Background
Twiggs, Howard F. was born on October 27, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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Howard F. Twiggs
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Wake Forest College (Bachelor of Science, 1954. Juris Doctor, 1957). Phi Delta Phi (President, 1956-1957). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1967-1974.
Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1973-1974, Vice Chairman, Courts and Judicial Districts, 1971-1972, North Carolina Courts Commission, 1977-1987.
Career
Worked at Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A. (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Personal Injury, Products Liability, Commercial Torts, Medical Legal, Aviation Law and FELA. Admitted to the bar, 1957, North Carolina. United States. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina.
United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Phi Delta Phi (President, 1956-1957). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1967-1974.
Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1973-1974, Vice Chairman, Courts and Judicial Districts, 1971-1972, North Carolina Courts Commission, 1977-1987. President, Wake Forest Law School Alumni Council, 1992-1993.
Board of Visitors, 1994-1997.
Member: Wake County (President, 1986-1987), North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Tenth Judicial Bar Association (President, 1986-1987). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (President, 1996-1997.
Board of Governors, 1985-1998.
Executive Committee, 1989-1991 and 1995-1998. Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1987-1988.
Chairman, Key Person Committee, 1988-1989. Chairman, Ambassadors Committee, 1989-1990.
Company-Chairperson, Public Affairs Committee, 1991-1995).
American Trial Lawyers Association-Public Affairs Committee (Trustee, 1987-1997). Roscoe Pound Foundation, Trustee and Director, 1989-1997. Treasurer, 1990-1992.
Vice-President, 1994-1995).
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1980-1982. Vice-President, 1978-1980.
Member, Board of Governors, 1974-1998. Faculty, Advance Civil Trial Advocacy, 1979-1992).
Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Military: Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1959-1965.
The firm was founded in 1950 and developed an early emphasis in plaintiffs" personal injury cases.
Foreign many years, at the referral of other members of the profession, the firm has represented plaintiffs exclusively in complex personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, commercial torts, aviation and in insurance fraud and bad faith actions. The firm feels a special commitment to the activities of the organized trial bar, several of its members having served in high leadership positions at the national, state and local levels.
Achievements
Membership
Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1967-1974. Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1973-1974, Vice Chairman, Courts and Judicial Districts, 1971-1972, North Carolina Courts Commission, 1977-1987. President, Wake Forest Law School Alumni Council, 1992-1993.
Board of Visitors, 1994-1997.
Member: Wake County (President, 1986-1987), North Carolina and American Bar Associations. Tenth Judicial Bar Association (President, 1986-1987).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (President, 1996-1997. Board of Governors, 1985-1998.
Executive Committee, 1989-1991 and 1995-1998.
Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1987-1988. Chairman, Key Person Committee, 1988-1989. Chairman, Ambassadors Committee, 1989-1990.
Company-Chairperson, Public Affairs Committee, 1991-1995).
American Trial Lawyers Association-Public Affairs Committee (Trustee, 1987-1997). Roscoe Pound Foundation, Trustee and Director, 1989-1997.
Treasurer, 1990-1992. Vice-President, 1994-1995).
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1980-1982.
Vice-President, 1978-1980. Member, Board of Governors, 1974-1998. Faculty, Advance Civil Trial Advocacy, 1979-1992).
Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Military: Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1959-1965. Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates.
Fellow, International Society of Barristers.
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Military: Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1959-1965.
