Business and Civil Litigation
Civil litigation has been the heart of Barnwell Whaley’s practice throughout the firm’s eighty-year history. The firm has tried hundreds of cases to verdict and taken dozens of cases through appeal, including some all the way to the United States Supreme Court. The civil litigation attorneys at Barnwell Whaley handle cases involving products liability, construction, insurance, personal injury, professional liability, contracts, real estate, collections, unfair competition, intellectual property, and virtually any type of business dispute. We counsel our clients and zealously represent their interests at every stage of a dispute, from litigation avoidance, to mediation and settlement negotiations, to pleading, discovery, motions, and, finally, to trial and appeal.
Our civil ligation attorneys have been recognized by their peers and by many different authorities: Dawes Cooke, Randell Stoney, Michael Barfield, Phillip Ferderigos, Chris Hinnant, David Cox, Barbara Wagner, and Marvin Infinger each holds a Martindale-Hubble Preeminent rating (the highest, formerly called AV.)
Dawes Cooke is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of bet-the-company litigation, alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, and personal injury litigation. Best Lawyers named Dawes the Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year in 2011, 2013 and 2016. In 2012, he was named Personal Injury Litigation Litigator of the Year. Benchmark Litigation has named Cooke as a Local Litigation Star in 2012 and 2013. He is also regularly listed in Super Lawyers as one of the top 10 attorneys in the state of South Carolina, was profiled in the April 2011 edition, and was named the #1 attorney in the state of South Carolina in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He is the 2018-2019 President of the South Carolina Bar.
Randell Stoney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and was listed in the 2008 and 2009 editions of Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in the state of South Carolina, and is frequently listed as a Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney .
David Cox is included in South Carolina Super Lawyers in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products, and since 2007 has been listed annually in Chambers USA, Leaders in their field, General Commercial Litigation.
Marvin Infinger has more than 40 years of legal experience representing clients in and out of the courtroom. He has won many accolades for his work, including The Best Lawyers in America listing as the “Bet-the-Company” Litigator of the Year for 2009 in Charleston, SC. In 2019 he is recognized as a top litigator in the area of admiralty and maritime law.
Chris Hinnant has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his litigation skills. North Carolina Super Lawyers lists Hinnant as a Top Rated Civil Litigation Attorney. Chris has also been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, the highly selective organization that invites Fellows based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, as well as a superior ethical reputation.
This lead team of litigators is supported by Martindale-Hubbell-rated attorneys with strengths in different practice areas, including accounting, business, construction, real estate and development, banking, employment, medicine, insurance coverage, and more.