Jonathan E. Hall
Partner
In litigation, there is no substitute for trial experience. It makes you a better lawyer and gives you credibility when advising clients in high stakes disputes.
Jonathan Hall is an accomplished trial attorney with a broad range of experience, who currently focuses his practice on complex commercial disputes and products liability law. He has extensive litigation experience throughout the Carolinas, Virginia and across the country. In addition to trial work, he provides risk management guidance to corporate and insurance clients, as well as pre-market advice for product manufacturers.
Recognized as one of the top product liability lawyers in the country, Jonathan has represented clients in both state and federal courts, including:
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- Colleges and universities
- Construction contractors and design professionals
- Clean energy providers
- Electric utilities
- Hazardous chemical distributors
- Health care systems and individual providers
- Product manufacturers
Experience
- Secured a low five-figure jury verdict, significantly below the plaintiff's eight-figure pretrial settlement demand, in a traumatic brain injury case on behalf of an employee of a large health care company, despite conceding negligence.
- Led trial team in first all-remote video bench trial conducted in federal court in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic, in case arising out of the alleged breach of a services agreement.
- Obtained summary judgment for all defendants in a wrongful death case involving an industrial accident at a local research university.
- Secured federal appellate victory for homeowner to operate their 15,000-square-foot home as a vacation rental in compliance with North Carolina's amended zoning and land use laws after contentious, multiyear litigation.
- Secured jury verdict in federal court for substantially less than pre-suit offers and successfully challenged competence of plaintiff's expert economist in case involving a wrong-way collision on an interstate highway.