Matthew T. Richardson
Recognized since 2013
Greenville, South Carolina
Appellate Practice
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs





Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: http://www.wyche.com/what/attorneys/lawyer/matthew-t-richardson/
- E-mail: mrichardson@wyche.com
Locations
- 200 East Broad Street, Suite 400
Greenville, SC 29601 - 807 Gervais Street, Suite 301
Columbia, SC 29201
Education
- University of South Carolina-Columbia, J.D., graduated 1998
- Duke University , A.B., graduated 1995
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, South Carolina Bar
Affiliations
- John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court - Member
- 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
Court Admissions
- District of South Carolina
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
- District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Federal Clerkships
- United States District Court
State Clerkships
- South Carolina - Court of Appeals
19 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America awards




Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Greenville (2022)
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, Greenville (2020)
- Appellate Practice, Greenville (2017)
- Appellate Practice, Greenville (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 for work in:
- Appellate Practice
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
- Compleat Lawyer Award, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2003 (Silver Award), 2019 (Gold Award)
- Named Greenville Appellate Practice "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers, 2017
- S.C. Association for Justice Matthew J. Perry Public Service Award, 2015
- Greenville Business Magazine "50 Most Influential," 2015
- Listed in Chambers USA, 2014-Present
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2013-Present
- Listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2012-Present
- Named a "Rising Star" by South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2012
- Democratic Nominee for Attorney General of South Carolina, 2010
- "Top 20 Under 40," The State, 2010
- Liberty Fellowship, Aspen Global Leadership Network, 2009
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
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