About Timothy Sheriff

Timothy A. Sheriff is an attorney at Ricci Law Firm in North Carolina. His practice covers truck accidents, motor vehicle crashes, motorcycle collisions, workers' compensation, wrongful death, brain injuries, and premises liability cases.

Before practicing law, Sheriff served five years as a police officer in Columbia, South Carolina.

He holds Board Certification in Truck Accident Law from the National Board of Trial Advocacy (2021) and a Class A Commercial Driver's License (2022).

He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of South Carolina at Columbia and his Juris Doctor from Charlotte School of Law.

Sheriff was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2015 and is also licensed in the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of North Carolina.

He is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the Mecklenburg Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and the American Association for Justice.

Sheriff has been recognized in North Carolina Legal Elite (2021-2024), as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022-2024), and as Top 40 Under 40 in Personal Injury (2019).

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 South Carolina
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2015
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
Mecklenburg Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Board Certified in Truck Accident Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy (2021)
North Carolina Legal Elite (2021-2024)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022-2024)
Top 40 Under 40 in Personal Injury (2019)
Class A Commercial Driver's License (2022)

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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.