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Matthew T. Richardson

Wyche, P.A.
  • Recognized Since:
    2013
  • Recognized in:
    Appellate Practice
    Litigation - Intellectual Property...
  • Law School:
    University of South Carolina-Columbia
  • Website:
    http://www.wyche.com
  • E-mail:
    mrichardson@wyche.com
  • Locations:
    44 East Camperdown Way
    P.O. Box 728
    Greenville, SC 29602-0728
  • 801 Gervais Street, Suite B
    P.O. Box 12247
    Columbia, SC 29211-2247
Matthew's practice focuses on civil litigation, and he has participated in cases involving shareholder oppression, consumer protection, voting rights and election protests, commercial and real estate law, copyright infringement, insurance bad faith, employment law, medical malpractice, personal injury, and products liability.  His experience includes jury trials, bench trials, preliminary motions and injunctions, dispositive motions, class action certification determinations, mediations, arbitrations, and appeals.

Lawyer Bio

Matthew's practice focuses on civil litigation, and he has participated in cases involving shareholder oppression, consumer protection, voting rights and election protests, commercial and real estate law, copyright infringement, insurance bad faith, employment law, medical malpractice, personal injury, and products liability.  His experience includes jury trials, bench trials, preliminary motions and injunctions, dispositive motions, class action certification determinations, mediations, arbitrations, and appeals.
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Education:

  • University of South Carolina-Columbia, J.D.
  • Duke University , AB, graduated 1995

Bar Admissions:

  • South Carolina, South Carolina Bar

Affiliations:

  • South Carolina Access to Justice Commission - Former Chair
  • American Association for Justice - Member
  • Federal Bar Association - Former President
  • Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference - Permanent Member
  • Liberty Fellowship - Senior Advisor & Public Policy Forum Member
  • Richland County Bar Association - Bench-Bar Liaison Committee
  • South Carolina Association for Justice - Former President

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Appellate Practice, Greenville (2017)
  • Appellate Practice, Greenville (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Appellate Practice
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • Democratic Nominee for Attorney General of South Carolina, 2010
  • Named a "Rising Star" by South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2012
  • "Top 20 Under 40," The State, 2010
  • Liberty Fellowship, Aspen Global Leadership Network, 2009
  • Compleat Lawyer Award, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2004

Federal Clerkships:

  • United States District Court
 

State Clerkships:

  • South Carolina - Court of Appeals
 

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Firm Details

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Wyche, P.A.
http://www.wyche.com
 
Headquarters
44 East Camperdown Way
P.O. Box 728
Greenville, SC 29602-0728
(864) 242.8200
3 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

South Carolina

South Carolina

Columbia, SC

801 Gervais Street, Suite B

P.O. Box 12247

Columbia, SC 29211-2247

United States

(803) 254.6542

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Spartanburg, SC

172 East Main Street, Suite 301

Spartanburg, SC 29301

United States

(864) 242.8305

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Lawyer Case History

Matthew has appeared in federal and state courts in South Carolina regularly since joining the Bar, as

  •     Lead counsel in minority shareholder oppression suit involving multiple entities organized in multiple states
  •     Lead counsel in consumer protection litigation with statewide and policy-level implications
  •     Counsel in a medical malpractice case with catastrophic and permanent injuries
  •     Appellate counsel for the League of Women Voters and the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP in the landmark equitable school funding case
  •     Counsel for the lead plaintiff in a federal three-judge panel voting rights case that went through trial resulting in affirmative relief and an agreed-on fee award for the client
  •     Counsel in a minority shareholder suit litigated as an adversary proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina
  •     Counsel in numerous copyright infringement cases in various federal courts
  •     Counsel in major federal securities litigation that ultimately reached a settlement after jury selection
  •     Lead counsel in a federal employment discrimination case
  •     Lead counsel in a products liability class action removed to federal court that was transferred by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation to the District of South Carolina for pre-trial litigation
  •     Lead counsel in another voting rights case in the District of South Carolina that resulted in the client receiving an affirmative injunction against the State and an agreed-on payment of attorneys' fees and costs
  •     Lead counsel in a voting rights case challenging the state's election system