About Gary
Gary Parsons is a litigator's litigator: he tries cases. He has participated in more than 80 trials, over 125 appeals, and has represented clients in courtrooms in at least 70 of North Carolina's 100 counties.Gary began his career as a law clerk for Associate Justice J. William Copeland of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Since that time, he has participated in over 125 appeals. He has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He has also represented clients before the United States Supreme Court.Gary’s appellate practice has included cases involving financial regulation, lawyer professional liability, professional licensing, insurance regulation, municipal liability and civil rights actions. He has frequently been retained to assist other lawyers and firms in appellate matters and to advise on appellate procedure. Gary served on the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association for fourteen years.Gary has defended lawyers across the state against malpractice claims for over three decades. He has also represented lawyers in grievance proceedings before the North Carolina State Bar.Gary has decades of experience representing businesses and governments of all sizes in a variety of disputes.
Gary Parsons is a litigator's litigator: he tries cases. He has participated in more than 80 trials, over 125 appeals, and has represented clients in courtrooms in at least 70 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
Gary began his career as a law clerk for Associate Justice J. William Copeland of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Since that time, he has participated in over 125 appeals. He has argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the North Carolina Supreme Court, and the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He has also represented clients before the United States Supreme Court.
Gary’s appellate practice has included cases involving financial regulation, lawyer professional liability, professional licensing, insurance regulation, municipal liability and civil rights actions. He has frequently been retained to assist other lawyers and firms in appellate matters and to advise on appellate procedure. Gary served on the Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association for fourteen years.
Gary has defended lawyers across the state against malpractice claims for over three decades. He has also represented lawyers in grievance proceedings before the North Carolina State Bar.
Gary has decades of experience representing businesses and governments of all sizes in a variety of disputes.
Practice Areas
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Recognized: Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Recognized: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Practice Area: Technology Law
- Practice Area: Transportation Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Practice Area: Legal Malpractice Law
- Practice Area: Personal Injury Litigation
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Catastrophic Injury
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: COVID-19
- Special Focus: Large Case Litigation
- Special Focus: Lawyer Ethics
- Special Focus: Product Liability
- Special Focus: Public Liability
- Special Focus: Wrongful Death
- American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow (2010-present)
- Litigation Counsel of America: Senior Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates: Advocate (2009 - present)
- Recognized as a "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation in Insurance, Product Liability and Recall, Securities, and Environmental (2015-2025); Business Litigation (2015-2017)
- Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2003-2025)
- Recognized in Super Lawyers Business Edition for Business Litigation (2015)
- Listed in North Carolina Super Lawyers for Business Litigation (2006-2025); Top 100 lawyers in North Carolina (2006-2019, 2023 editions), Top 25 Lawyers in Raleigh (2014-2015, 2018-2019)
- Recognized in the "Legal Elite" Hall of Fame by Business North Carolina magazine for Litigation
- Chosen as the 2021 recipient of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Litigation: General Commercial (North Carolina) (2011-2025)