Gabe Talton

Raleigh, NC19 years experienceAdmitted 2006

About Gabe Talton

Gabe Talton is an attorney at Whitley Law Firm in North Carolina, with approximately 20 years of practice experience. His work focuses on personal injury and workers' compensation law.

Talton began his legal career as a public defender in Miami before moving to North Carolina. He is fluent in Spanish and dedicated to serving the Latino community.

He earned his B.S. from North Carolina State University in 2001 and his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 2004. He was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2006.

He is a member of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (past Board of Governors), the Wake County Bar, and the North Carolina Bar Association. He has served as past Chair of the Hispanic/Latino Affairs Advisory Council, on the Town of Cary Zoning Board of Adjustment, and as PTA President at East Cary Magnet Middle.

Talton has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America (2026), received the Citizen Lawyer Award from the North Carolina Bar Association (2020), the Order of Service from the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (2010, 2014, 2017), and was named an Emerging Legal Leader by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2011).

Proven verdicts and settlements at Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Whitley 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 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 →
$3 millionSettlement

A commercial truck driver ran a stop sign on a North Carolina country road and killed a 60-year-old man, and his family settled their confidential wrongful-death claim for $3 million, a result that tied for 25th among the state's top verdicts and settlements of 2019.

North Carolina (rural, venue withheld) · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$2.99 millionSettlement

Chase Cayton, 23, suffered a severe brain injury and a fractured right leg when a pickup turned left across his path, and his suit in Pitt County Superior Court settled for $2,988,396.

Pitt County Superior Court · 2017Motorcycle AccidentsRead 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 →

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

Practice areas

Education

North Carolina State University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2006
North Carolina Advocates for Justice (past Board of Governors)
Wake County Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
Hispanic/Latino Affairs Advisory Council (past Chair)
Town of Cary Zoning Board of Adjustment

Awards & recognition

Best Lawyers in America (2026)
Citizen Lawyer Award, North Carolina Bar Association (2020)
Order of Service, NCAJ (2010, 2014, 2017)
Emerging Legal Leader, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2011)

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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
Hardison & Cochran
Hardison & Cochran
$3.5 million · Paralyzed Tree Cutter Wins $3.5 Million From Insurers After Employee Status Ruling
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.