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Thomas joined the firm in 2010 as an associate. He focuses on business litigation, class action lawsuits, medical devices, personal injury, products and premises liability, truck accidents and vehicle defects. In 2012, he was named one of the top 40 trial lawyers under 40-years-old by National Trial Lawyers, an invitation-only association that recognizes top talent […]

In the early morning hours of January 6, 2005, two Norfolk Southern trains collided in Graniteville, South Carolina, setting off a chain of events that would lead to the deaths of nine people and injuries to at least 250 others. A tanker car ruptured, spewing about 60 tons of chlorine gas into the air. Approximately […]

RPWB attorneys Terry Richardson and Chris Moore along with Robert McKenzie of McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller and Lybrand in Columbia, South Carolina successfully argued for the invalidation of a family member step-down provision contained in the automobile insurance policy which insured their clients who were tragically killed in a railroad crossing incident. The family member […]

Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC (RPWB), announced it has hired Matthew A. Nickles as an associate attorney. He will practice in the areas of Antitrust, Class Actions and Securities Fraud. Mr. Nickles earned a B.A. in History from Washington and Lee University where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his J.D., cum laude, […]