RPWB is the top-listed plaintiff law firm in South Carolina for personal injury, product liability and mass tort litigation in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

In all, 14 RPWB attorneys were named Best Lawyers in their respective practice areas. Two other RPWB lawyers were named “Ones to Watch,” a designation for younger, up-and-coming attorneys.

Also in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers, two RPWB attorneys were honored as lawyers of the year in Charleston, SC.

Elizabeth Middleton Burke honored for her work on product liability litigation. Burke is one of the leaders in the national product liability litigation against 3M for manufacturing faulty earplugs for service members.

Thomas Rogers received the distinction for his work on medical malpractice cases

RPWB’s Best Lawyers

Jena L. Borden

• Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Michael J. Brickman

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

Nina Fields Britt

• 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

Kimberly 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

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

RPWB’s ‘Ones to Watch’

D. Charles Dukes

• Antitrust Law
• Commercial Litigation

Matthew A. Nickles

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

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