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About Jesse Tillman
Jesse M. Tillman, III is a litigator with over twenty years of experience focusing on civil litigation in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and in Rock Hill, South Carolina. His practice areas include personal injury, construction, real estate liability, commercial law, products liability, landlord/tenant, and insurance bad-faith litigation. Before joining Marcari Russotto Spencer & Balaban, he served as a Deputy Commissioner for the North Carolina Industrial Commission. He is a U.S. Navy veteran who flew EA-6B Prowlers in Operation Desert Shield and post-Desert Storm operations, retiring at the rank of Captain in 2017.
Practice areas
Education
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
J.D., 1999
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate, 1986
Bar admissions & credentials
State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of South Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Western District of New York
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
North Carolina Bar Association (Professionalism Committee Chair 2024-2025)
Defense Research Institute
Bobbitt Inns of Court
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Instructor)
Charlotte Master Chorale (board member)
Awards & recognition
Trial Advocacy Award, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (1999)
Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
Eagle Scout
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