Thomas J. Wills
Member since 1984
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Mediator and Arbitrator
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1979
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1979
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1979
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- J.D. - 1979
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- B.A. - 1974
Honors and Awards
- Best Lawyers' 2012 Charleston South Carolina Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers’ 2011 Charleston South Carolina Alternative Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year
- South Carolina Super Lawyers, ADR, 2008 - 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates, President, Charleston Chapter, 2008 - 2009
- Board of Commissions of Grievances and Discipline for Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1993 - 1996
- Charleston County Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Federal Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- James L. Petigru American Inn of Court
- South Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section, Member
- South Carolina Bar Association, Trial & Appellate Advocacy Section, Chairman, 1993
- South Carolina Bar Association, Judicial Qualification Committee
- South Carolina Defense Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1996 - 1997
- South Carolina Supreme Court Joint Commission on ADR Rules
