Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Tom J. Ervin is a 1974 graduate of Erskine College and a 1977 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law.  Ervin was admitted to practice in South Carolina in 1977.  In 1979, Ervin was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from House District 7 in Anderson County, S.C.  He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1981 without opposition.  Ervin served as a Commissioner for the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission from 1984 to 1985.  He was elected as Resident Circuit Court Judge for the Tenth Judicial Circuit where he served for fourteen years from 1985 to 1999.  Ervin holds the distinction of being the youngest circuit court judge to have ever been elected by the South Carolina General Assembly.

Ervin is "Of Counsel" with the firm of Kathryn Williams, P.A. concentrating his practice in the area of Social Security Disability Benefits representing claimants before the Social Security Administration.  Ervin is also a certified mediator and arbitrator in South Carolina.  Ervin is the author of "Ervin's South Carolina Requests To Charge, Civil and Criminal", which is a two volume set of jury instructions published by the South Carolina Bar's CLE Division.  Ervin has lectured at numerous South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education seminars and is a former member of the South Carolina Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.

Areas of Practice

• Social Security Disability Benefits 50%
• Workers' Compensation 20%
• State Court Litigation 5%
• Plaintiffs' Personal Injury 5%
• Alternate Dispute Resolution Mediations 20%

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Social Security -- Disability, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1977
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1977

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Mediator & Arbitrator, South Carolina

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Conference of State Trial Judges (Young Lawyers Liason)
• South Carolina Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization (Former Member)

Honors and Awards

• Albert T. Scroggins Award, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association, 1992

Past Employment Positions

• South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission, Commissioner, 1984 - 1985
• Tenth Judicial Circuit, Resident Circuit Court Judge, 1985 - 1999

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1977
  J.D.
• Erskine College and Seminary, Due West, South Carolina, 1974
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Editor, Erskine Mirror
  Major: History

Published Works

• "Ervin's South Carolina Requests To Charge, Civil and Criminal", South Carolina Bar's CLE Division

Address

619 N. Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601

Phones

(864) 235-6254
(888) 377-1537 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(864) 233-6591

Emails

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Websites

http://www.accidentattorneysc.com
http://www.kathrynwilliamspa.com