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R. Jimmy Brittain, Jr.

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“We Stand Up For You®, so you can Stand Up for those you love."

- Christopher H. Roberts

Helping people, letting them know that there’s a good human being out there standing up for them, and fighting to put them back in the shoes they wore prior to their injury means that I’m making a difference in the world for the better. It means that I am fighting the good fight. It means that I can go to sleep at night and be proud of what I do.

Bio

As a compassionate and zealous pre-litigation attorney who truly values his abilities at “making a difference in the world for the better,” Jimmy Brittain always welcomes his opportunity to Stand Up for You and is a true winner for his clients, his coworkers, and his community through his representation of CR Legal Team since 2003. His experience with his father being injured in a motor vehicle accident while he was in law school has instilled in Jimmy his constant mission to fight to win, to fight for justice, and to fight for what is right.

He graduated cum laude from Lenoir-Rhyne University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pre-Law and then received his Juris Doctor from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. Jimmy’s admissions and memberships include the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

In much the same way that he is a winner for his clients, his coworkers, and his community, Jimmy is additionally a winner as a participant in numerous North Carolina, regional, national, and international beard competitions. In 2020 he placed second in the Braw Beard and Moustache Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2019 he won second place in the North Carolina Beard and Moustache Championships; third place in Full Beard, Natural Over 12 Inches at the 10th Annual Southeastern Beard and Moustache Championships; and the National Championship in the Full Beard, Best Groomed 18 – 24” category at the National Beard and Moustache Championships in Tinley Park, Illinois. He was also featured on ESPN’s news show E:60 regarding a story about the sport of competitive bearding. In the 2018 North Carolina Beard and Moustache Championships, Jimmy won third place in the Full Beard, Over 12 Inches category. In addition to all those winnings, he is the current Beard Product Ambassador for Duke Cannon Supply Company.

Education

  • Lenoir-Rhyne University, B.A., Cum Laude
  • Campbell University School of Law, Juris Doctorate

Bar Admissions And Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar – 2002
    • Admitted to practice in all North Carolina State Courts
  • 25th Judicial Bar Association
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice

Awards, Honors And Activities

  • 2nd place, Best Over 12” Natural Beard category, 2020 Braw Beard & Moustache Championship, Glasgow, Scotland
  • 1st place National Champion, Full Beard, Best Groomed 18”-24” category, 2019 National Beard and Moustache Championships
  • 1st place, Bearded Oregon @beardedoregon Beard Battle of August 2019
  • 3rd Place, Full Natural 12”-over category, 10th Annual Southeastern Beard & Moustache Championships, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Featured in the news story – FEAR THE BEARD – An Introduction to the World of Competitive Bearding – which aired on the E:60 television show, The ESPN Network, on May 5th, 2019
  • 3rd Place, Over 12” Beard Styled at the 2019 Braw Beard and Moustache Championships, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Regal Gentleman, @regalgentleman, www.regalgentleman.com
    • Selected as one of the 100 Best Beards on Instagram, 2018
  • Beardster, @_beardster_
    • Selected as one of The Top 35 Long Beards Of Instagram, 2018
  • 2nd Place, The Full Beard 12” + category, at the 8th Annual, 2019 North Carolina Beard And Moustache Championships, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 3rd Place, The Full Beard 12” + category, at the 7th Annual, 2018 North Carolina Beard And Moustache Championships, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 1st Place, Full Beard Natural Under 6-12 inches at the 8th Annual, 2017 Southeastern Beard & Moustache Championships, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2nd Place, Full Beard 6″-12″ category, 2017 Mid Atlantic Beard & Stache Championships VI
  • 1st Place, Full Beard Natural 6” – 12” category, South Carolina Beard Club, 4th Annual, 2017 Beard & Moustache Championship, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Made-A-Difference Award 1995, Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • 1995 Brother Of The Year, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenore-Rhyne College
  • 1995 Senior Academic Award, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • President, 1994-1995, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenoir-Rhyne College

Education

Bar Admissions
and Memberships

  • North Carolina State Bar – 2002
    • Admitted to practice in all North Carolina State Courts
  • 25th Judicial Bar Association
  • North Carolina Advocates for Justice
  • 2nd place, Best Over 12” Natural Beard category, 2020 Braw Beard & Moustache Championship, Glasgow, Scotland
  • 1st place National Champion, Full Beard, Best Groomed 18”-24” category, 2019 National Beard and Moustache Championships
  • 1st place, Bearded Oregon @beardedoregon Beard Battle of August 2019
  • 3rd Place, Full Natural 12”-over category, 10th Annual Southeastern Beard & Moustache Championships, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Featured in the news story – FEAR THE BEARD – An Introduction to the World of Competitive Bearding – which aired on the E:60 television show, The ESPN Network, on May 5th, 2019
  • 3rd Place, Over 12” Beard Styled at the 2019 Braw Beard and Moustache Championships, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Regal Gentleman, @regalgentleman, www.regalgentleman.com
    • Selected as one of the 100 Best Beards on Instagram, 2018
  • Beardster, @_beardster_
    • Selected as one of The Top 35 Long Beards Of Instagram, 2018
  • 2nd Place, The Full Beard 12” + category, at the 8th Annual, 2019 North Carolina Beard And Moustache Championships, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 3rd Place, The Full Beard 12” + category, at the 7th Annual, 2018 North Carolina Beard And Moustache Championships, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 1st Place, Full Beard Natural Under 6-12 inches at the 8th Annual, 2017 Southeastern Beard & Moustache Championships, Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2nd Place, Full Beard 6″-12″ category, 2017 Mid Atlantic Beard & Stache Championships VI
  • 1st Place, Full Beard Natural 6” – 12” category, South Carolina Beard Club, 4th Annual, 2017 Beard & Moustache Championship, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Made-A-Difference Award 1995, Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • 1995 Brother Of The Year, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenore-Rhyne College
  • 1995 Senior Academic Award, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenoir-Rhyne College
  • President, 1994-1995, Theta Chi Fraternity, Lenoir-Rhyne College

The Personal Injury Lawyers

Who'd Rather You Never Need Them

Kimberly and I met in 1992 as kindred spirits, both drawn to the idea of building something larger than ourselves—an extension of our family committed to serving others. We married in 1994, while I was practicing law, and Kimberly worked in healthcare consulting. We thought we understood how the legal system worked. Then September 19, 1995 changed everything.

It’s the worst possible situation to be in after a serious injury. I’m sitting across from a guy who’s supposed to be one of the better traumatic brain injury lawyers, but I’m realizing he doesn’t understand what Kimberly and I are going through!

I got hit by a tractor-trailer just two months before. My wife Kimberly—nineteen weeks pregnant with our first child—has had to watch me deal with personality changes, possible lifelong symptoms, and terrifying fears of our family's future.

What makes it all worse is the fact that I am a lawyer with years of experience, and yet even I can’t get the kind of representation we desperately need. It’s a scary situation.

I grew up in Charlotte. My mother was a teacher, my father a manager working with blue-collar contractors. My parents instilled in me a simple principle: stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves. Becoming an Eagle Scout reinforced it.

Kimberly grew up in Rockingham, a small North Carolina community. Her parents, a nurse and a salesman, also instilled the importance of community service. Sunday mornings singing in youth prison ministry, working with rehabilitation centers, partnering with local organizations – all part of Kimberly’s youth and what shaped her heart.

My brain injury accident showed us that even being on the inside of the legal profession didn’t protect us from getting poor representation. Our lawyer didn’t really serve us well because he couldn’t put himself in our shoes.

After my personal injury, I knew exactly what kind of lawyer I wanted to be:

someone who truly understands what clients are going through because I've been there myself. Kimberly joined me, bringing her healthcare background and passion for wellness. We built our practice around a simple idea—we don't just handle your case, we understand your whole journey, and we prepare you for it.

Today we’ve been in business for 35 years and we’ve recovered billions of dollars for our clients, but more importantly, we’ve advanced our services to what we call “whole person legal care.” We don’t just fight for financial recovery—we address the physical, emotional, and mental needs that make up a whole person. We prepare people before accidents happen through safety education. We stand beside them during their recovery. And we help them figure out where to go when their time with us is done.

What drives us is knowing that if you know better, you have to do better. Through our Roberts Center, we give away thousands of bicycle helmets, teach CPR, provide scholarships, and run safety programs in schools because we’d rather prevent accidents happening to your family than litigate them.