Shawn Howard
VerifiedAbout Shawn Howard
Shawn Howard is an attorney and partner at Maginnis Howard, where he leads the firm's personal injury division. His practice covers motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, workplace injuries, drunk driving collisions, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, dog bites, tractor-trailer wrecks, and insurance coverage disputes.
Howard earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 2010.
He is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina.
He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (Legal Affairs Committee, Auto Torts Section, Order of Service), and the North Carolina Bar Association.
Howard has been named a Super Lawyer (2021-2026) and a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2016-2020), recognized in Best Lawyers Ones to Watch (2024-2025) and Best Lawyers (2026), and holds a 10.0 Avvo rating.
Notable case results include a $5.5 million wrongful death recovery, a $2.93 million settlement, a $2 million jury verdict, and numerous additional seven-figure settlements in motor vehicle and personal injury matters.
Notable case results
Three people died and a child was seriously injured when a 20-year-old drove the wrong way on Interstate 85 after a night of underage drinking supplied by bars and a fraternity; Maginnis Howard's Shawn Howard helped secure an $8.62 million settlement against 18 of the 19 defendants one month before trial.
A $1.25 million settlement resolved a wrongful-death claim against the City of Winston-Salem after a probationary city landfill operator, distracted by personal phone calls, backed a bulldozer into Waste Management driver Thomas Thompson and killed him.
A woman asleep in her bed died when an intoxicated driver crashed through her home wall; Maginnis Howard secured a $975,000 settlement through dram shop claims against two bars that served the driver while he was visibly impaired.
Wrongful death recovery
Settlement
Jury verdict
Personal injury recovery
Personal injury recovery
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
