Claims Team

Mark Scruggs   |  Senior Claims Counsel

Mark Scruggs joined Lawyers Mutual in March 2001 as claims counsel. In May 2018, Mark became Senior Claims Counsel with Lawyers Mutual.

Formerly a partner with Spear, Barnes, Baker, Wainio & Scruggs, LLP in Durham, North Carolina, Mark has over 14 years’ experience as a trial attorney concentrating in insurance defense litigation.  For the last 20 years, Mark has worked with Lawyers Mutual primarily in litigation-related claims and workers compensation and family law matters.

He is a 1986 cum laude graduate of Campbell University School of Law. Mark is a past chair of the Law Practice Management section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He has served as an Advisory Member of the State Bar Ethics Committee and the Authorized Practice Committee of the North Carolina State Bar. He also served as co-chair of the North Carolina Bar Association’s “Transitioning Lawyers Commission” working to address issues facing aging lawyers. In December 2019, Mark received the North Carolina State Bar's John B. McMillan Distinguished Service Award.