About Laurie Meilleur

Laurie J. Meilleur is an attorney at Ricci Law Firm in North Carolina. Her practice covers personal injury litigation including car accidents, truck accidents, workers' compensation, drunk driving accidents, wrongful death, motorcycle accidents, brain injuries, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, nursing home abuse, product liability, and Social Security disability cases.

Before joining the firm, Meilleur worked at the North Carolina Attorney General's Office defending state agencies and served as a Special Deputy Commissioner with the North Carolina Industrial Commission, gaining experience in hundreds of hearings related to workers' compensation and tort claims.

She earned her B.A. in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and her Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University Claude Pettit College of Law.

She is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar, the U.S. Tax Court, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of North Carolina.

Meilleur is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association, and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

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

University of North Carolina at Asheville
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
North Carolina Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
North Carolina Advocates for Justice

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

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$8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
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$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.