Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Family and Divorce Law
- Criminal Defense
- Worker's Compensation and Social Security Disability
- Commercial Litigation
- Residential and Commercial Property Law
- Mediation and Arbitration Alternate Dispute Resolution Services
Plaintiff Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
We represent individuals who have been seriously injured or killed as a result of the negligence of others. Our practice focus includes claims involving:
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Unsafe Premises Injuries
- Product Liability
- Medical Malpractice
Our firm has handled major injury and death cases throughout South Carolina and elsewhere. We understand how to speak directly to juries and judges so that our clients receive fair and adequate compensation for all the injuries they have suffered.
Family & Domestic Law
We handle the full range of Family & Domestic Law matters. We specialize in complex matrimonial dissolution cases and provide effective counsel for disputes with significant areas of discord. Our litigation focused representation style produces favorable results for our clients both through settlement efforts and in trial for issues related to divorce, alimony, child custody and support, post-decree modification and enforcement. We also assist clients with premarital/ prenuptial agreements, ante-nuptial agreements, paternity claims and inter-family adoptions.
Criminal Defense
Because the attorneys in our firm have experience prosecuting as well defending people accused of crimes, we have a unique understanding of the requirements for a successful criminal defense in the state and federal courts of South Carolina. Our extensive history of criminal defense includes minor infractions and misdemeanors representations as well as appearances for the most serious felony indictments, such as, drunk driving/DUI, drug possession and narcotics sales, trafficking and distribution, theft, robbery, burglary and grand larceny, white collar fraud, embezzlement, and RICO-related charges, sex offenses, assault and homicide.
Worker's Compensation and Social Security Disability
The years of experience we have representing clients before civil and criminal courts have given us a unique advantage in our Worker's Compensation and Social Security practices. Worker's Compensation and Social Security cases are both controlled by administrative law and administrative law judges. The standards of full investigation and preparation we bring to these practices from our litigation work impress those who operate in these separate systems and produces outstanding results for our clients.
Worker's Compensation
Our attorneys represent employees who are injured on the job in claims for lost wages and medical treatment expenses against private industry, State and local government employers and their workers' compensation insurers. They handle issues dealing with defenses, fraud, subrogation, and appeals.
Social Security Disability
Our attorneys assist individuals who may be eligible for Social Security Disability benefits because of a disabling injury or illness prevents them working. The Social Security Administration is a government organization created to help determine who is eligible for benefits, the extent of those benefits, and finally to administer payment of benefits To the lay person, the system is confusing and can seem uncaring. We understand the system and help our clients wade through the seemingly endless applications, questionnaires, and appeals required by this bureaucratic process. Our experience representing individuals for issues related to Social Security Disability includes:
- Social Security Disability
- Supplemental Security Income
- Denial of Disability Benefits
- Termination of Continuing Benefits
- Appeals and Representation
- Entitlement of Family Members to Social Security Benefits
Commercial Litigation
We represent small and large business clients in federal and state courts and in administrative and alternative-dispute-resolution proceedings. Our attorneys strive to advance our clients' business objectives while resolving litigation matters in the most creative, cost-efficient and expedient manner available. Clients receive guidance on methods of avoiding litigation and advice on using negotiation, mediation, and other non-litigation alternatives in order to resolve business and commercial disputes.
The firm handles a wide range of Business and Commercial Litigation including:
- Corporate Litigation
- Partnership Disputes
- Construction Litigation
- Zoning Disputes
Residential and Commercial Property Law
We represents both commercial clients and individuals in all proceedings and transactions that deal with real property-land and the structures attached to it-including purchase and sale, construction, mortgages and foreclosures, leases, zoning, title examinations, quiet title actions, closings, and management. In addition, we offer litigation services in the area of real property law.
Mediation and Arbitration - Alternate Dispute Resolution Services
Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the process of resolving legal conflicts without going to trial. Our firm is in the forefront of this area, providing outstanding third-party neutral services for arbitrations, civil and family law mediations, mini-trials, and private judging. Our extensive litigation experience has given us the knowledge to meaningfully facilitate a wide variety of disputes, allowing for workable solutions that save clients the expense, delay and uncertainty of proceeding to trial.