H. Edward Knox

Managing Partner

Charlotte, North Carolina

Tel. 704-372-1360

Fax. 704-372-7402

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H. Edward Knox

H. Edward "Eddie" Knox is the senior managing partner of Knox, Brotherton, Knox & Godfrey.  He is a Board Certified Trial Specialist with the National Board of Trial Advocacy.  Eddie was chosen by North Carolina attorneys and recognized by the Business North Carolina magazine as a 2003 Legal Elite and again as a 2005 Legal Elite. Eddie has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell which is a very high to preeminent rating by his peers.

Eddie was a Babcock Scholar and received his Juris Doctorate degree at Wake Forest Law School.  He graduated from North Carolina State University as the most distinguished graduate in the School of Education.  Eddie served as President of both the Law School Student Body and NC State Student Body and chairman of numerous state commissions and local community organizations.

Eddie has served the community as a State Senator, Mayor of Charlotte and chairman of numerous state commissions and local community organizations.

Eddie's active practice includes trial work in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, and worker's compensation and condemnation.  He and his wife, fellow attorney Frances S. Knox, try personal injury cases as a team.

Eddie loves golf and is the owner/developer of Verdict Ridge Golf and Country Club, located just north of Charlotte in Denver, N.C. Eddie and Frances Knox have three children and seven grandchildren and are active members of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Cornelius, NC. He is also a member of "Witness", a southern gospel quartet.

Areas of Practice:

Personal Injury

Medical Malpractice

Workers Compensation

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties:

Board Certified Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Bar Admissions:

North Carolina, 1963

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1981

U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1963

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1963

Juris Doctorate

Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Honors: Babcock Scholar

Honors: President, Law School Student Body

Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1960

B.S.

Honors: Most Distinguished Graduate

Honors: President, North Carolina State Student Body

Major: Agricultural Education

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Instructor, CLE - N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers

Honors and Awards:

Outstanding Alumnus, Wake Forest University, 1982

Outstanding Alumnus, North Carolina State University, 1970

Distinguished Service Award for Mecklenburg County, 1968

Outstanding Young Man of America, 1969

Legal Elite, Business North Carolina Magazine, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007

Super Lawyer, 2006 and 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Wake Forest University's Law Board of Visitors

Member

Past Employment Positions:

Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor, 1980 - 1984

North Carolina State Senator, 1970 - 1974

Verdict Ridge Golf and Country Club, Owner/Developer

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Alpha Delta