His practice experience includes representing injured people in and out of court against insurance companies. Currently his practice is almost entirely civil trial work, primarily bodily injury litigation. He also has an active practice representing financial institutions and other creditors. On a limited basis Mr. Toms continues to write wills and administer estates.

Mr. Toms is married to Pam Senn Toms. He has two daughters, Merritt Toms Tracy of Charlotte and Cynthia Toms of Washington, DC. Mr. Toms began practicing with a small law firm in Fayetteville in 1970. He later was offered a position with a private law practice in Raleigh where he practiced for 6 years and then opened an office in Cary with Bill Dawkins and Tom Beebe in January, 1978. For the past 9 years he has been sole owner of Frederic E. Toms & Associates, P.L.L.C. and has now practiced law for over 31 years.

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Bar Admissions
• North Carolina, 1970

Court Admissions
• All state courts in North Carolina
• United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina

Education
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Law, 1966
• Juris Doctor, 1970

Memberships
• North Carolina State Bar
• North Carolina Bar Association
• North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Wake County Bar Association
• Tenth Judicial District Bar Association
• Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute

Civic and Community Activities
Current:
• Director, Cary Area Emergency Medical Services

Former:
• Cary MacGregor Rotary Club
• Citizen Advisory Board, N. C. Department of Corrections
• President and Director, Volunteer Center of Wake County
• Raleigh Jaycees