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Charleston Mediation and Arbitration Lawyer
About Thomas J. Wills
Practice Areas
- Mediation and Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Qualifications
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
Specialties and Certifications
- Certified Mediator and Arbitrator
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- American Bar Foundation Fellow
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008 - 2009 (President, Charleston Chapter)
- 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
- National Association of Distinguished Neutrals
- James L. Petigru American Inn of Court
- South Carolina Bar Association, Litigation Section (Member)
- South Carolina Bar Association, Trial & Appellate Advocacy Section, 1993 (Chairman)
- South Carolina Bar Association (Judicial Qualification Committee)
- South Carolina Defense Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 1997 (President)
- South Carolina Supreme Court Joint Commission on ADR Rules
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1979
J.D. - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1974
B.A.
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
97 Broad Street Charleston, SC 29401
Phone
Fax
- 843-727-7696
Achievements
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Included on the 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2024 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2023 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2022 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2021 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2019 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2018 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2017 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2014 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2011 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2010 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2009 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2008 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
Honors
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Arbitration/Mediation, 2005 - 2019
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rated
- Super Lawyers, ADR, 2008 - 2022
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