Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Walker, Allen, Grice, Ammons & Foy, L.L.P.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

1407 West Grantham Street, Goldsboro, North Carolina 27530

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2047, Goldsboro, NC 27533-2047

Practice Areas

  • Automobile Liability
  • Commercial General Liability
  • Construction Litigation
  • Health Care Liability
  • Insurance Coverage & Defense
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
  • Trucking Defense

About Us

Founded in 1985 as a general insurance and commercial defense firm, Walker Allen has grown into one of the premier insurance defense firms in North Carolina. Our reputation was built on strict attention to detail, thorough preparation, tough negotiation and tenacious trial advocacy. The firm takes pride in the fact that we are known across the region as trial attorneys who have obtained successful courtroom results in hundreds of cases.

At Walker Allen, we are committed to keeping you informed of the state of the law and significant trends in the areas that we practice. Toward that end we host an annual fall seminar focusing on current developments involving the insurance defense industry. This popular seminar allows you to not only earn valuable continuing education credits but to be kept up to date on emerging theories of liability, significant appellate decisions and other topics that impact insurance adjusters and claims representatives on a daily basis.

Insurance companies trust Walker Allen to defend their insureds. Our trial attorneys have the wide-ranging experience that matters and the expertise you deserve.

Additional Locations

  • Charleston, South Carolina
  • 2 Wharfside Street, Suite 30B
  • P.O. Box 1068 (29465)
  • Charleston, South Carolina 29401
    • Telephone: 854-529-0595
    • Fax: 843-637-6463
  • Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 225 East Worthington Avenue, Suite 200
  • Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
    • Telephone: 919-734-6565
    • Fax: 980-819-6780
  • Raleigh, North Carolina
  • 222 North Person Street
  • P.O. Box 2047 (27530)
  • Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
    • Telephone: 919-734-6565

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Personnel Information

Partners


Jerry A. Allen, Jr.

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Claims, 1990
Additional Biographical Details:

North Carolina Legal Elite, Business North Carolina (Litigation); The Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice Law, Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation); AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell; North Carolina Super Lawyers; Top Attorneys in North Carolina, Charlotte Magazine; North Carolina's Top Rated Lawyers, National Law Journal

Memberships:
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • Mount Olive College, A.A./A.S., 1983
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1986
  • Campbell University School of Law, J.D., 1989

O. Drew Grice, Jr.

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 1995
  • Virginia, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Additional Biographical Details:

Recognized as Legal Elite in Business North Carolina publication

Memberships:
  • North Carolina and Wayne County Bar Associations
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., 1991
  • Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1995

Jeffrey T. Ammons

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 1996
  • South Carolina
Additional Biographical Details:

North Carolina Legal Elite; North Carolina Super Lawyers; The Best Lawyers in America; North Carolina Insurance Crime Information Exchange Member

Memberships:
  • American, North Carolina and Wayne County Bar Associations
  • Defense Research Institute
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • University of South Carolina, B.A., 1992
  • Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law, J.D., 1996

Louis F. Foy, III (Trey)

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2000
  • South Carolina, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
  • North Carolina and Wayne County Bar Associations
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • Elon College, B.S. (cum laude), 1996
  • Campbell University School of Law, J.D., 2000

Amanda M. Wells

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2005
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
Additional Biographical Details:

North Carolina Insurance Crime Information Exchange Member

Memberships:
  • North Carolina and Wayne County Bar Associations
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • East Carolina University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2002
  • North Carolina Central University School of Law, J.D., 2005

Jackie S. Houser

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2009
  • Virginia, 2016
Memberships:
  • North Carolina and Wayne County Bar Associations
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
Education:
  • Mount Olive College, B.S. (summa cum laude), 2002
  • Liberty University School of Law, J.D., 2009

Mary Maloney

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • New York, 1988
  • North Carolina, 2017
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1988
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1994
Education:
  • State University of New York at Albany, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1984
  • Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1987

Carrie H. O'Brien

Charlotte, NC
Admitted
  • South Carolina, 2000
  • North Carolina, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2005
Education:
  • College of Charleston, B.S. (with honors), 1996
  • University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2000

Of Counsel


Robert D. Walker, Jr.

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 1974
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Additional Biographical Details:

Named in The Best Lawyers of America publication; Recognized as Legal Elite in Business North Carolina publication (Top Vote Getter 2008, Ligitation)

Memberships:
  • North Carolina Bar Association
  • North Carolina State Bar
  • North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • North Carolina State University, B.A., 1971
  • Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1974

Associates


Alicia R. Johnson

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • North Carolina, 2016
Education:
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, B.S.P.S. (cum laude), 2009
  • North Carolina Central University School of Law, J.D., 2015
Language:
  • Spanish

Sarah Rand-McDaniel

Goldsboro, NC

Admitted
  • South Carolina, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Additional Biographical Details:

Policy Advocate for National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Carolinas Chapter

Memberships:
  • Charleston County Bar Association
Education:
  • University of South Carolina, B.A. Economics (summa cum laude), 2008
  • University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 2015
Honors:
Karen Lee Scholarship; Compleat Lawyer Bronze Award 2013

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