Martin Brackett Appointed to NC Railroad Board

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Robinson Bradshaw attorney Martin L. Brackett Jr. to the North Carolina Railroad board of directors. The NCRR owns and manages the 317-mile rail corridor that stretches across the state from Charlotte to the coast.

In his announcement of Brackett’s appointment and others, Gov. Cooper expressed his appreciation that “North Carolinians from a variety of walks of life have agreed to help our state by serving on these boards and commissions.”

Brackett is a litigator at Robinson Bradshaw. His practice covers a broad range of matters involving governmental and internal investigations, as well as catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. Brackett is a fellow in both the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation, as well as a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.

Previously, Brackett served as a member of the boards of trustees for both the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the North Carolina Outward Bound School. He also served as a member and as chairman of the Charlotte Auditorium-Coliseum-Convention Center Authority. A native Charlottean, Brackett earned his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law and received his undergraduate degree from Davidson College.