About Victor Macam

Victor (Vic) Macam is a Raleigh-based personal injury attorney at Maginnis Howard. Since 2004, he has represented accident victims in North Carolina dealing with severe injuries resulting from others' negligence. His practice covers auto wrecks, truck collisions, fall-down accidents, dog bites, and medical malpractice.

Macam graduated with honors from Drew University, where he had the highest GPA in his major. He attended Seton Hall University School of Law on a full scholarship, graduated magna cum laude, and worked as a professor's assistant during law school.

He is admitted to the North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York state bars, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Notable case results include a $1.6 million trial verdict in a 'low impact' car wreck case resulting in a non-operated herniated disc injury, after the defendant's insurance companies offered only $20,000 in total before trial.

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

Drew University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of New Jersey
State Bar of New York

Awards & recognition

J.D. magna cum laude, Seton Hall University School of Law (full scholarship)
Drew University, with honors (highest GPA in major)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
$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.