My law practice focuses on representing injured persons and policyholders, insureds, and/or beneficiaries against insurance companies pre-suit, at the trial level, and all the way to the N.C. Supreme Court. Over the past 30 years, it has evolved into three primary areas: 1) personal injury claims, 2) workers' compensation claims, and 3) direct claims against insurance carriers for failure to pay a claim, denied coverage, or bad fath. My former partner Celeste Harris and I practiced togther for 20 years when she was appointed to be a Deputy Commisioner (judge) at the Industrial Commission. Thus Maynard & Harris Attorneys at Law, PLLC became the Law Offices of C. Douglas Maynard, Jr., PLLC. I handle personal injury cases arising from automobile, tractor trailer, and motorcycle crashes ("accidents" they are not), as well as workers' compensation cases for those injuredo the job. I also represent persons in insurance (auto, life, health), uninsured / underinsured motorists, bad faith, and unfair and deceptive trade practice claims. My practice includes inadequate security, construction site injuries and legal malpractice. Prior to practicing law I worked for State Farm as an adjuster. I also represent many Spanish speaking clients. Other attorneys frequently refer or associate me to handle coverage related issues, particularly personal or commercial uninsured / underinsured motorist claims. In 2018 I won the seminal UIM insurance law case in which the N.C. Supreme Court ruled UIM coverage was a collateral source reversing the Court of Appeals and determined that the collateral source rule is a substative law on damages. I authored or co-authored multiple amicus briefs submitted to the North Carolina appellate courts by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice on UM/UIM issues. I also regularly present the insurance law seminars to fellow trial lawyers and other groups and have appeared before the N.C. Supreme Court three times in the last six years.

My law practice focuses on representing injured persons and policyholders against insurance companies. I handle personal injury cases arising from automobile, tractor trailer, and motorcycle accidents. I also represent persons in insurance (auto, life, health), uninsured / underinsured motorists, bad faith, and unfair and deceptive trade practice claims. My practice includes workers' compensation, inadequate security, construction site injuries and legal malpractice. Prior to practicing law I worked for State Farm as an adjuster. I also represent many Spanish speaking clients. Other attorneys frequently refer or associate me to handle coverage related issues, particularly personal or commercial uninsured / underinsured motorist claims. In 2018 I won the seminal UIM insurance law case in which the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled UIM coverage was a collateral source reversing the Court of Appeals and determined that the collateral source rule is a substative law on damages. I authored or co-authored multiple amicus briefs submitted to the North Carolina appellate courts by the North Carolina Advocates for Justice on UM/UIM issues. I also regularly present the insurance law seminars to the North Carolina trial lawyers and other groups.