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RPWB Welcomes a New Member

Matt Nickles, who has worked as an associate at our firm since 2014, became a member at the beginning of this year.

Nickles focuses on medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, catastrophic personal injury, premises liability, product liability, class actions and other complex litigation. He is experienced in litigating medical malpractice and pharmacy liability cases, including the case of a young girl with developmental disabilities who died as a result of being prescribed a fatal dose of phenobarbital.

A native of Columbia, Nickles was exposed to the law at an early age. His mother worked as general counsel for the state Department of Social Services and his father is a well-known attorney who took on the video poker industry.

It was those early experiences and the stories told around the dinner table that sparked an interest in the law. Nickles graduated with a degree in European history from Washington & Lee University and a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

During law school, he interned for the Honorable Margaret Seymour, a federal judge in the District of South Carolina, and clerked for RPWB.

Following graduation, he worked for a Columbia defense firm, Walker Reibold, before spending two years as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard Gergel.

We are thrilled to have him as a part of our membership.

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    RPWB is a 2019 U.S. News Best Law Firm

    CHARLESTON, S.C. – Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman was named a 2019 Best Law Firm by U.S. News & World Report, recognizing the plaintiff firm for its work on mass torts and class actions, product liability, securities, healthcare law, medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits.

    With 16 lawyers listed on the underlying Best Lawyers in America list, RPWB was the top-listed plaintiff law firm in the country for its work on mass torts and class actions. RPWB was the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for mass torts, personal injury and product liability.

    Four RPWB attorneys were new to the list: Brady Thomas, Chris Tuck, Bobby Wood and Ken Wilson. 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

    About RPWB

    RPWB was formed in 2002 as a collective of talented legal minds who focus on complex litigation throughout the United States. The firm is well-respected for its work on mass torts and product liability cases, including mesothelioma lawsuits and pharmaceutical litigation. RPWB attorneys regularly hold leadership positions on class actions and other mass torts across the nation.

    RPWB founding member Terry Richardson was among the first attorneys in the nation to successfully hold asbestos manufacturers liable for causing mesothelioma cancer. Several attorneys at the firm played pivotal roles in the fight against tobacco companies in the 1990s that led to the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. Some of those same attorneys are currently assisting six Canadian provinces seeking to recoup public healthcare spending on smoking-related illnesses.

    In addition to national litigation, RPWB also represents individual people in many practice areas, including: catastrophic personal injury, truck accidents, railroad accidents, construction defects, medical malpractice, mesothelioma and other occupational lung disease, whistleblower & qui tam, nursing home abuse, pharmaceutical drugs and medical device cases.

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