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Trudy Robertson is a member of the Management Committee and is the co-managing member of the Charleston office and handles wide-ranging business, governmental, fiduciary, banking, healthcare, and products liability and property matters. Her active business and commercial litigation practice emphasizes corporate, banking, healthcare, municipal, regulatory, and litigation issues. Trudy frequently counsels individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipalities...

Michael Brickman is a skilled trial attorney and legal strategist who has devoted his career to representing consumers in complex legal matters against the world’s largest corporations. He is a founding member of RPWB. From confronting anti-competitive and unscrupulous business practices to helping those harmed by dangerous products, Michael is known for taking on challenging cases in emerging areas of the law that benefit workers, consumers and ordinary investors. Michael was born in C...

Stuart H. McCluer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Stuart H., who practices law in North Charleston, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stuart H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice is recognized as a skillful and innovative negotiator of complex litigation settlements, having served as the lead negotiator in some of the largest civil actions our courts have seen in the last 35 years. In 2023, his law school alma mater renamed the school the USC Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Corporate Legal Times reported that defense counsel and legal scholars described Joe as one of the nation's “five most feared and respected plaintiffs’ law...

Merritt G. Abney is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Merritt G., who practices law in Charleston, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Merritt G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Bill Rust takes a practical, results-oriented approach to solving client issues, specifically focusing his practice on business, commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions and health care related matters.

Allan Holmes, based in Charleston, South Carolina, is affiliated with Gibbs & Holmes PC. Since 1988, he has been a South Carolina Supreme Court Certified Specialist in Employment and Labor Law. Allan developed a focus in this area well before its certification. He served on the South Carolina Bar's Employment and Labor Law Specialization Advisory Board from 1997 to 1999 and has chaired the Labor Management & Relations Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Council for several years...

After over two decades of representing insurance companies, Mary Margaret Hyatt now uses her knowledge of insurance companies and how they operate to represent injured clients in both workers’ compensation and auto injury cases. Mary Margaret is not just a proficient attorney; she is a dedicated professional who seamlessly combines her legal experience with care for her clients who are seeking justice. Mary Margaret’s dedication to the legal profession is evident by her involvemen...

Reid Dyer brings more than ten years of experience in advising creditors on practical solutions to a variety of bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring issues. He also represents clients in a range of creditors’ rights matters in both state and federal courts. Reid’s practice focuses on representing banks, credit unions, financial entities, and other creditors in bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout matters, both in and out of court. In bankruptcy court, he represents creditor...

Thomas J. Wills IV is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration and Mediation. Thomas J., who practices law in Charleston, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2005. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.