Background
Thomas Knott, Joe was born on July 25, 1951 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
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Joe Thomas Knott
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1980); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M. Division., 1978).
Career
Worked at Pipkin, Knott & Clark, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in General Practice in State and Federal Courts. Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Commercial, Criminal, Probate and Business Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, North Carolina.
United States.
District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina. United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1989, United States. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, 1981-1985, Chief of Civil Section, 1981-1983 and Criminal Prosecutor, 1983-1985, Eastern District of North Carolina. Member, Board of Directors: Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, 1984-1992.
Hale High School, 1989. Saint Timothy"s Elementary School, 1994.
Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Pipkin, Knott & Clark, Limited liability partnership is a results-oriented partnership established in 1985.
Some of the firm"s more significant recent cases have included a $2 million jury verdict against an orthopaedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action and a $500,000 jury verdict in a premise liability case against a shopping center.
The firm has successfully represented clients seriously injured or killed in automobile accidents and automobile-tractor-trailer accidents. The firm has also won declaratory judgments establishing coverage under insurance policies in cases involving a homeowners" policy and injuries by a personal watercraft, an automobile collision policy and a damaged rental truck, and an automobile liability policy of a seventeen year old purportedly cancelled for nonpayment to a premium finance company.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Directors: Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, 1984-1992. Hale High School, 1989. Saint Timothy"s Elementary School, 1994.
Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations.
North Carolina State Bar. North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
