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Commercial Litigation - Greenville, South Carolina
About this Practice AreaRita Bolt Barker is a veteran litigator and counselor with experience in environmental, commercial litigation, and insurance coverage matters. Environmental Rita has broad experience helping clients navigate the wide range of laws that protect our natural resources. She is a trusted, reliable partner for business and individuals who need a steady guide through the ins and outs of environmental compliance and litigation. Rita delivers results for clients who need assistance in investigating an...
William S. Brown is a litigation partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in Greenville, primarily in the areas of business litigation, product liability, general liability, and ERISA. Mr. Brown has served in numerous leadership roles in the firm, including as leader of the Greenville litigation team. He is a member of the Firm’s Technology Committee. Mr. Brown has also served on the Firm’s Associates Committee and Operations Committee.
Weyman helps creditors resolve nonperforming commercial accounts, whether that resolution is found in a federal bankruptcy court, a South Carolina state court or in an out of court workout. His client's needs drive his areas of practice. When local municipalities needed help understanding the treatment of tax claims in bankruptcy cases, Weyman's response was, "I can help." Prior to attending law school, Weyman served his community as a sheriff's deputy, where he gained experience building rap...
Lane Davis is a litigation partner based in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP’s Greenville office. Lane has always enjoyed a diverse practice spanning numerous areas of complex litigation such as business torts, health care, managed care, securities, ERISA, Section 1983, covenants not to compete, employment, trade secrets, RICO, public corruption, franchise law, fiduciary claims, large will contests, wrongful death cases, product liability, utility disputes, class actions, pro...
Bernie Ellis has more than 27 years of experience litigating in state and federal courts in South Carolina representing clients in a wide range of breach of contract and business tort cases. He has also been involved in the successful defense of class action and proposed class action cases. He has considerable experience in employment litigation, particularly in the area of covenants not to compete, and extensive experience defending insurance agencies and agents against errors and omission c...
Greg works primarily in the area of commercial litigation, including corporate, environmental, real estate and other commercial cases. His varied litigation experience includes over 50 jury and bench trials, plus numerous hearings on preliminary motions and injunctions, dispositive motions, and appeals in both state and federal courts. Greg also assists clients in investigating and responding to matters before administrative agencies and has taught Administrative Law for Clemson University&rs...
Gray Geddie is one of the founding shareholders of the firm. He served as the firm’s Managing Shareholder from January 2001 through January 2010. Under his leadership, the firm experienced unprecedented growth in terms of geography, professionalism, and client service. Ogletree Deakins is now the third largest labor and employment law firm in the United States. Following his term as Managing Shareholder, Gray returned to his practice in the Greenville office. He is a Fellow in the Colle...
Ted Gentry focuses his practice on counseling colleges and universities and on appellate litigation. Ted’s career handling complex litigation gives him valuable insights into the ways that today’s decisions affect tomorrow’s disputes. Ted has served education clients for over two decades, and has extensive appellate experience, including cases before the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and t...
Both a trial lawyer and business lawyer for over forty years, Mason A. Goldsmith brings a depth of experience to serve the unique needs of clients. Andy has spent his career practicing in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. He was formerly with Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, P.A. and served as managing partner. He has built a practice serving clients in the areas of complex litigation, commercial real estate, and banking transactions. In addition to being a well-respected liti...
Meliah works primarily in the area of trial and appellate litigation, with an emphasis on complex civil litigation and intellectual property law. Her varied experience includes representing plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving corporate governance, commercial law, election law, governmental authority, and disputes over intellectual property — such as trademark, copyright, patents, and trade secrets. She also assists clients in general corporate matters and advises clients on ass...
Phillip Kilgore has been in the practice of litigation and labor and employment law in the Greenville office of Ogletree Deakins since 1986. Phillip has extensive litigation experience, representing clients in state and federal courts and administrative tribunals. He has handled a wide range of cases from traditional employment discrimination claims to tort claims and from environmental claims to shareholder derivative actions and minority shareholder disputes. Phillip also is an expert in ad...
Wallace is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, with over 60 jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast, and approximately 100 bench trials, jury trials, and arbitration trials, as well as numerous appeals in the South Carolina appellate courts and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits. His practice involves complex securities, corporate, and intellectual property cases, as well as news media and First Amendment d...
Frankie Marion is a trial lawyer with a long record of success in resolving personal-injury cases and business disputes. He has tried to jury verdict more than 100 cases, often in the areas of products liability and insured defense and commercial litigation. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and past president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. In the products area, he has represented several major manufacturers on a state or regional basis...
Jay Matthews is an advocate for technology companies. He has a strong background in cases involving the construction, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries. He leads the Firm's Construction Practice Group. Mr. Matthews helps clients in litigation involving contract disputes, business torts, fiduciary law and shareholder claims. Mr. Matthews negotiates and reviews agreements for complex business transactions. He was honored as one of the "Legal Elite of the Upstate" in Greenville Busine...
Mr. McDonald is a litigator with more than 20 years of experience in a wide variety of cases. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers as well as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers - Personal Injury General: Defense (2016). Much of his recent work involves defense of toxic tort and asbestos suits . He and his colleague, David Conner, lead the Firm’s asbestos team, which serves as national counsel for one as...
Sam Outten represents clients facing professional, commercial, and product liability claims. His clients include law firms, medical facilities, and other professional service providers, as well as manufacturers and financial institutions. Mr. Outten regularly represents clients in state and federal courts throughout South Carolina, as well as in other states. He has tried more than 70 cases to a jury verdict on behalf of regional and national clients.
Jim "Poss" Parham has been practicing law with Wyche for more than 50 years with his focus in recent years primarily on corporate litigation. He's been listed in The Best Lawyers In America in the field of Business Litigation for more than 20 years. He has served in many leadership roles in both the legal community and the Greenville community at large, taught constitutional law at Furman University, and served on the Princeton Board of Trustees. He was a pilot in the Air Force and South Caro...
Henry enjoys helping clients meet their most serious challenges. He advises and represents businesses and individuals based on more that thirty-five years of experience involving a broad spectrum of businesses, clients, problems and lawsuits. Henry has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has presented cases to juries in state and federal courts and has also presented appeals to the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the...
Matthew’s practice focuses mostly on complex civil litigation, and he has participated in some of the largest and most complicated litigation in South Carolina in the past 20 years, including minority owner oppression litigation, the largest public utility rate case, the largest public corruption investigation and prosecution, the statewide redistricting challenges, statewide consumer protection litigation, and a federal constitutional challenge to temporary rate relief after constructi...
Reid Sherard is a shareholder with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., practicing in his hometown of Greenville. He concentrates his time in divorce-related litigation, particularly involving significant assets, income, or other challenging financial issues as well as contested custody matters, interstate and international jurisdiction disputes, and premarital and postnuptial agreements. He also maintains a litigation and appellate practice. He has tried cases in the family court, federal district...
Rivers S. Stilwell is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Greenville as well as the leader of the Greenville litigation team, overseeing a team of more than 25 people. Mr. Stilwell practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation, public procurement, water and sewer utilities, zoning, land use and development, and construction.
Bill has practiced for over 20 years as a commercial litigator for both plaintiffs and defendants, appellate lawyer, and mediator. He is an experienced courtroom lawyer and has tried numerous cases to verdict. His litigation practice focuses on construction, real estate, and complex commercial matters, and he routinely represents business owners, developers, contractors, architects, landlords, tenants, and property owners. Recent matters include contract disputes, commissions disputes, bad fa...
In a career spanning over thirty-five years of practice, Marshall Winn has had the rare opportunity to practice corporate, real estate, bankruptcy, tax, estate planning, and other areas of law at a high level, and in addition has been greatly respected as a trial lawyer with expertise in several substantive fields such as product liability, insurance coverage, bankruptcy, securities fraud, and antitrust, among others. The result: hundreds of clients with deals done, plans effected, trials won...
Lucy represents plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of litigation matters. She has experience handling matters in federal and state court involving medical malpractice, personal injury, healthcare, products liability, shareholder disputes, trademark and copyright infringement, breach of contract, construction, employment, and dram shop liability. Lucy attended the University of South Carolina Honors College and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance....
Commercial Litigation Definition
Litigation increasingly occurs in various venues, from state and federal courts to private arbitrations and administrative hearings. Proceedings can involve business-to-business disputes or any number of government agencies. Understanding the motivations and outlook of each of the litigation participants is important for determining weak points to exploit and strong points that will persuade the audience in question. During the past decade, commercial litigators have seen a dramatic uptick in multidistrict and inter-disciplinary litigation, making the stakes higher, the cases more complex, the parties more numerous and the discovery more complicated and unwieldy. Firms that are able to develop and implement a creative legal approach to each individual problem, efficiently focus on the key legal and factual issues, and master and manage the various aspects of these complex matters will be the busiest in the years to come.
In the current challenging economic climate, commercial litigators are under increasing client pressure to keep costs in check, which has both sides testing the efficacy of alternative fee arrangements and the scope of reasonable discovery. Whether the “death of the billable hour” is ultimately realized, the keys to a commercial litigator’s success will continue to be strong client relationships, thought leadership, practical management skills, deep experience, and personal commitment.
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