About Lauren Hoivik

Lauren Hoivik is a personal injury attorney at Ricci Law Firm in North Carolina, with a particular focus on truck accident litigation and commercial vehicle cases. Her practice covers car accidents, workers' compensation, drunk driving accidents, wrongful death, personal injury, motorcycle accidents, brain injuries, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, bus accidents, rideshare accidents, boat accidents, nursing home abuse, product liability, Social Security disability, and spinal and back injuries.

Before practicing law, Hoivik spent over a decade in leadership in the transportation industry, holding senior roles with national trucking companies. She led compliance and safety programs, worked with federal and state regulators, and trained commercial drivers.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Distribution and Logistics from East Carolina University and her Commercial Driver's License (CDL) from the North Carolina Truck Driver Training School at Johnston Community College. She earned her Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law through the evening program while working full-time.

She is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar and is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Ricci Law Firm Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Ricci Law Firm Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Henderson County jury awarded $101 million to two masonry workers and one worker's wife after a 12-foot retaining wall, rebuilt under Hajoca's direction without an engineer or a permit, collapsed onto their crew.

Henderson County Superior Court (Hendersonville, NC) · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$21 millionSettlementTop 20 in North Carolina · #4

North Carolina Lawyers Weekly reported that Meredith Hinton of Ricci Law Firm resolved a motor vehicle injury claim for $21 million in 2023, one of the larger auto settlements recorded in the state that year.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

East Carolina University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys)

Awards & recognition

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
$8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
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.