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Brian O. Beverly
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With an extensive trial résumé, Brian centers his practice on insurance coverage analysis and litigation, insurance bad faith and extra-contractual litigation, insurance regulatory matters including representation of the North Carolina Rate Bureau and the North Carolina Reinsurance Facility, the defense of transportation liability claims involving large commercial trucks and buses, medical negligence cases and products liability litigation. Brian has litigated cases to verdict in many state courts and all three federal districts in North Carolina. He has handled appeals in both state and federal appellate courts and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court. His trial experience also includes construction liability and premises liability cases. Brian is certified by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission to conduct mediated settlement conferences in Superior Court cases. He is available to conduct mediations in most North Carolina counties.
Brian has held important leadership positions within the Bar and is well-connected throughout the state. In particular, Brian is a past president of the Wake County Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, the Capital City Lawyers Association, and has served on the North Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the International Society of Barristers..
Brian is listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers® (2010-2017, 2023, 2024), The Best Lawyers in America© in the area of Litigation-Insurance (2018-2025) and Insurance Law (2025), and in Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite™ in the category of Litigation (2023). He is also recognized by the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals for excellence in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution and holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Brian’s hobbies include traveling, college and professional sports and sailing.
Education & Bar Admissions
- J.D., North Carolina Central University School of Law
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Admitted in
- North Carolina, 1995
- U.S. District Courts for North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Achievements
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Member
- International Society of Barristers, Member
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America © in the area of Litigation-Insurance (2018-2025), and Insurance Law (2025)
- Listed in Business North Carolina Legal Elite™ in Litigation (2023)
- Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers® (2010-2017, 2023, 2024)
- Recognized by the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals for Excellence in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Activities
- N.C. Association of Defense Attorneys
- Past President (2008-2009)
- N.C. Bar Association
- Insurance Law Section, Chair (2022-2023)
- Board of Governors (2001-2004)
- Tenth Judicial District Bar
- President (2016)
- Board of Directors (2008-2009)
- Wake County Bar Association
- President (2016)
- Board of Directors (2008-2009)
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- North Carolina State Representative (2011-2012)
- National Bar Association
- Capital City Lawyers Association
- President (2014)
- “Big” – Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle
Publications & Presentations
- “Fear and Loathing on the Witness Chair… Preparing Your Soul for Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions,” Moderator, ALFA International Insurance and Professional Liability Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, June 2022
- “Common Mistakes In Catastrophic Accident Investigation And How To Avoid Them,” Trucking Claims Boot Camp, Dallas, TX, April 2019
- “Who is the Face of Your Insurance Company?” Young Moore Blog, July 2017
- “Deposing the Insurer Representative (Adjuster, Underwriter, Executive): Tips and Traps for Both Sides,” Co-presenter, North Carolina Bar Association Insurance Law Section Annual Meeting, Cary, NC, April 2015
Milestones
- George v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., 210 N.C. App. 388, 708 S.E.2d 201 (2011).
- Progressive American Ins. Co. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co., 184 N.C. App.688, 647 S.E.2d 111 (2007).
- Rivenbark v. North Carolina Farm Bur. Mut. Ins. Co., Inc., 155 N.C. App. 777, 574 S.E.2d 715 (2003).
- Penn America Ins. Co. v. Valade, 28 Fed. Appx. 253 (4th Cir., 2002).
- Dowless v. Kroger Co., 148 N.C. App. 168, 557 S.E.2d 607 (2001).
- Herring v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Bd. of Educ., 352 N.C. 673, 545 S.E.2d 423 (2000).
- Dukes v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Bd. of Educ., 351 N.C. 102, 540 S.E.2d 357 (1999).
- Osburn v. Danek Medical, Inc., 352 N.C. 143, 530 S.E. 2d 54 (2000).
- Griffen v. Lopez, 630 S.E. 2d 742 (N.C. App., 2006).