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M. Andrew Avram

 

 

Andy Avram

Charlotte Office

Telephone: (704)-940-3424
Fax: (704)-332-9994

227 West Trade Street, Suite 600
Charlotte, NC 28202

PO Box 30787
Charlotte, NC 28230

 

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Primary Practice Areas:

·   Workers' Compensation

 

Education:

·   Wake Forest University, (B.A., Politics, 1982)

·   Wake Forest University, (J.D., 1990)

·   WFU Trial Bar

·   Phi Alpha Delta

·   Book Award UCC Survey

 

Bar Admissions:

·   North Carolina Bar, 1990

·   Eastern District of NC

 

Andrew Avram has handled workers' compensation matters for employers and workers' compensation carriers since joining the firm in 1990. He has extensive experience at all levels of workers' compensation litigation including mediations, hearings  at the Deputy Commissioner and Full Commission level, and Court of Appeals. 

 

Andrew also has experience in handling traumatic injury by accident claims, occupational disease, asbestosis, chemical exposure, and psychological claims, and permanent total type issues such as attendant care and adaptive measures.

 

Some of his clients include builders, trucking companies, manufacturers, and municipalities.

Representative Matters

·   Andrew has obtained favorable results for defendants at mediations and in litigation before the Industrial Commission. He received a favorable decision from the court of appeals in the Jauregui vs. Carolina Vegetables case.  

Articles, Presentations and Publications

·   Andrew is a frequent speaker at seminars before workers' compensation carriers and employers on various topics including occupational disease claims, return to work issues, cost control in the workers' comp system,  and case law updates.

Professional, Civic and Community Activities

·   Member - North Carolina Bar Association (Workers' Compensation Section)

·   Member - North Carolina Bar Association Workers' Compensation Council

·   Member - North Carolina Defense Attorneys Association

·   Member - Defense Research Institute

·   Board Member - Whitten Tadlock Memorial Tournament

·   Former Board Member - Charlotte Tennis Association

·   Former Board Member - Olde Providence Racquet Club

Notable Accomplishments

·   Voted one of "The Best Lawyers in America ® ", 2006 edition by his peers in the area of Workers' Compensation