Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Karonnie Truzy
Education
- Law school: Wake Forest University School of Law, 2001
- Undergraduate degrees: B.A., University of South Carolina Spartanburg, 1998
Trucking specific organizations and leadership positions and awards
- National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), Board Certified in Truck Accident Law, 2022
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), Board of Regents
- American Association of Justice (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group, Member
- American Association of Justice (AAJ) Trucking Litigation Group Board Member (Diversity Chair), 2020-2023
Law Organizations and leadership and awards
- American Association of Justice (AAJ), Member
- North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) (2005-present)
- NCBA Board of Governors, 2013
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ), 2001-present
- NCAJ Auto Torts Section
- NCAJ Diversity Chair, 2019-2022
- NCAJ Ebbie Award winner, 2018
- NCAJ Board of Governors, 2015-present
- NCAJ AAJ Minority Representative, 2021-present
- Best Lawyers, 2019-present
- North Carolina Super Lawyers, 2022-present
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2010
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2015
Notable Results
- $6,000,000 trucking settlement 2024 (death of a single mother killed in construction zone by truck driver
- $1,500,000 trucking settlement 2021 (death of motorcyclist killed by unqualified tractor trailer driver hired by broker)
- $2,500,000 trucking settlement 2021 (death of single mother who drove under overturned tractor trailer)
- $3,500,000 trucking settlement 2019 (death of EMS worker killed by tractor trailer sliding on ice)