About · Robert L Armstrong · Attorney at Law
Personal injury is all I do. I have done it for over 41 years.
For 41 years I have represented injury victims and their families — never insurance companies, never corporations — and for more than three decades of that career, right here in eastern North Carolina. One attorney on every case. Consultation is free. No fee unless I win your case.
My story
Why I only take personal-injury cases.
I am a lawyer with over 41 years of experience, and I have handled only personal-injury cases for my entire career. I represent ordinary people, never corporations and never insurance companies.
At 22, I was working on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to save for law school tuition. One morning, while boarding the rig from a crew boat, I watched the boom of an enormous crane fall because a cable had not been properly inspected. It killed several men and severely injured others within a few feet of where I stood. I kept working while I studied, first on that rig and then on New York City construction crews, including the World Trade Center site. Those years earned my tuition and, quietly, they picked my clients for me.
I was admitted to the New York Bar in 1985 and started practicing personal injury the same year. There was never a non-injury period. I was admitted in New Jersey in 1988, and I moved my practice to my Wilmington office in 1991. I have been there ever since. I know the eastern-NC courts and the local adjusters. I also know North Carolina's contributory-negligence rule, the doctrine followed by only four states that bars any recovery if the defense proves a plaintiff is even 1% at fault. It is the reason the investigation has to be right from day one.
I do not advertise on billboards or by direct mail. Most of my clients come from former clients, other attorneys, and word of mouth. When you call my office, you reach me, not a callback queue and not a paralegal running your file. My job is to understand who you were before you were hurt and who you are now, and to recover the full long-term cost of what happened. That is why the practice covers car-accident cases, motorcycle claims, trucking collisions, premises liability, and brain-injury representation, and why the contingency fee keeps the risk on my firm, not on your family.
If you or a family member have been seriously or fatally injured in eastern North Carolina, tell me what happened. The consultation is free. There is no fee unless I win your case.
— Robert L Armstrong
Verified track record
The credentials behind over 41 years of practice.
Public bar records, published Q&A libraries, and independent client reviews back up every claim on this page. See a sample of the outcomes on the case results page.
- Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished (2016)
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2012)
- AAJ Sustaining Member (1991–present)
- Brain Injury Association of NC — Provider Guide
- BE THAT LAWYER podcast (2025)
Bar admissions verifiable via the NC State Bar attorney lookup and the New York Court of Appeals attorney directory.
What this practice is built on
Owner-operator, contingency-fee, eastern-NC focused.
One attorney on every case
No associate handoffs, because there are no associates. The investigation, the demand, and the negotiation stay with me from intake through recovery.
Contingency-fee representation
No fee unless I win your case. My firm advances filing fees, expert costs, and deposition fees, and is reimbursed from the recovery if there is one. The consultation is free.
Eastern North Carolina focus
New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Onslow, Bladen, and Duplin counties — the local courts, insurers, and doctors I have worked with since 1991.
In their words
What clients say after the case is over.
“Robert has represented us on several cases. He showed so much empathy with us and our suffering but was a true blue fighter against the other person. If something doesn't go right, he works it out so that it does. We will never use anyone else.”
“Mr. Armstrong guided me after a motor vehicle accident I was involved in. Great communication during the process. Communication with Stephanie (Mr. Armstrong's assistant) was flawless as well. If you're looking for great representation in your time of need, definitely contact them.”
“I hired Robert Armstrong for my motorcycle accident. He was an outstanding legal representative who showed genuine concern for me and really understood the physical, emotional and financial hardship the accident caused. I would recommend him to anyone needing legal assistance in this matter.”
Additional case results are published with named-result context where Avvo discloses them. Past results are not a guarantee of future outcomes. Each case is unique.
When you are ready to talk through what happened, the call is free.
No fee unless I win your case. Tell me what happened, and I will tell you honestly whether I think you have a case.
Contingency-fee representation. Free consultation.