Lawyer Bio : Murray C. Greason III

Murray C. Greason III

"Tripp"

Winston-Salem

Tripp focused the first part of his career working with forensic psychiatrists, psychologists, and pharmacologists on the defense of "addiction" and neurotoxicity claims that arise in product liability cases across the nation. In 2005, he became the firm’s first full-time Pro Bono Director and assumed the responsibility for the creation, implementation, and management of the firm’s pro bono activities; developing pro bono opportunities for our attorneys; monitoring the quality, quantity and diversity of our pro bono activities; and providing overall support for the Pro Bono Committee.

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Professional Activities

Bar Associations: State Bar of Montana; American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Chair, North Carolina Bar Foundation Public Service Advisory Committee (2009-2012); Co-Chair, North Carolina Bar Association 4All Task Force Educate Working Group (2009-2011); Association of Pro Bono Counsel; National Legal Aid and Defender Association; National Association of Pro Bono Professionals.
 
Admitted to the bar: 1997, Montana; 2000, North Carolina; 2002, New York. Admitted to practice before all Montana and North Carolina state courts.

Civic Activities

Vice Chairman of the board of Partnership for a Drug Free North Carolina; Treasurer of the board of Children’s Law Center of Central North Carolina; Immediate Past Chair of Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina, Inc.; Member of the Wake Forest University School of Law Community Law and Business Development Clinic Advisory Board; Member of the board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Central North Carolina Chapter); Member of the board of The New Winston Museum; Member of the ECHO Council; Member of the Winston-Salem Downtown Rotary Club; Trustee of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County (2004 – 2010; liaison to Associated Artists of Winston-Salem; Chair of the Membership Committee); Member of the board of ARTS North Carolina; Member of the Public Art Committee (advisory committee to Winston-Salem Arts Council); Member, Leadership Winston-Salem Class of 2011.

Education

B.A., English, German & Italian, 1990, University of Colorado, Dean’s List; Golden Key Honor Society; University of Siena, Italy, Tulane Center for European Community Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Summer Study of International Law; J.D., 1997, University of Montana School of Law, Treasurer, International Law Student’s Association; Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; Honorable Mention, Jessup Brief; Concentration in Business and International Law.

Prior Legal Experience

Department of State, 1997; Attorney, Montana Legal Services Association, 1996-1997.

Prior Business Experience

Business Planner, Fairdinkum Consulting and Training, New York, 1997-1998; Career Foreign Service Officer Candidate.

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Languages
Fluent in German and Italian.
 
Honors
Fellow, The American Bar Foundation (2009); NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence / WomensLaw.org North Carolina Domestic Violence Pro Bono Alliance Tribute (2010); Legal Aid of North Carolina Service Award (2009, 2010, 2011); Business Leader Media Pro Bono Impact Award (2008); North Carolina Bar Association 2007 Large Firm Pro Bono Award (firm award for work with Katrina victims); Supreme Court of Louisiana and the Louisiana State Bar Association tribute (assisting those affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2007); Louisiana State Bar Association 2007 Pro Bono Award (firm award for work with Katrina victims); Southeast Louisiana Legal Services 2007 Justice for a Greater New Orleans Award (firm award for work with Katrina victims); UNC School of Law Pro Bono Program Certificate of Recognition (2006); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Award (pro bono work on behalf families of victims of 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks).

Areas of Proficiency

  • Product Liability Litigation

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