Robin spends her days working with employers as a collaborative business partner to assist them in workers compensation matters. She is passionate about educating her clients on the workers compensation system by finding ways to improve their internal procedures so that they will be better prepared to assist their employees in compensable claims while zealously defending her clients against claims deemed to be unfairly or inappropriately pursued.
Robin has a strategic advantage in representing employers because she started her career working in a firm which represented Plaintiffs. That foundation allows her to anticipate an employee’s demands so that her clients are better prepared to stave off those demands. She knows that by understanding a client’s business model and through effective communication, she can work with her clients to find efficient and cost-effective solutions to close claims. As a result, Robin has handled hundreds of workers compensation cases involving questions of compensability, medical causation, disability, occupational disease and fraud.
Robin is a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office. She currently serves on the firm’s Management Committee and as the Vice-Chair of the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Practice Group. She is also a member of the NC Bar Association, the NC Association of Defense Attorneys and the Defense Research Institute.
In 2013, Robin organized a firm Women’s Initiative to provide the women of CSH with a greater number of paths to leadership, vehicles to allow them more flexibility and helpful technology in their practices and to encourage a better flow of information between all levels of their attorneys.
Robin was selected to receive the TBJ Women in Business Award in 2015. In 2018, Robin was named as one of North Carolina’s Leaders in the Law. She was also selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers Business Edition 2016 Women in the Law. Also, she has been designated one of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of WC Law-Employers each year since 2009 and maintains an AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell.
Articles, Presentations, and Publications
•Robin has spoken frequently at seminars before workers’ compensation carriers and employers on various topics including how to recognize, document, and investigate claims and navigation through the workers’ compensation system to insure maximum impact on outcome of claims.
•Author: Note: Avery v. Powell, Prisoners’ Rights and Tobacco Smoke, 11 Campbell L. Rev. 363 (1989)
Accomplishments
•Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
•Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America , in the field of Workers’ Compensation Law-Employers (2009 - 2021)
•Included within North Carolina Leaders in the Law in 2018
•American Jurisprudence Award, Trial and Appellate Advocacy Recipient
•Selected for inclusion in the 2017 Women in the Law by Best Lawyers Business Edition in the field of Workers' Compensation (2017)
•Triangle Business Journal Women in Business Award, 2015
Most Recent Posts
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Robin Terry Receives NCLW Diversity and Inclusion Award
Robin Terry, a Partner Emeriti with Cranfill Sumner LLP, was recognized with a 2021 Diversity and Inclusion Award from North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly and South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly....
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Cranfill Sumner Presents Diversity Award to Robin Terry
Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) presented its 2020 Distinguished Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Award to Robin Terry, Vice Chair of the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Practice Group. This is the inaugural year for the award....
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27 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2021
Twenty-seven attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC)....
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Cranfill Sumner LLP Awards Three 2020 Core Value Awards
Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) has awarded the 2020 Cranfill Sumner Core Value Award to Christine Colangelo, Katie Laymon, and Robin Terry. Cranfill Sumner presents the award annually to one or more individuals in the firm who best exemplify the firm’s core values of client service, reputation, and teamwork....
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31 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2020
Thirty-one attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2020(Copyright 2019 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC)....
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Cranfill Sumner Women’s Initiative Names New Leaders
Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) has named Melody Jolly, Stephanie Gaston Poley and Virginia Wooten as the new leaders of its Women’s Initiative. The Women’s Initiative empowers our women attorneys to discuss and act on issues that are important to them. The group holds an annual retreat and events throughout the year....
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Robin Hayes Terry Honored with 2018 Leaders in the Law Award
Robin Hayes Terry, an attorney with Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner), was recently honored with the 2018 Leaders in the Law Award from North Carolina Lawyers Weekly....
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32 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2019
Thirty-two attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2019 (Copyright 2018 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC)....
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Robin Terry and Jennifer Jones Present at Self-Insurers Conference
Robin Hayes Terry and Jennifer Morris Jones presented at today’s “Smart Machines, Safe Jobsites: The Shape of Things to Come” conference in Wrightsville Beach, N.C....
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33 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2018
Thirty-three attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2018 (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Eight attorneys were selected for inclusion in the list for the first time....
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Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Recognized by Women in the Law List
Seven female attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently listed among the 2017 Women in the Law by Best Lawyers Business Edition. The list was printed in the Spring 2017 edition and recognizes female attorneys from each state....
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Robin Terry Successfully Defends Claim Through Discovery of Medical Evidence
Robin Terry (Raleigh) obtained a favorable opinion by successfully arguing medical records discovered in depositions showed a Plaintiff was not credible...
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26 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2017
Twenty-six attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2017 (Copyright 2016 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC)....
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Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Listed Among 2016 Women in the Law
Best Lawyers Business Edition featured Cranfill Sumner LLP attorneys among its Best Lawyers Business Edition 2016 Women in the Law list. This is the inaugural year for the Women in the Law list by the publication....
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Robin Terry Persuaded Industrial Commission to Deny Claim
Robin Terry persuaded the Industrial Commission to deny a claim for injury-related benefits notwithstanding that there were unusual conditions in the work place on the date of the alleged injury which required Plaintiff to perform his job in a different manner....
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Robin Terry Obtained Favorable Opinion & Award from NCIC
Robin Terry obtained a favorable Opinion and Award from the Industrial Commission in a claim wherein an Plaintiff alleged a supervisor had run over his foot with a piece of machinery. Although there were objective signs of an injury, Defendants successfully argued said conditions were not the result of an accident in the work place and Plaintiff’s claim for benefits was denied....
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Robin Hayes Terry and Kara Gansmann Participate in NCAWA Conference
Two Cranfill Sumner LLP attorneys will participate in the upcoming 2015 North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (NCAWA) Annual Conference....
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Cranfill Sumner Attorneys to Speak at NCPRIMA Conference
Two attorneys in the Workers’ Compensation Practice Group of Cranfill Sumner LLP will be featured speakers at the 2015 North Carolina Public Risk Management Association (NCPRIMA) Educational Conference. Robin Hayes Terry will speak on a panel entitled “Managing Workers’ Compensation Claims: Before, During and After.” Brian Kromke will speak about “Social Media-Investigating & Defending Claims.”...
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28 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2016
Twenty-eight attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP (Cranfill Sumner) were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016....
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Robin Hayes Terry Receives Women in Business Award
Robin Hayes Terry is a 2015 Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award recipient....
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24 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2015
Twenty-four attorneys from Cranfill Sumner LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America....
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25 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America 2014
Cranfill Sumner is proud to announce that 25 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ....
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Cranfill Sumner Recognized for Contribution to Campbell Law School Scholarship Fund
Cranfill Sumner was recently recognized by Campbell Law School for making the initial contribution to Campbell’s Student Bar Association (SBA) Scholarship Fund....
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23 Cranfill Sumner Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013 Edition
Twenty-three lawyers from Cranfill Sumner were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013...
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Cranfill Sumner Lands 17 Attorneys in the Best Lawyers in America 2012 Edition
Cranfill Sumner, one of the largest civil defense firms in North Carolina, announced today that 17 of its attorneys selected The Best Lawyers in America....
