CHARLESTON – RPWB was once again the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for product liability cases as well as mass tort and class action lawsuits in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®, which was released in August 2019.

In total, 16 RPWB attorneys were designated as 2020 Best Lawyers, including David Butler, who was chosen as the personal injury lawyer of the year in the Augusta, Ga. metropolitan area. Butler, who works out of Aiken, S.C., has devoted much of his career representing asbestos victims who have developed mesothelioma, but he also works on other personal injury and product liability cases.

Here are the RPWB attorneys named to the 2020 Best Lawyers list:

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

Elizabeth M. 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

Gregory A. 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

Terry E. Richardson, Jr.
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Railroad Law

Thomas D. Rogers
Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

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

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

Christopher Tuck
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Charles W. Patrick, Jr.
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Edward J. Westbrook
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Kenneth J. Wilson
Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Bobby Wood
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

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