MEMBERS OF FIRM
Ellis I. Kahn (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, South Carolina; 1963, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1978, District of Columbia; 1963, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit; 1988, U.S. Claims Court; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: The Citadel (A.B., 1958); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1961); Southern Methodist University. Phi Delta Phi (President, South Carolina Chapter, 1960); Pi Sigma Alpha. Member, Editorial Board, South Carolina Law Quarterly, 1959-1961. Author: "Due -Process: Extraterritorial Service of Process," 11 South Carolina Law Quarterly 383, 1959. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge R.W. Hemphill, 1964-1966. Permanent Member, 4th Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, U.S. District Court Advisory Committee, 1984-1996. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Medical Malpractice Section, 1975-1977); American Association for Justice (State Committeeman, 1970-1974); South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1976-1977); International Society of Barristers (Fellow, 1982); National Board of Trial Advocacy (Civil Diplomate, 1982); National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, (Member, Board of Trustees, 2007); American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys (Diplomate, 1981; Member, Board of Trustees, 1989). [Capt., Judge Advocate, U.S.A.F., 1961-1964]. Practice Areas: General Trial Practice; Personal Injury Law; Medical Malpractice.Email: Ellis I. Kahn
Justin S. Kahn (Member) born South Carolina, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1995, District of Columbia; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.S., Psychology and Communication, 1988); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi (Historian, 1991-1992). Outstanding Legislative Council Member, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1992. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Damages, Spring 1992. Author: "South Carolina Rules of Procedure Annotated," 1993-2008; "South Carolina Evidence Handbook Annotated," 1995, 1998, 2002, 2005; "A Kinder, Gentler Deposition," S.C. Lawyer, May/June 1994; "Experts and the New Rules of Evidence," S.C. Lawyer, Nov./Dec., 1995; "Car Rental Agency Liability: Negligent Entrustment," S.C. Trial Lawyers Bulletin, Spring 2001; "Loss of Consortium; Different Action, Different Damages, Different Coverage?" S.C. Trial Lawyers Bulletin, summer, 1997. Permanent Member, Judicial Conference, Fourth Circuit. National Board of Trial Advocacy (Civil Diplomate, 2007). Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (House of Delegates, 1996-2008; Chairman, Practice & Procedure Committee, 1998-1999); American Association for Justice; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (President, Student Chapter, 1990-1992). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Trial Practice.Email: Justin S. Kahn