Steve Gugenheim brings a distinguished three-decades-long career dedicated to representing clients in complex personal injury matters. Steve leverages his extensive trial experience to lead and enhance Whitley Law Firm’s robust litigation team. Over the course of his career, his work has resulted in tens of millions of dollars in verdicts, settlements, and arbitration awards for victims and their families.
Prior to joining Whitley Law Firm, Gugenheim founded and led Gugenheim Law in North Carolina. He is a Past Chair of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Nursing Home Negligence Section and serves on the Board of Friends of Residents in Long Term Care. A frequent lecturer on long-term care litigation, he also contributes to regulatory policy as a member of the Adult Care Home Rules Re-adoption Committee.
Steve has obtained the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Peer Review rated. He is a member of Super Lawyers, a rating service that selects the top 5% of attorneys in the State of North Carolina and has been rated a Super Lawyer – Plaintiff Medical Malpractice every year since 2017.
Steve graduated from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. After, Steve earned his Juris Doctorate from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. While there, Steve was the Comment Editor of the Cumberland Law Review, a member of the nationally acclaimed Mock Trial Team and graduated at the top of his class.
