Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Coverage Issues, Bad Faith, and Agents' Liability
• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims
• Motor and Recreational Vehicle Accident Claims
• Business and Corporate Litigation
• Consumer Protection

Honors and Awards

• Listed, Best Lawyers in America
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Published Works

• "Bad Faith Insurance Litigation,", South Carolina Practice Manual, 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Automobile Insurance Bad Faith,", South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1998
• "Bad Faith Violation of Regulations,", South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2003
• "Bad Faith Litigation in South Carolina,", NBI Continuing Legal Education, 2003
• "Bad Faith Litigation in South Carolina,", NBI Continuing Legal Education, 2004

Representative Cases

• Esler v. United Services Auto. Association, 273 S.C. 259 255 S.C 2d 676 (1979)
• Fabri v. The Hartford Slip Copy, 69 Fed Appx. 187, 2003 WL 21571012 (4th Cir., S.C. 2003)
• Rickborn v. Liberty Life Ins. Co., 321 S.C. 291, 408 S.C. 2d 292 (S.C. 1996)
• Wade v. Berkeley County, 348 S.C. 224 559 S.L 2d 586 (S.C. 2002)
• Barnes v. Cohen Dry Wall, Inc., 357 S.C. 280 592 S.C. 2d 311 (S.C. App. 2003)
• Future Group, II v. Nationsbank, 324 S.C. 89, 478 S.E.2d 45 (S.C. 1996)
• Harold Tyner Development Builders, Inc. v. Firstmark Development Corp., 311 S.C. 447 429 S.E.2d 819 (S.C. App. 1993)
• Gathers By and Through Hutchinson v. South Carolina Elec. and Gas Co., 311 S.C. 81 477 SL 2d 687 (S.C. App. 1993)
• Grego v. South Carolina Nat. Bank, 283 S.C. 546 324 SL 2d 94 (S.C. App. 1984)
• Stewart v. Amusements of America, 155 F.3d 56, 1998 Wl 405868 (4th Cir S.C. 1998)

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Competition, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Business Organizations, Shareholders' Rights, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Commercial Insurance, Insurance Subrogation, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Aviation Accidents -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Railroad Accidents -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Securities Law, Transportation Law