Season D Atkinson

Background

Season Atkinson is a founding attorney at Tatum & Atkinson and a National Board member of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). For more than 25 years, she has represented injured North Carolinians against the insurance companies that try to undervalue their claims.
A Personal Mission
Season was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the daughter and step-daughter of coal miners. Early in her life, her father was killed in a drunk driving wreck. That loss shaped everything that followed. Today, she serves on the National Board of Directors of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and dedicates a significant portion of her practice to representing victims of drunk and drug-impaired drivers across North Carolina.
She brings the same fight to cases involving injured children — clients who, like she once was, didn't ask for what happened to them.
A Working-Class Background
Both sets of Season's grandparents were local business owners. None had more than a high school education, but they instilled in her an entrepreneurial drive, a strong work ethic, and a deep sense of community responsibility. When she graduated from Marshall University in 1997, she became the first member of her family to earn a bachelor's degree. Three years later, she earned her law degree from the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University.
Insider Knowledge of the Insurance Industry
Season's first legal job was with a firm that represented insurance companies and employers. For the first five years of her career, she learned from the inside exactly how insurance adjusters investigate claims, evaluate injuries, and decide what to pay — and what to fight.
That experience taught her which strategies work against insurance companies and which don't. In 2006, she joined Robert Tatum to open Tatum & Atkinson with a specific focus: representing injured people against the insurance industry she once defended.
Personal Injury Practice Areas
Season represents clients across North Carolina in cases involving:
- Car and truck accidents
- Drunk and drug-impaired driving collisions
- Motorcycle and pedestrian accidents
- Wrongful death
- Catastrophic and serious injuries
- Injuries to children
Her practice is built on a single principle: clients deserve compassion in how they're treated and aggression in how their cases are fought.
Recognition and Service
- National Board of Directors, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- 25+ years of personal injury trial experience
- Founding partner, Tatum & Atkinson
- Licensed to practice in North Carolina
Education
- J.D., Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, 2000
- B.A., Marshall University, 1997
Personal Life
Season is married to a Trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Together they have three daughters — her youngest is now in middle school. Her brother and sister are both long-term employees at Tatum & Atkinson, making the firm in many ways a family operation.
In her spare time, Season is an avid scuba diver who has earned the rating of Master Scuba Diver. Her favori