Tessener, Hoyt G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 1993

Lawyer Overview

Hoyt grew up in Shelby, North Carolina. After graduating from North Carolina State University and Campbell University School of Law, Hoyt went to work at the largest law firm in North Carolina, where he represented insurance companies, banks and other large corporations. Hoyt soon realized that he should help those who need help the most. Hoyt came to Martin & Jones and now leads the personal injury section of the firm. Hoyt works on personal injury, malpractice, insurance fraud and products liability claims. He has extensive experience representing people seriously injured in trucking wrecks.

After hearing an increasing number of complaints about long-term care, Hoyt answered the call of the family members whose loved ones suffered in nursing homes and rest homes. During the last ten years, Hoyt has represented more and more victims of nursing home and assisted living facility abuse and neglect.

Hoyt has tried cases in all North Carolina federal courts and throughout the state of North Carolina. Hoyt is the past chairman of the North Carolina Bar Association's Litigation Section and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice's Auto Tort Section.  Currently, Hoyt serves on the Board of Governors for the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. Hoyt was chosen to attend noted trial lawyer Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College in 1997. After attending the college, Gerry invited Hoyt to join the Faculty of the College. In addition to teaching lawyers at the Trial Lawyer's College, Hoyt is a frequent instructor for continuing education programs and teaches jury selection to Campbell University third year law students.

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Trucking Accidents
• Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, 1988
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Hoyt Q. Bailey Endowment (President)
• Joseph M. Wright Foundation (Vice President)
• National Marrow Donor Program
• Administrative Office of the Court (Judicial Forms Committee)

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Personal Injury Law, Bad Faith Insurance Practices, and Medical Malpractice, North Carolina Bar Association
• Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Personal Injury Law, Trucking Cases, Bad Faith Insurance Practices, Jury Selection and Medical Malpractice, North Carolina Advocates for Justice
• Adjunct Professor, Campbell University School of Law
• Former Instructor, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College (MFW)
• Former Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy

Past Employment Positions

• Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, 1988 - 1992

Education

• Campbell University School of Law, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1988
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Book Awards (9)
  Honors: Moot Court National Team
  Honors: Edmundson Award for Moot Court
  Honors: Dotson Award for Labor Law
  Law Review: Campbell University Law Review, 1986 - 1988
• North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1983
• Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College, 1997

Address

The Creamery
410 Glenwood Avenue
Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27603

Phones

919-821-0005
800-662-1234 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(919) 863-6074

Emails

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Websites

http://www.martinandjones.com