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CHARLESTON – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was again recognized as South Carolina’s top-listed plaintiff law firm for product liability cases and mass tort/class actions by The Best Lawyers in America® in their 2019 edition released in August 2018.

In all, 16 RPWB attorneys were named 2019 Best Lawyers, including four new additions to the list. RPWB founding member Ed Westbrook was named Lawyer of the Year for class actions and mass torts in the Charleston-area.

Here are the RPWB attorneys named to the 2019 Best Lawyers list:

Michael Brickman
Litigation – Securities
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Elizabeth Middleton Burke
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

David Butler
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Blair Hahn
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Greg Lofstead
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Christiaan Marcum
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Kim Keevers Palmer
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Charles Patrick
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Terry Richardson
Business Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Railroad Law

Tom Rogers
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Hoyt Rowell
Health Care Law
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Brady Thomas
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

Chris Tuck
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Ed Westbrook
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Ken Wilson
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Bobby Wood
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs

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