T. Shawn Howard

Shawn Howard earned his undergraduate and law degrees at the University of North Carolina, graduating with honors. He is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, organizations with membership restricted to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts for their clients. Shawn was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. He was named a Super Lawyer for the year 2021. He and his wife Samantha have two children, Evan and Quinn. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees T. Shawn Howard included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Super Lawyer (2021) Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forum Other Sources of Feedback About T. Shawn Howard Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Author and presenter “Automobile Liability Coverage: The Insurance Agreement and Common Exclusions,” North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2016.
• Author and presenter “Preserving Last Closing Argument,” North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2018

• Represented local company in front of North Carolina Court of Appeals in the case Buckner v. TigerSwan, Inc. (2015)and obtained reversal of trial court order for summary judgment
• Represented North Carolina Advocates for Justice, as amicus curiae, in front of North Carolina Court of Appeals in the case Peterson v. Dillman (2016).
• Represented North Carolina Advocates for Justice, as amicus curiae, in front of North Carolina Supreme Court in the case Prouse v. Bituminous Casualty Corporation (2012)
• Represented North Carolina Advocates for Justice, as amicus curiae, in front of North Carolina Court of Appeals in the case North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company v. Paschal (2014)

• North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina

• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Legal Affairs Committee
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Auto Torts Section
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Order of Service
• North Carolina Bar Association, Vice Editor of Young Lawyers Division Newsletter