 25 years. She is a trained and certified mediator and has served as an arbitrator in Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitrations.

Britton earned her B.A. from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 1989 and her Juris Doctor from Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law in 1992.

She is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar (1992), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (1992), the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1995), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1995), and the U.S. Supreme Court (1996).

She has been a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice since 1992 and served as its President from 2006 to 2007. She also serves as President of the North Carolina Mock Trial Program (2018-present), is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (2018-present), and the International Society of Barristers (2019-present).

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 Maine at Presque Isle
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 1992
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Past President, 2006-2007)
American Board of Trial Advocates
International Society of Barristers
North Carolina Mock Trial Program (President, 2018-present)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

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$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
Hardison & Cochran
Hardison & Cochran
$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.