R. Kent Brown

R. Kent Brown

Charlotte, NCAdmitted 1975
Car AccidentsProduct LiabilityMedical MalpracticeWrongful Death

About R. Kent Brown

R. Kent Brown is a veteran trial attorney whose career has produced numerous record-setting recoveries in North Carolina. In 1985, he obtained what was then the largest medical negligence recovery in North Carolina at $3 million. In 1992, he secured a $15.7 million personal injury jury verdict, the largest in North Carolina history at that time. In 2002, he recovered the largest road construction settlement in North Carolina history at $3.5 million. The trial team at Brown Moore & Associates, led by Kent, obtained the largest contested personal injury verdict in North Carolina for 2015 with a $7.5 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case. Kent holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by the American Trial Lawyers Association and the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America. He was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1975 and has been a member of the firm in an of counsel capacity.

Notable case results

$15.7 millionVerdict

Personal injury jury verdict, largest in North Carolina history at the time (1992)

$7.5 millionVerdict

Jury verdict, medical malpractice, largest contested personal injury verdict in North Carolina for 2015 (Dickerson v. Morfesis)

$3.5 millionSettlement

Road construction settlement, largest in North Carolina history at the time (2002)

$3 millionVerdict

Medical negligence recovery, largest in North Carolina at the time (1985)

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Car Accidents
Product Liability
Medical Malpractice
Wrongful Death

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law
J.D., 1974
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate, 1971

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 1975

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