Susan Boyles focuses her practice on tort defense, complex business litigation and insurance coverage disputes. She regularly represents clients before state and federal court judges throughout North Carolina, on both the trial and appellate court levels.

Ms. Boyles was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation in 2012 and the five years immediately preceding and she was listed in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Business North Carolina’s “Legal Elite.” She was the 2005 winner of "Women In Business" Award from The Business Journal and is AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell*.

* CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure's standards and policies.

Professional & Community Activities

21st Judicial District Bar Association, Member

Defense Research Institute, Member

Forsyth County Bar Association, Member

North Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member

North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Member

The North Carolina Law Review, Notes Editor

Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D. (1994)
    with honors, Order of the Coif
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Journalism (1990)
    with highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions

  • North Carolina

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Who We Are

What fully engaged means to me:

To understand my client's goals and to take ownership of them - then, to work side-by-side with my client to accomplish those goals in the most cost effective way possible.

1001 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC, 27101-2400
USA
t +1 336.607.7417
f +1 336.734.2649

Susan H. Boyles

Experience Highlights

Insurance coverage litigation for company
The firm served as lead counsel in representing policyholder in breach of contract and bad faith action involving coverage for class action antitrust more
Matter alleging various business torts against Progress Energy Inc. and Carolina Power & Light Co. d/b/a Progress Energy
Represented Progress Energy in a complex matter alleging various business torts, including tortious interference with contract and unfair and more
The Burlington Insurance Company v. Griffin Motor Co., Inc., et al.
Represented Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, an insurance carrier, in a dispute with another carrier in a subrogation claim arising from a more
Midstate Mills, Inc. v. Wedlock Paper Converters Ltd.
Represented Midstate Mills in an action against a packaging vendor for supplying defective flour bags.  Damages included lost profits, replacement more