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William Thomas Geddings Jr
Manning, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Personal Injury, Family, Medical Malpractice and Real Estate
University of South Carolina School of Law
Born in Lake City, Florida. Lived in Florida and in Georgia before returning to the family home in Manning, South Carolina where I grew up.
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Christopher Biering
Moncks Corner, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
University of South Carolina School of Law
For 26 years, successfully defending DUI's, representing seriously injured parties in accident and injury matters, and litigation matters in family court. Serving clients in Moncks Corner, Summerville, Goose Creek, Charleston, Holly Hill, Orangeburg, Bonneau, St. Stephen, Isle of Palms, Folly Beach, Mt. Pleasant and throughout South Carolina.
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Marc J. Brown
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Nursing Home and Workers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
Marc is dedicated to his clients. His practice focuses on injury and wrongful death matters. Marc takes pride in providing aggressive and effective representation on behalf of each of his clients. He goes above and beyond to ensure that his clients understand their rights and are treated like extended members of the firm's family.
Prior to opening the Marc Brown Law Firm, attorney Marc Brown worked for a national law firm defending large corporations and insurance companies. He has experience working on both sides of a case, and he knows exactly how insurance companies evaluate claims and...
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Edward Wayne Ridgeway
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 21 years of experience
27 W Calhoun Street
Sumter, SC 29150
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of South Carolina School of Law
Burriss & Ridgeway is dedicated to a caring, compassionate client-first approach. At a stressful time in your life, we go the extra mile to make certain that you will be fully compensated for your injuries. At Burriss & Ridgeway your health and well-being comes before any financial interest that we may have in your case. Because putting the client first is what we are about.
We Listen. We Care. We Deliver.You deserve to know your rights as well as have someone on YOUR side to look out for YOUR interests when you need them most.
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John Keffer
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, DUI & DWI, Divorce and Family
University of South Carolina School of Law
John S. Keffer is a dedicated attorney with strong ties to the Sumter, SC community. A proud U.S. Air Force veteran, John served as a weapons loader on F-16 and A-10 aircraft before graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 1995. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor in 1999 from the same institution and has been practicing law in Sumter ever since.
John is experienced in Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Family Law, and Criminal Defense, providing personalized, client-focused legal representation. He is licensed to practice in the South Carolina Bar, the U.S. District Court for the...
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Lewis Warr
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
University of South Carolina School of Law
Lewis strives daily to seek justice for injured South Carolinians and those that have been wrongfully accused of a crime. Lewis limits his practice to Civil Litigation (Including Auto Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Motorcycle Accidents; Slip and Fall Accidents; Defective and Dangerous Products, Nursing Home Abuse/Neglect; Daycare Abuse/Neglect; Medical Malpractice; Police Brutality/Civil Rights litigation) and Criminal Defense.
Association Memberships:
• State Ambassador Member, American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys
• Member, South Carolina Association for Justice
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, South Carolina Bar Association
• Member, North Carolina State Bar
• Member, Sumter County Bar Association
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Prior to joining the firm as a Partner in 2020, Lewis worked...
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Graham Newman
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Products Liability
University of South Carolina School of Law
Graham Newman‘s work has focused on commercial class actions, contractual litigation, insurance bad faith, and products liability in both state and federal court. His trial court victories have included a $14.5 million insurance bad faith verdict, an $8 million class action judgment, and a $4.75 million products liability verdict. Graham has briefed numerous appeals before the South Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Supreme Court. He has also argued four cases before the South Carolina Court of Appeals and one case before the South Carolina Supreme Court. Graham...
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Mark D. Chappell Jr.
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Nursing Home and Products Liability
University of South Carolina School of Law
Mark D. Chappell, Jr. concentrates in the areas of personal injury, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, products liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, commercial motor vehicle accidents, and intellectual property disputes. Mark is a 2010 graduate of Wofford College and previously worked as a Banker in Charleston, South Carolina before beginning law school. Mark is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to practice in 2015. As a law student, he was actively involved in the Student Bar Association, President of the South Carolina Association for Justice – South Carolina School of Law...
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James C. Sproat
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Workers' Comp
University of Cincinnati College of Law
James Christopher Sproat (Jim) is an attorney with Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega, LLC. Mr. Sproat received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of South Carolina in 2008 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 2011. While at the University of Cincinnati, Mr. Sproat served as both the Student Bar Association President and the Managing Editor of the Immigration and Nationality Law Review. He was admitted to practice law in South Carolina in 2011, after working with both the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio...
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Virginia C. Kendall
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
William H. Bowen School of Law
Virginia grew up in Prince George, Virginia until she moved to South Carolina to attend the University of South Carolina, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2019 with a degree in Criminal Justice.
After college she worked for the University of South Carolina before moving to Arkansas, where she graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law in 2023. During law school she was a member of law review where she published an article in the UALR Law Review journal (Volume 45) and held leadership roles with multiple organizations. Outside of...
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James D George
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of South Carolina School of Law
James “Jamie” D. George, Jr. graduated from Presbyterian College in 2015 and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2018. Jamie served as a member of the editorial staff (Volume 68) and as a student works editor (Volume 69) for the South Carolina Law Review. Upon his law school graduation, he was admitted as a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe.
Jamie currently focuses his practice on personal injuries, motor vehicle collision, products liability, third party workers’ compensation claims, and commercial motor vehicle collisions.
In addition to practicing law, Jamie teaches as an adjunct professor...
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Jacob Born
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Nursing Home and Products Liability
Charleston School of Law
Jacob Born concentrates in the areas of premises liability, personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, product liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, catastrophic injury litigation and trucking accidents. Jacob received his J.D. from The Charleston School of Law and was admitted to practice in 2011. He was also admitted to practice in Georgia in 2012.
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Mark James
Darlington, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Charleston School of Law
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David M. Smith
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Divorce, Family and Medical Malpractice
Charleston School of Law
David M. Smith is a native of South Carolina and has lived here the majority of his life. While spending 5 years in North Carolina gathering valuable professional experience, he knew it was only a matter of time before he would move back to the state he considers home, South Carolina. Mr. Smith received his B.A. in Visual Arts from Francis Marion University where he double-majored in Graphic Design and Photography. While at Francis Marion, Mr. Smith was an active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. After college, Mr. Smith worked as a graphic designer and then...
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Maggie R Chappell
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of South Carolina School of Law
Maggie Chappell practices in the areas of personal injury and mass torts. She has handled truck and auto accidents and catastrophic injury cases. She also works on the mass torts team which handles 3M combat earplug cases and talcum powder ovarian cancer cases, among many more.
Maggie was born and raised in Inman, South Carolina. She moved just down the road to attend Wofford College and graduated in 2012 with a degree in English. After college, she worked as a legal assistant for Mark Arden before attending the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2015. Maggie was lucky to...
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Diane Rodriguez
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
University of South Carolina School of Law
The Rodriguez Law Office is a new kind of law firm for a changing world. Diane Rodriguez is a solo law practitioner and nurse who has been involved in medical malpractice law for 30+ years. She also has experience with the real world of medicine as she was a certified critical care nurse and emergency room nurse prior to attending law school. Her unique background means Diane Rodriguez is knowledgeable about both medicine and the law.
Diane Rodriguez and her staff are informed, caring, patient and professional, giving each new client and each new case...
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Wade Kolb
Sumter, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Insurance Claims
University of South Carolina School of Law
Wade S. Kolb, Jr., established the firm now known as Kolb & Givens, Attorneys at Law, LLC, in 1998 after a 26 year career as a prosecutor. He served as an Assistant State Attorney General, an Assistant Solicitor, and then was elected and served for 15 years as the Solicitor (chief prosecutor) for Sumter, Lee, Clarendon, and Williamsburg Counties. He now concentrates on serious personal injury cases, auto and truck accidents, and criminal defense in state, federal, and traffic courts.
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Allyson Pittman
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Charleston School of Law
Allyson Pittman was born and raised in the small town of Dillon, right on the South Carolina/North Carolina border. She attended the University of South Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management, with a Criminal Justice minor. After graduating magna cum laude from USC, she attended Charleston School of Law.
Upon graduating from Charleston School of Law, Allyson took a position working for the Public Defender’s Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit in South Carolina. There she represented individuals who had been charged with low level to high level criminal charges. Allyson then left the...
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William G. Starnes
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 8 years of experience
Personal Injury, Estate Planning and Probate
University of South Carolina School of Law
Will focuses his practice on Estate Planning and Personal Injury cases. Will graduated from Wofford College in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business-Economics. After graduating college, Will attended the University Of South Carolina School Of Law and obtained his law degree in 2015. Will represents individuals who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents. Will also works with clients to create and implement estate plans, which includes wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, healthcare powers of attorney and living wills.
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Jack Hofler
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 15 years of experience
Personal Injury and Family
Wake Forest University School of Law
Hofler Law Firm provides tenacious representation of our clients for personal injury and domestic matters.
Jack attended law school at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. He clerked for a state Circuit Court judge for a year. He then spent years working for a respected law firm, where he was hired by insurance companies to represent their insureds in a variety of civil cases. This experience taught him about how insurance companies work, and it helped prepare him to represent injured people today.
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Martin G Murphy Jr
Moncks Corner, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense and Estate Planning
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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Rose Mary Parham
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 29 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Insurance Claims
University of South Carolina School of Law
Rose Mary Parham has 16 years of experience as a trial lawyer and believes in aggressive, effective representation of her clients. She has a proven track record in both federal and state courts.
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Marshall Usher Rogol
Darlington, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Landlord Tenant
University of South Carolina School of Law
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Edward Love
Florence, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 21 years of experience
Personal Injury, Civil Rights and Criminal Defense
Mercer University
Edward A. Love was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 3, 1978 and raised in Florence where he graduated from South Florence High School
While attending the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, he was a member of the 2000 Summerall Guards, President of the Rugby Club, and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in 2000. He received his Juris Doctor from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 2003. While at Mercer, Ed participated in and coached for the Moot Court Board. He also served as Chief Justice of the Honor Court
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Gary I. Finklea
Florence, SC Personal Injury Lawyer
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Edgar Mason West
Moncks Corner, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense and Workers' Comp
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Michael Sahn
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of South Carolina School of Law
Attorney Micheal C. Sahn is the owner and lead criminal defense lawyer at the Sahn Law Firm.
Mr. Sahn is a top-rated attorney located in Charleston, SC who has successfully represented thousands of clients at the magistrate, municipal, state, and federal levels.
Mr. Sahn is results-focused, always using his experience, resources, and intellect to achieve the best results for his clients. Mr. Sahn was an Assistant Solicitor (aka State DA or prosecutor) for the 9th Judicial Circuit (Charleston and Berkeley Counties) before opening his own law firm. He uses this hard-earned experience and expertise to his...
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Roy Willey
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Harvard University
A father, husband, son and trial lawyer. A lawyer for the people who has never represented a mega-corporation or insurance company.
I have chosen to devote my life to making sure the most important cases - the peoples' cases - are given a fighting chance in the court of law. We will go to trial if necessary, and only settle if the amount is fair and you approve it.
Your case is important to me, because your case is about you and YOU are important to me. Every case is a cause.
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Evan Guthrie
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Animal, Estate Planning and Probate
University of South Carolina School of Law
Attorney Evan Guthrie is a lawyer and owner of Evan Guthrie Law Firm.
Evan graduated from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC with a bachelors degree in Political Science the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, SC and was named to Dean’s List.
Evan Guthrie is currently a member of the Dorchester 2 School Board in Dorchester County, SC after being elected by voters in November 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
Evan has served as the Chair for the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Habitat For Humanity Wills Clinic Committee and the Co-Chair for SC Bar YLD Color...
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Matthew Breen
Mount Pleasant, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 7 years of experience
(843) 283-2495
1501 Belle Isle Avenue Suite 110
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Charleston School of Law
Attorney Matthew M. Breen is the managing partner of Lowcountry Law, LLC, which has law offices in Mount Pleasant and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A top-rated and award-winning trial attorney, Mr. Breen represents the rights and entitlements of clients throughout the greater Charleston, Georgetown, and Myrtle Beach metros and all across the state who have legal needs involving any of the following:
· Workers' Compensation and Workers' Compensation Third Party Claims
· Automobile, Truck, and Motorcycle Wreck Cases
· Wrongful death
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Adam Touma
Columbia, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
University of South Carolina School of Law
Adam Touma is a born and raised South Carolinian. He grew up and lived in Columbia, SC where he attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School. After high school, Adam moved to the upstate to attend college at Clemson University where he graduated with a major in History and a minor in Psychology in 2013. He then attended the University of South Carolina School of Law. After Law School Adam clerked for the Honorable Robin Stilwell in Greenville S.C.
At the encouragement of Judge Stilwell, Adam joined the public defenders office where he gained invaluable trial and courtroom experience. After a...
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Robert Fredrick Goings
Columbia, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Insurance Claims, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
University of South Carolina School of Law
Robert F. Goings focuses his practice on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and workers compensation. He is known to be a fighter in the courtroom-- just ask the lawyers that go up against him in trial.
Robert grew up on his family's farm in Union County, South Carolina. Mr. Goings is a 2003 graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Government, receiving the highest distinction in his major. He graduated with highest honors as a summa cum laude graduate. He was inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa and...
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Ted Sink
North Charleston, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Charleston School of Law
Attorney Ted Sink has been recognized on NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Post & Courier, The State Newspaper (SC), Greenville Business Magazine, American Bar Association Journal, Associated Press and more. Ted has won the Clients’ Choice Award from Avvo, where he is also ranked as a “Top Lawyer”, he has been named a finalist for “Best Personal Injury Lawyer” by readers of the Charleston City Paper and is a sought-after speaker for other lawyers and law firms
Ted was raised in a military family, growing up mainly in Georgia and South Carolina, along with his...
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Michael Ryan Loignon
Mount Pleasant, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Estate Planning
Charleston School of Law
Michael is the owner and lead attorney at Loignon Law Firm, LLC, a high quality criminal defense, personal injury, and family law firm serving Charleston, SC and the surrounding areas. Michael is a South Carolina native, a Citadel graduate and an officer in the Army National Guard. He has worked as a public defender in Charleston County and for a large insurance defense firm in downtown Charleston. He has participated in dozens of jury trials, won many jury verdicts for his clients, and achieved many favorable results in negotiations as well.
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Matthew T. Marin
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
Roger Williams University School of Law
Attorney Matthew Marin is an aggressive and client-focused personal injury lawyer located in Charleston, SC. As part of the nationwide personal injury law Firm Marin and Barrett, Inc., Attorney Marin fight for the rights of injured victims throughout South Carolina. He represents people injured in car accidents, dog bites, motorcycle accidents, slip and fall, defective drug cases, Camp Lejeune lawsuits, hair relaxer lawsuits, Tylenol autism and ADHD claims & wrongful death and other similar injuries caused by the negligence of others. He can help you or a loved one if you have suffered an injury due to another person’s negligence....
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William J Luse
Myrtle Beach, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence and Medical Malpractice
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
I have dedicated my career to representing people and not corporations. I take pride in getting to know each client's story; whether it is their inability to play with their grandchildren after suffering a back injury or the humility from being wrongfully terminated or the anxiety they suffered from being exposed to toxic mold.
My firm believes a person's injuries do not resonate with a jury unless our client's full story can be told. It is not enough to just tell an insurance adjuster or defense attorney that our client has been injured. That is why our firm gets to know...
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Brian R. Murphy
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Insurance Claims
University of South Carolina - Columbia
Brian is an experienced personal injury and car accident lawyer. He believes in the timeless principles of justice and personal responsibility. Brian has been recognized by his peers and third-party organizations as a leader in personal injury law and client service. Learn more here, https://www.brianmurphylawyer.com/meet-your-team/
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Sam Clawson, Jr.
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 16 years of experience
(843) 408-0599
The Presqu’ile House
2 Amherst Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
University of South Carolina School of Law
A native of Charleston, Sam graduated from Porter Gaud School and matriculated to the University of South Carolina, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, as a history major and political science minor. He remained at the University of South Carolina for law school, where he received the CALI award for academic excellence in Products Liability and obtained a Juris Doctorate. Sam moved to New York City following law school to continue his education at New York Maritime College, where he graduated with honors with a Master of Science in International Transportation Management and Merchant Marine deck officer’s license.
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Stefan Feidler
Charleston, SC Personal Injury Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Products Liability
Charleston School of Law
Stefan is a skilled litigator and founder of Feidler Law Firm, LLC, serving injured folks in both South Carolina and Georgia. He dedicates his practice to providing powerful, cost-effective legal representation to victims of negligence and wrongful conduct. Specifically, he handles complex cases involving nursing home abuse and negligence, medical malpratice, motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death, defamation, dram shop/liquor liability, brain injuries, and insurance bad faith.
While Feidler Law Firm’s primary goal is to provide professional and compassionate legal representation to individuals directly impacted by the negligence of others, Stefan also decided that the core values of...
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Peter David Brown
Mt Pleasant, SC Personal Injury Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Medical Malpractice
30 Years of Law Experience
Peter David Brown, an attorney since 1988, has a working knowledge of the South Carolina Courts by way of handling cases in Magistrates Courts, Municipal Courts, General Sessions, Common Pleas, Federal Courts and the South Carolina Court of Appeals.