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17 RPWB Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America List

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C – Seventeen RPWB attorneys were selected for the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® list for numerous practice areas including personal injury, product liability, mass tort, class action, qui tam and medical malpractice litigation.

This marks the seventh consecutive year in which RPWB is the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for class action & mass tort litigation.

RPWB member Kim Keevers Palmer was selected as Lawyer of the Year in Charleston for mass tort and class action litigation. Christiaan Marcum was Lawyer of the Year in Charleston for his product liability work.

Additionally, three RPWB attorneys were selected for the “Ones to Watch” category that is reserved for younger, up-and-coming lawyers.

Here is the full list of RPWB attorneys on the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®:

Jena L. Borden

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

James C. Bradley

  • Litigation – Antitrust
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Michael J. Brickman

  • Antitrust Law
  • Litigation – Securities
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Nina Fields Britt

  • Antitrust Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Elizabeth M. Burke

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

J. David Butler

  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Jerry Hudson Evans

  • 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

Charles W. Patrick, Jr.

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Thomas D. Rogers

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

A. Hoyt Rowell III

  • Health Care Law
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

T. Christopher Tuck

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Qui Tam Law

Edward J. Westbrook

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Kenneth J. Wilson

  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Robert S. Wood

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Ones to Watch – Designation for younger attorneys

D. Charles Dukes

  • Antitrust Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

Theodore Hargrove II

  • Commercial Litigation

Matthew A. Nickles

  • Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
  • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs

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    Trial Lawyer Deon Tedder Joins RPWB

    Trial attorney Deon Tedder has joined Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, where he will focus on personal injury, mass torts and criminal defense work out of the firm’s Mount Pleasant and Columbia offices.

    Tedder joins RPWB after working at David Aylor Law Offices for the past five years, where he helped many clients in the Charleston area with personal injury and criminal defense matters. He is honored as a 2022-2023 Rising Star in personal injury litigation by Super Lawyers and as a Top 40 under 40 personal injury attorney by the National Black Lawyers Association.

    “We are thrilled to have Deon join us,” said Nina Fields Britt, managing attorney of RPWB. “He has an outstanding reputation as a trial lawyer and as a person who is genuinely community service-oriented. He brings a lot to the table for his clients and also for our law firm.”

    A resident of North Charleston, Tedder has spent much of his life devoted to public service. He currently serves District 109 in the S.C. House of Representatives and is running for an open seat in the S.C. Senate (District 42). But his interest in being a voice and public servant for the underserved goes back much further.

    While in college, he worked in the office of the late Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy, where he assisted on the Health, Education, Labor & Pension (HELP) Committee. As a law student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, he advocated for the least fortunate among us by serving as a Guardian Ad Litem for Richland County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates Program (CASA).

    Tedder also represented indigent clients in courtroom proceedings in Magistrate Court through the University of South Carolina’s Criminal Law Practice Clinic. He served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable L. Casey Manning in Columbia.

    Outside of practicing law, he can be found volunteering at community events, mentoring young students, and advocating for all South Carolinians to have a better quality of life.

    Tedder is a proud graduate of South Carolina State University Honors College and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

    In addition to being licensed to practice law in South Carolina, Tedder also is licensed in North Carolina.

    Tedder can be reached at dtedder@rpwb.com or 843-727-6518.

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      Congress Passes Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Law

      Over a 34-year period, many thousands of Marines and their families were exposed to dangerous water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. After a long wait, justice may finally be in sight.

      Congress approved bi-partisan legislation on Tuesday night that will clear the way for veterans and their families to seek compensation in federal court for health problems caused by decades of water contamination at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

      The Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 is expected to be signed into law by President Biden, and will mark a major expansion of veterans’ healthcare. In addition to the well-publicized help for burn pit victims, it includes provisions that allow veterans and their families to seek financial compensation for cancer or other serious illnesses caused by consuming contaminated water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune between 1953 and 1987.

      If you served, lived, or worked at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days during that time period and subsequently developed cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, or a number of other serious conditions, you may be eligible for financial relief. The new law will enable veterans and their families to file suit in federal court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

      RPWB attorneys are proud to represent current and former members of our nation’s armed forces, including those harmed by dangerous water contamination at Camp Lejeune. Our law firm is investigating potential cases on behalf of men and women who served, lived, or worked at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987, for at least 30 days and subsequently developed cancer or other serious medical issues.

      Water testing at Camp Lejeune in the 1980s revealed the presence of several toxic substances in the water. The main pollutants in Camp Lejeune’s water from 1957 to 1987 were Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) and Trichloroethylene (TCE). Exposure to these substances can cause such cancers as kidney cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, liver cancer and bladder cancer.  Exposure can also lead to Parkinson’s disease, systemic sclerosis/scleroderma and major cardiac birth defects. Many thousands of people bathed in and consumed contaminated water while assigned to Camp Lejeune.

      Click here for more information about Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Lawsuits.

      If you or a loved one spent time at Camp Lejeune and developed any of the above health conditions, you may have a claim. Please contact us without delay for a free, no-obligation case review.

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        RPWB Helps Our Military Heroes

        RPWB’s attorneys proudly represent our current and former military heroes. In addition to our efforts to help people who suffered from health effects caused by contaminated drinking water on Camp Lejeune, our attorneys also represent many service personnel and veterans who developed hearing loss as a result of faulty 3M earplugs. In fact, RPWB serves in leadership capacity of the national lawsuit.

        RPWB is a 2022 U.S. News Best Law Firm and is the top-listed product liability law firm in South Carolina according to Best Lawyers. We have a reputation for successfully handling complex litigation that benefits people harmed through no fault of their own.

        If you or a loved one spent time at Camp Lejeune and developed kidney cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, liver cancer, bladder cancer, systemic sclerosis/scleroderma, Parkinson’s disease, kidney disease or major cardiac birth defects, please contact us without delay for a free, no-obligation case review. You may call us 24/7 at 1-866-639-0366 or use the form on this page.

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          U.S. News: RPWB is a Best Law Firm for National Mass Torts & Class Actions

          RPWB is a top plaintiff law firm for our work on national mass torts and class actions, according to the 2022 Best Law Firm rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

          In addition to the national ranking for mass torts/class actions, RPWB was listed as a Best Law Firm for personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and health care litigation in our home state of South Carolina.

          For a complete roundup of our listings, please click here.

          The announcement by U.S. News followed RPWB’s inclusion on the 2022 Best Lawyers in America list, in which 16 RPWB attorneys were recognized for their work. RPWB was the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for product liability cases and mass tort litigation.

          RPWB attorneys regularly hold leadership positions in class actions and other mass torts across the nation. We have leadership roles in both the 3M Combat Arms Earplug MDL and the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Product Liability MDL. In recent years, RPWB played a leading role in litigation associated with the failed VC Summer Nuclear Power Plant project. The resulting settlements provided billions in relief for South Carolina’s ratepayers and resolved some of the most complex litigation in the state’s history.

          RPWB lawyers have been at the forefront of asbestos litigation since the 1970s. We have helped mesothelioma victims in nearly every US state and territory collect money from asbestos manufacturers who put profits over the health of American workers.

          The firm’s usefulness even extends across international borders. RPWB attorneys are foreign legal consultants for six Canadian provinces seeking to recoup public money spent on smoking-related illnesses.

          While RPWB is proud to help large groups of people who have been wronged, the firm remains deeply rooted in our work to help individuals in their times of intense need.

          Rogers, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman represents clients in many types of cases, including wrongful death and personal injury, truck accidents, railroad accidents, construction defects, medical malpractice, mesothelioma and other occupational lung disease, whistleblower & qui tam, nursing home abuse, and pharmaceutical drug and medical device injury.

          RPWB is ranked nationally for its work on class actions and mass torts

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