About
Richard M. Lewis is the coordinator of the firm's workers' compensation practice group and has been in private practice since 1975. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the Wake Forest University School of Law. He handles the defense of all types of workers' compensation claims. Mr. Lewis is admitted to the Bar in North Carolina. He was Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association from 1999-2000, on the Board of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys from 1999-2002, and served as the Liaison from the North Carolina Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section to the North Carolina Industrial Commission Advisory Council from 2007-2010. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the years 1995-2021 and included on the North Carolina Super Lawyers list for the years 2008-2021.
Practice Areas
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina
Doctor of Jurisprudence, J.D. - 1975
Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, Member, Board of Editors, 1973 - 1975
Phi Delta Phi
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
B.A. - 1972
Major: History
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Bar and Court Admissions
North Carolina, 1975
U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1982
U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina , 1982
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982
Experience
Past Employment Positions
Maupin, Taylor, & Ellis, P.A., Shareholder & Board of Directors, 1975-1997
Classes/Seminars
Presented numerous seminars and papers on Workers' Compensation topics, N.C. Bar Association and other organizations, 1980 - 2011
Honors and Awards
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America - Workers' Comp Specialty, 1995 - 2022
Included on North Carolina's Super Lawyers listing for Workers' Compensation Specialty, 2008 - 2022
Liaison from the North Carolina Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section to the North Carolina Industrial Commission, 2007 - 2010
Professional Associations & Memberships
North Carolina Bar Association, Chairman, Workers' Compensation, Section Council, 1999 - 2000
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2002