Areas Of Practice

• Civil Trial Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Governmental Liability
• Healthcare Litigation
• Hospital Liability
• Insurance Defense
• Personal Injury
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
• Mediation
• Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1981
• United States District Court, District of South Carolina, 1981
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1981

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1981
• Erskine College, A.B., English & History, 1978
• Magna Cum Laude
• Phi Alpha Theta
• Omicron Delta Kappa

Honors and Awards

• Best Lawyers In America 2010, 2011, 2012®
• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• South Carolina Bar (Chair, Torts & Insurance Practices Section, 2007 - 2008; House of Delegates, 2008-2010 and 2011-2013; Board of Governors 2011-2014)
• Greenville County Bar Association
• Certified Civil Court Mediator (State and Federal Courts)
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association

Past Employment Position

• Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard (now Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.), Associate and Partner, 1981 - 2000