AREAS OF PRACTICELitigation
Corporate General Counsel Constitutional Law, including First Amendment Media and Communications Venture Capital and Finance Mergers, Acquisitions, Split-Ups, and Divestitures Health Care Professional Malpractice Personal Injury Environmental Persistence by us and our client, the Greenville News, led to a precedent setting court victory, the discovery of devastating evidence hidden in a landfill and reform of a major public institution. For this, the newspaper received one of journalism's highest honors, the coveted Selden Ring Award.
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REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Acquisition and assembly of various manufacturing facilities into a $500 million+ company
Design and implementation of financial and corporate structure for leveraged buy-out of $300 million+ company Pre-packaged bankruptcy reorganization of multi-state real estate limited partnership Counsel to manufacturers and other businesses, a hospital, physicians, attorneys, architects, and universities in corporate affairs and litigation Successfully litigated Medicare fraud lawsuit for whistleblowers resulting in then largest South Carolina health care settlement in favor of United States Government Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against major university foundation resulting in reform and national journalism recognition and awards for clients Dismissal of numerous defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuits against major newspaper, television, and magazine clients Blocked divestiture of large state-owned hospitals and medical facilities to out-of-state Fortune 500 company Counsel to homeowners group involved in complex real estate bankruptcy and reorganization in Blue Ridge region of South Carolina and North Carolina Won jury verdict of $2.2 million for clients in medical malpractice case, one of the largest such verdicts in the jurisdiction at the time Successful defense of death penalty case as court-appointed counsel |