Thomas P. Gressette Jr.

Areas of Practice

• General Litigation/Products Liability
• Medical Devices
• Natural Resource Damage
• Pharmaceutical Drugs
• Toxic Torts
• White Collar Criminal Defense

Admissions

• South Carolina
• United States Virgin Islands
• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1997
• Clemson University, B.A., cum laude, 1993

Professional Memberships

• Federal Bar Association (FBA)
  
  • National Professional Ethics Committee, 2010–2012   
  • Fourth Circuit Vice President, 2008–2010
  • SC Chapter President (2007–08), Vice President (2006–07), Treasurer (2005–06), Board Member (2004–05)
• The American Association for Justice (AAJ)
  • Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, 2000
• South Carolina Bar
  • H.E.L.P. Task Force, 2009–2010
  • Lawyers Caring for Lawyers Committee, 2000–2001
  • Quality of Life Committee, 2000
• South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ)

Previous Experience

• Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Weston Houck, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina  (Charleston, SC)
• Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of South Carolina  (Florence, SC)
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law

Selected Publications

• The Heightened Pleading Standard of Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 58 Drake Law Review 401 (2010).
• Probate Coordinators - Ethical Considerations When Outsourcing the Search for Local Probate Counsel, The Justice Bulletin, Summer 2010.
• Defamation in South Carolina:  A Primer on Damages and Defenses, co-authored with J. Patrick Norris, South Carolina Lawyer, September 2009.
• A Practical Guide to Storytelling at Sentencing, The Champion, Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, January 2009.
• Teaching Privacy in the Age of Octomom, 44 Valparaiso University Law Review 391, (2010).

Contact Us

When you need an attorney, contact the law offices of Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC at 888-293-6883 or contact us online.  A national law firm with offices in:

• Barnwell, South Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

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