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| | Address | | 200 Jackson Avenue, East, P.O. Box 685 | | Hampton, South Carolina 29924 | | (Hampton Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 803-943-4444 | | Fax: 803-943-4599 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.speightsrunyan.com | | |
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| Speights & Runyan practices in the following areas of law:
General Trial Practice, Asbestos Litigation, Construction Litigation, Products Liability and General Civil Practice in all Courts. | | Year Established: 1976 | Firm Profile:
Speights & Runyan is a plaintiff's trial firm specializing in products liability, personal injury, construction, and environmental litigation. For the past eighteen years, the firm has had a subspecialty in asbestos property damage actions. The firm also handles other environmental cases, including air, soil, and ground water contamination. The firm has had extensive involvement in state and federal courts, not only in South Carolina, but also in many parts of the United States on these and other issues. | | Firm Size: 4 | Representative Clients:
Clemson University; City of Rock Hill; Marriott Corporation; U.S. West; City of Kansas City; University of New Hampshire; Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Farm Credit Bank of Louisville; City of New Orleans; City and County of San Francisco; Archdiocese of St. Louis; Trust Company Bank; Pima County, Arizona; J.C. Nichols, Inc.; Liberty Life Insurance Corporation. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Daniel A. Speights (Member) born Hampton, South Carolina, July 22, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1967); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1973). Student Body President, Clemson University, 1966-1967. Blue Key Honor Society. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Judge William L. Rhodes, Jr., South Carolina Circuit Court, 1972-1973. Member, South Carolina Commission on Grievances and Discipline, 1977-1980. Member: South Carolina Bar; Hampton County Bar Association; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1967-1970]. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Asbestos Property Damage; Environmental Law; Personal Injury. Email: Daniel A. Speights | | C. Alan Runyan (Member) born Ogbomosho, Nigeria, West Africa, October 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Poitiers, Institute D'Etudes Francaises, Tours, France (Diplome D'Etudes Francaises, 1969); University of South Carolina (B.A., 1973; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Executive Editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1975-1976. Legal Writing Instructor, University of South Carolina, School of Law, 1975-1976. American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts, 1973; Admiralty, 1976. Author: "The New Federal Rules of Evidence and South Carolina Evidentiary Law: A Comparison and Critical Analysis," 28 South Carolina Law Review 481, 1977. Law Clerk to: Judge William L. Rhodes, Jr., South Carolina Circuit Court, 1974-1975; Judge Robert F. Chapman, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1976-1977. Member: Hampton County and American (Member: Litigation Section; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1983—) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Asbestos Litigation; Environmental Law; Construction Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: C. Alan Runyan | | ASSOCIATES | | Marion C. Fairey, Jr. (Associate) born Statesville, North Carolina, November 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, South Carolina; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1989); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1992). Member: Hampton County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Asbestos Property Damage; Environmental Contamination; Employment Law. Email: Marion C. Fairey, Jr. | | A. Gibson Solomons (Associate) born Hampton, South Carolina, October 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1995; M.P.A., 1997); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2000). Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Farm and Ranch Law; Environmental Law. Email: A. Gibson Solomons | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | PARALEGAL | | Susan Terry Murdaugh born Hampton, South Carolina, July 6, 1955; Education: University of South Carolina (Associates Degree, 1974); National Center for Paralegal Training, Atlanta, Georgia, 1981. Email: Susan Terry Murdaugh | | LAW CLERK | | David W. Gooding (Law Clerk) born Hampton, South Carolina, September 19, 1966; Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1989); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1992). Email: David W. Gooding |
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