Academy Member Inducted 2024
Tom Williams
Diplomate member1933 Dilworth Road West
Charlotte, NC 28303
Website: www.carolinatortmediator.com
Available
- Practice Commenced2019
- # of MEDS (as of 10/10/24)750
- # of ARBS (as of 10/10/24)
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- ASHEVILLE-BREVARD
- CHARLOTTE
- FAYETTEVILLE
- GOLDSBORO
- GREENSBORO-WINSTON SALEM
- GREENVILLE-WASHINGTON
- HICKORY-LENOIR
- MYRTLE BEACH
- NEW BERN
- PINEHURST
- RALEIGH-DURHAM-CHAPEL
- ROCKY MOUNT/ROANOKE RAPIDS AREA
- VIRGINIA BEACH-NORFOLK
- WILMINGTON
Biographical
I have been in private practice my entire career. For some 38 years, before becoming a full-time mediator, I practiced primarily in the field of insurance defense; defending (and resolving!) lawsuits filed across North Carolina, from Murphy in the west to Jacksonville in the east. I also defended workers’ compensation claims filed with the North Carolina Industrial Commission. I have significant first-chair experience trying personal injury cases to a resolution in Superior Court, involving every kind of claim imaginable; including serious spine injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and wrongful death. I am well-versed in the application of uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage to injury and death claims. I understand factors that can affect the resolution of claims; including coverage disputes, and the application of various types of liens. Before I became a full-time mediator, I represented clients in countless Superior Court mediations. (In fact, I voluntarily utilized mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution, before Court-Ordered mediation existed in North Carolina.)
My appellate experience includes arguing cases before the Full Commission, the North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the North Carolina Supreme Court
Case Experience
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Insurance
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Torts
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- JD, Wake Forest University 1982
- BS, Appalachian State University 1979
Memberships & Affiliations
- Licensed to practice in NC
- Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in 1983
- Admitted to practice in the Fourth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals in 1984
- NCDRC Certified Superior Court Mediator.
Rates Information
My rates for mediations conducted wholly remotely are a one-time administrative fee of $125 per party (two or more parties represented by the same attorney will be treated as one party); and $290 per hour.
I do not charge for travel if an in-person mediation is held in Mecklenburg County, Cabarrus County, or Gaston County.
If an in-person mediation is held outside of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, or Gaston I charge the rates noted above (an administrative fee of $125 per party, and $290 per hour); and add a $100.00 per hour fee for my travel time to and from the mediation.
I do not charge postponement fees. However, if a matter that I have been asked to mediate resolves prior to being mediated, I charge the administrative fee to defray the overhead associated with being selected.