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Benjamin Whitley

Proven Verdicts
Raleigh, NC22 years experienceAdmitted 2003

About Benjamin Whitley

Benjamin H. Whitley is a partner at Whitley Law Firm's Raleigh office in North Carolina. With over two decades of personal injury experience, he handles personal injury, workers' compensation, medical device and drug claims, and pharmacy malpractice cases.

Whitley earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000 and his Juris Doctor from Mississippi College School of Law in 2003. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2003.

He has served on the Board of Governors and as chair of the New Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. He wrote 'Cross Examination 101' in Trial Briefs Magazine.

Notable case results include a $4 million settlement for an ironworker who was paralyzed after falling from a walkway during a demolition job.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$42.44 millionSettlement

Whitley Law Firm and co-counsel resolved negligence and nuisance claims over a fire for $42.44 million, among the larger personal-injury recoveries reported in the state that year.

North Carolina (county withheld by confidentiality agreement) · 2023Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$4 millionSettlement

A 41-year-old ironworker left paraplegic when an elevated walkway overhang collapsed under him during a Raleigh mall demolition reached a $4 million confidential settlement with the general contractor.

Wake County Superior Court (Raleigh) · 2014Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$2.3 millionSettlement

A 35-year-old bicyclist left with a traumatic brain injury after a driver ran a stop sign recovered $2.3 million, approved within months and routed through a special needs trust so his care could continue.

Forsyth County Superior Court · 2011Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.84 millionSettlement

Whitley Law Firm recovered $1,847,000 for a cyclist who was struck and run over by a dump truck turning right across a marked bike lane, after injuries that took nine surgeries and five weeks of intensive care.

North Carolina (venue withheld) · 2024Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
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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 Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2003
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Board of Governors; former Chair, New Lawyers Division)

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$40 million · Henson Fuerst Wins Record $40 Million Drunk Driving Verdict, Affirmed as Largest in North Carolina History
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$8.62 million · $8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
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$1.25 billion · Black Farmers Secure $1.25 Billion From USDA in Pigford II Settlement
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$101 million (settled confidentially before punitives) · Valdez v. Hajoca: A Record $101 Million Verdict for a Hendersonville Wall Collapse
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$31 million · $31 Million Settlement After Two-Point Lap Belt Paralyzed an 11-Year-Old in a Ford Escort