In recognition of his leadership and contributions to the firm, we are proud to announce that John Holton has become a named partner of our firm, which is now Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler.

John has built a reputation as a trusted advocate for clients and a leader in complex litigation. He exemplifies the values of integrity, excellence, community engagement, and client-first service that are so important to our firm. John’s elevation to named partner reflects not only his legal acumen and unwavering commitment to client advocacy, but also his alignment with our firm’s core values.

John’s practice focuses on serious personal injury cases and complex business disputes. He regularly appears before the North Carolina Business Court and has litigated several cases involving novel and complex legal issues shaping North Carolina jurisprudence.

Before joining the firm, John represented Fortune 500 companies, major insurers, and hospital systems as a defense attorney. He is licensed in both North and South Carolina and is active in numerous professional organizations including the NC and SC Bar Associations, Wake County Bar Association, American Advocates for Justice, and the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Please join us in congratulating John on this well-deserved recognition. We are thrilled to move forward as Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler, continuing to serve clients throughout North Carolina with dedication and distinction.

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North Carolina Super Lawyers recognized five MMHP partners for 2025:

• Jason Miller, Business Litigation
• Jeffrey Monroe, Personal Injury
• John Holton, Personal Injury
• Paul Flick, Alternative Dispute Resolution
• William Plyler, Personal Injury

Business North Carolina recognized four MMHP partners to its “Legal Elite” list for 2025:

• Jason Miller, Business
• Jeffrey Monroe, Litigation
• John Holton, Litigation
• Paul Flick, Litigation

MMHP is a boutique litigation firm in Raleigh, NC with an emphasis on business disputes and personal injury litigation.

*Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. For more information about the Super Lawyers methodology, visit http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

**This year’s Legal Elite class represents 4% of the state’s 32,535 active attorneys to date. This year’s annual directory of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite is based on the responses of a DataJoe Research survey distributed to every active member of the N.C. State Bar residing within the state. Attorneys are then asked whom they rate among the current best in business-related categories. Attorneys can’t vote for themselves, but they may select members within their firm as long as they vote for an out-of-firm attorney in the same category.

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RALEIGH — September 24, 2024 — Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is pleased to announce that Morgan Brown has joined the firm’s civil litigation team and was sworn in to practice law in the State of North Carolina by the Honorable Paul C. Ridgeway, Senior Resident Superior Court Judge.  Born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Morgan’s academic journey began at the University of Iowa, where she graduated with a B.A. in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Leadership in 2018.  Seeking warmer weather and new opportunities, she relocated to Louisiana to attend law school at Southern University Law Center.

Morgan graduated magna cum laude in May 2022, earning her Juris Doctor degree.  While at Southern, Morgan was actively involved as co-chair of the Office of Student Affairs and contributed to the Board of Student Advisors, the Tax Law Society, and the Class Planning Committee.

Before moving to North Carolina, Morgan practiced law in Louisiana, gaining extensive experience in a variety of legal matters.  She has represented clients in complex legal disputes, appeared in appellate courts, and participated in federal court mediations.  In addition to her practice in Louisiana, Morgan is admitted to the bar in Iowa.

With Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler, Morgan’s practice areas will include commercial and construction litigation as well as personal injury, where she brings a dedicated personal approach to each case she handles.

“We are thrilled to have Morgan on our team.  Her diligent, unwavering approach and high character are ever-present in her work.  Morgan’s personality dovetails perfectly with our firm culture and she has already begun delivering value to our clients,” said Jason Miller, Partner, Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler.

“Morgan has quickly become a tremendous asset to our firm.  She displays an aptitude for navigating complex legal issues.  Having recently been admitted to practice in North Carolina, she is excited to get back into the courtroom as an advocate for our clients,” said Jeff Monroe, Partner, Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler.

Founded in 2009, Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is a civil litigation firm serving corporations, small businesses, and individuals in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas, and throughout the State of North Carolina.  The firm’s primary practice areas include business and commercial litigation, construction litigation, personal injury and wrongful death, estate litigation, land condemnation, sports law, and general civil litigation matters.

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Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler was featured on the cover of this month’s Attorney At Law Magazine. 

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Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is pleased to announce that four of its attorneys were selected by their peers as members of North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2023.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.

The MMHP attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers are:

Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Litigation
Jeff Monroe
William Plyler

Business Litigation
Jason Miller

Alternative Dispute Resolution
Paul Flick

MMHP is a boutique litigation firm focusing on business, construction, personal injury, and estate litigation.  MMHP also offers eminent domain and sports law practice groups.

For more information about the Super Lawyers methodology, visit http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

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Will Smith

RALEIGH — June 14, 2022 — Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is pleased to announce that Will Smith has joined the firm to launch its Eminent Domain and Land Condemnation practice, representing landowners when the government and other condemning authorities take property for public use.  Will is a graduate of Virginia Tech (B.S. Marketing Management) and Campbell University School of Law (J.D.).

Since 2017, Will has served as an Assistant Attorney General with the North Carolina Department of Justice, litigating land condemnation matters for the North Carolina Department of Transportation throughout the State.  He helped oversee and manage the “Map Act” litigation, a project that included over 500 cases across the State of North Carolina and involved a novel area of eminent domain law.  After working on the Map Act litigation and helping to see the first cases through trial and appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court, Will switched his focus to representing the NCDOT in more general condemnation cases and was involved in numerous jury trials.  Before joining the North Carolina Department of Justice, Will served as Deputy General Counsel with the North Carolina Department of Transportation from 2014 – 2017, advising the Department on a broad array of legal issues affecting the NCDOT.

“Given the firm’s extensive relationships in commercial and residential real estate development and construction, offering land condemnation and land use services to our clients has long been a goal of ours.  When the opportunity to partner with a highly respected legal mind and pillar of our community in Will Smith, it became clear the time was now for us to launch these practice areas.” said Jason Miller, Partner, Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler.

Prior to entering public service, Will worked for McGuireWoods, where he represented one of the largest banks in the country in mortgage disputes and Fair Credit Reporting Act cases.

With MMHP, Will’s practices areas will include land condemnation (eminent domain), land use and rezoning, construction law, and commercial litigation.

“We are incredibly honored to have Will join our team.  On the personal side, his family and community focus align perfectly with our firm’s values and, on the legal side, his extensive experience in land condemnation will allow our firm to provide tremendous value to our existing clients and new clients throughout the State,” added Jeff Monroe, Partner.

Will was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, and has lived in North Carolina since 2004, residing in Buies Creek, Charlotte, and now Raleigh.  Will and his wife Meredith have lived in Raleigh since 2013.  Meredith is a native of Greensboro, NC, and is a professor at the UNC School of Government.  Will and Meredith have two children, a boy and a girl.  In his free time Will serves as a certified therapy dog team lead with his dog Sunny, visiting area hospitals.  Will also enjoys coaching his children’s youth basketball teams and rooting on his Hokies.

Founded in 2009, Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is a civil litigation firm serving corporations, small businesses, and individuals in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas, and throughout the State of North Carolina.  The firm’s primary practice areas include business and commercial litigation, construction litigation, personal injury and wrongful death, estate litigation, creditor’s rights – bankruptcy, land condemnation, sports law, and general civil litigation matters.

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Miller Monroe Holton & Plyler is pleased to announce that five firm attorneys were selected by their peers as members of North Carolina Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2022.

The MMHP attorneys recognized include:

Business Litigation
Jason Miller
Paul Flick

Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Litigation
Jeff Monroe
William Plyler

Plaintiff’s Civil Litigation, Rising Star
John Holton

MMHP is a boutique litigation firm focusing on business and personal injury litigation.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. For more information about the Super Lawyers methodology, visit http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

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Business North Carolina magazine honors Tar Heel lawyers by publishing Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite, a listing of the State’s top lawyers in business-related categories. Winners are chosen not by the magazine’s editors, but by the state’s lawyers. In developing the list, Business North Carolina made ballots available to more than 20,000 Tar Heel Lawyers and only 3% were selected for Legal Elite.

Jason A. Miller has litigation experience in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina and beyond.  He has represented Fortune 500 companies in complex business litigation matters, builders and developers in real property disputes, information technology companies in trade secrets disputes, partners in closely-held company disputes, investors in business deals gone awry, and dozens of cases in between.  Mr. Miller has litigated matters in more than a dozen counties in North Carolina and is licensed to practice in every state and federal court in North Carolina.  Mr. Miller is also licensed to practice law in the state of New York.

Jeffrey R. Monroe has a broad litigation practice with a focus on fiduciary disputes and personal injury claims.  He often represents individuals in will caveat actions, estate disputes, and cases involving mismanagement of funds entrusted to a guardian, trustee, administrator, or other fiduciary.  Mr. Monroe also has extensive experience litigating business disputes, construction disputes, and a variety of other civil litigation matters.

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On December 9, 2019, UNC Law School Dean Martin H. Brinkley presented eight alumni of UNC Law to the U.S. Supreme Court for admission to practice before the Supreme Court.  I was excited to be among the eight.  Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath.  My wife, Sally, accompanied me on the trip.

After the eight of us were sworn in, we remained in the courtroom and heard arguments in two cases – an immigration case and a patent case.  Throughout the course of both arguments, the justices (except Justice Clarence Thomas) took turns peppering the litigators with questions.  Their probing questions showed a genuine desire to reach a just decision.  To see the Supreme Court in action made me proud to be an attorney.

As we ate lunch at the Supreme Court after the morning session, a birthday party for retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy was in progress across the hall.  The birthday room happened to have its doors open, which enabled us to see the justices in a relaxed, celebratory setting.

The UNC group stayed at the Hay-Adams Hotel, which is across the street from St. John’s Church and close to the White House.  The night before our visit to the Supreme Court, we took a bus from the hotel to the Chevy Chase Club for dinner.

Our hosts at the Chevy Chase Club were UNC Law alumnus Mary Boney Denison (Class of ’81) and her husband, Jack Clark.  Mary is the sister of Raleigh attorney Emmett Boney Haywood (UNC Law Class of ’82, my classmate).  Another Raleigh attorney, Alice Stubbs, was one of the UNC Law alumni on the trip.  Spending time with Alice and her son, Buzzy Barrow, was an extra treat for Sally and me.

The hospitality of Dean Brinkley and the other UNC Law staff members who accompanied us on the trip, Deidre Gordon, Kelly Mann, and Carrie Clifford, made the trip one that we will cherish forever.

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