Anastasia M. Pressel

Bio

Anastasia Pressel is a pre-litigation attorney at CR Legal Team. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in management from Clemson University. Subsequently, she obtained her Juris Doctor from Campbell University School of Law. While in law school, she spent her summers interning for several firms focused on civil litigation.

Following law school, Anastasia began her legal career defending insurance companies, and she uses this experience to her clients’ advantage, ensuring they receive the compensation they deserve from insurance companies. Later, Anastasia transitioned her practice to representing plaintiffs, gaining extensive experience advocating for clients during some of the most challenging moments of their lives. At this stage in her career at CR Legal Team, Anastasia is excited to focus on pursuing the best possible outcome for each of her clients and obtaining justice for the wrongfully injured.

Anastasia lives in Raleigh with her husband and daughter. They are proud members of their church. Anastasia spends much of her free time with her young daughter and with family. She also enjoys reading, running, and cooking for her family.

Education:

Clemson University, B.S.
Campbell University School of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions and Memberships:

North Carolina State Bar – 2020
Wake County Bar Association
North Carolina Advocates for Justice

The Personal Injury Lawyers

Who'd Rather You Never Need Them

Kimberly and I met in 1992 as kindred spirits, both drawn to the idea of building something larger than ourselves—an extension of our family committed to serving others. We married in 1994, while I was practicing law, and Kimberly worked in healthcare consulting. We thought we understood how the legal system worked. Then September 19, 1995 changed everything.

It’s the worst possible situation to be in after a serious injury. I’m sitting across from a guy who’s supposed to be one of the better traumatic brain injury lawyers, but I’m realizing he doesn’t understand what Kimberly and I are going through!

I got hit by a tractor-trailer just two months before. My wife Kimberly—nineteen weeks pregnant with our first child—has had to watch me deal with personality changes, possible lifelong symptoms, and terrifying fears of our family's future.

What makes it all worse is the fact that I am a lawyer with years of experience, and yet even I can’t get the kind of representation we desperately need. It’s a scary situation.

I grew up in Charlotte. My mother was a teacher, my father a manager working with blue-collar contractors. My parents instilled in me a simple principle: stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves. Becoming an Eagle Scout reinforced it.

Kimberly grew up in Rockingham, a small North Carolina community. Her parents, a nurse and a salesman, also instilled the importance of community service. Sunday mornings singing in youth prison ministry, working with rehabilitation centers, partnering with local organizations – all part of Kimberly’s youth and what shaped her heart.

My brain injury accident showed us that even being on the inside of the legal profession didn’t protect us from getting poor representation. Our lawyer didn’t really serve us well because he couldn’t put himself in our shoes.

After my personal injury, I knew exactly what kind of lawyer I wanted to be:

someone who truly understands what clients are going through because I've been there myself. Kimberly joined me, bringing her healthcare background and passion for wellness. We built our practice around a simple idea—we don't just handle your case, we understand your whole journey, and we prepare you for it.

Today we’ve been in business for 35 years and we’ve recovered billions of dollars for our clients, but more importantly, we’ve advanced our services to what we call “whole person legal care.” We don’t just fight for financial recovery—we address the physical, emotional, and mental needs that make up a whole person. We prepare people before accidents happen through safety education. We stand beside them during their recovery. And we help them figure out where to go when their time with us is done.

What drives us is knowing that if you know better, you have to do better. Through our Roberts Center, we give away thousands of bicycle helmets, teach CPR, provide scholarships, and run safety programs in schools because we’d rather prevent accidents happening to your family than litigate them.