G. Gray Wilson

Mr. Wilson is regularly entrusted with cases requiring an understanding of complex medical and technical issues, extensive expert testimony, and sustained jury trials. He has successfully defended matters involving allegations of diagnostic failures, surgical complications, and standards‑of‑care disputes, often in cases seeking multi‑million‑dollar recoveries. Clients and insurers rely on his disciplined trial strategy and ability to present sophisticated defenses clearly and persuasively to juries.

• Successfully defended a gynecologist in a medical malpractice trial arising from an alleged bowel injury during a hysterectomy, resulting in a defense verdict.

• Led the trial team defending an emergency room physician against claims of failure to diagnose bowel ischemia and improper discharge, securing a jury verdict finding no negligence.

• Defended an obstetrician in a high‑exposure medical negligence case alleging delayed performance of a cesarean section and resulting neurological injury; the case was voluntarily dismissed after the court excluded the plaintiff's sole standard‑of‑care expert during trial.

• Co‑led the defense of an obstetrician in a protracted medical malpractice trial involving allegations of birth‑related neurologic injury, culminating in a defense verdict following a four‑week jury trial.

• Co‑led the trial team representing an obstetrician and medical practice in a medical malpractice action involving alleged birth injury, obtaining a defense verdict after a six‑week jury trial.

• Forsyth County Commissioner (2024 – present)
• Member – American Board of Trial Advocates (2018 – present)
• AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell for more than 20 years
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Bet-the-Company Litigation (1997 – 2026), Commercial Litigation (1997 – 2026), Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (1997 – 2026), Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (1997 – 2026), and Litigation – Land Use and Zoning (1997 – 2026)
• Named The Best Lawyers^® Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants "Lawyer of the Year" in Winston-Salem (2011, 2014 – 2015, 2019)
• Chosen to North Carolina Super Lawyers (2007 – 2023)
• Listed as among the Top 100 attorneys in North Carolina Super Lawyers (2010 – 2011)
• Named a Top Lawyer by Corporate Counsel (2009 – 2010)
• Recipient – Power List Award by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2023)
• Recipient – Leaders in the Law Award by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2020)
• Recipient – J. Robert Elster Award for Professional Excellence by the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (2019)
• Name to Business North Carolina's Legal Elite Hall of Fame
• Member – Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company
  • Board of Directors (2006 – present)
    • Chairman (2015 – 2021)
• North Carolina Bar Association
  • Recipient, Advocates Award, Litigation Section (2024)
  • President (2004 – 2005)
  • President-Elect (2003 – 2004)
  • Board of Governors (1993 – 1996)
  • Chair, Young Lawyers Division (1986)
• Forsyth County Bar Association
  • District Councilor (2010 – 2011)
  • President, Young Lawyers Association (1981)
• Member – American Bar Association
• Member – North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
• Wake Forest University School of Law
  • Former Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy
• Member – Messiah Moravian Church
  • Deacon (2016 – present)
  • Chair, Board of Trustees (2017 – 2019)
• Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America Executive Board (1977 – 2019)
  • President (1990 – 1991)
• Home Moravian Church Deacon (2004 – 2014)
• Forsyth Country Day School Board of Directors (1996 – 1999)
• Centenary United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1996 – 1997)
  • Chair (1999)
• Fellow – American College of Trial Lawyers (1996)

• Author – "North Carolina Civil Procedure," LexisNexis, Fourth Edition (since 1988)
• Author – "The Killing Pond" (1992 novel)