Atty. John Alan Jones
John Alan Jones is the founding member and managing partner of Martin & Jones, where he has worked since he began practicing law in 1982. John Alan was born and raised in Pine Level, North Carolina.
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John Alan Jones is a medical malpractice, class action, and product liability attorney based in Raleigh, North Carolina, practicing at Martin & Jones PLLC. Admitted to practice in North Carolina, North Carolina. Educated at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1982) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA, 1979). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs (2026). Serands clients in Raleigh, NC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- John Alan Jones is the founding member and managing partner of Martin & Jones, where he has worked since he began practicing law in 1982
- John Alan was born and raised in Pine Level, North Carolina
- He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society
- After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1979, he entered law school at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Holderness Moot Court
- Upon graduating from law school in 1982, John Alan began representing workers with occupational diseases caused by toxic chemicals and cotton dust
- His practice soon became statewide
- He represented hundreds of North Carolina workers in these occupational disease cases, which led to an interest in both medicine and product liability claims
- In the mid-1980's, he began representing people who had been injured by major corporations manufacturing toxic chemicals, asbestos, defective pharmaceuticals and harmful medical devices
- From 1984 until 1997, he successfully represented approximately 1,100 women from 28 states who had been injured by the Dalkon Shield IUD
- Indeed, he obtained a large plaintiff's verdict in the last Dalkon Shield case tried in the United States
- In 1988 he first agreed to represent someone injured by medical malpractice
- He tried and won his first medical malpractice case in 1990, and he has successfully represented medical malpractice victims throughout North Carolina, having tried these cases from the mountains to the coast
- He now heads the firm's medical malpractice group
- John Alan continues to devote a large percentage of his practice to representing individuals catastrophically injured by medical negligence, defective pharmaceuticals, toxic substances or other negligence
- He also devotes a significant amount of his work time to consumer class action litigation and representing small businesses victimized by unfair business practices of major corporations
- John Alan served as lead counsel on behalf of thousands of consumers in class actions against major banks arising from predatory lending practices
- After more than seven years of litigation, John Alan and partner Chris Olson settled predatory lending class actions against a Bank of America subsidiary, NationsCredit, for $38,750,000 and a CitiBank subsidiary, Citifinancial, for $42,500,000
- Each of these class actions went to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court, resulting in landmark appellate decisions providing protection for North Carolina consumers and providing compensation to more than 12,000 North Carolina consumers
- John Alan does not limit his law practice to the state of North Carolina
- He handles both trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina and around the U.S
- He has received Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" peer review rating, which is the highest rating given
- Due to recognition by other attorneys from around North Carolina, John Alan has been recognized by the following organizations: "Best Lawyers in America" "North Carolina Super Lawyers" "Business North Carolina's Legal Elite"
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in North Carolina
Practicing law in North Carolina. Legal matters in North Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Raleigh are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate North Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in North Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in North Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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