John Nichols - Columbia, SC

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina

• Non Legal Education

  • Francis Marion University

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Pro Bono Activities

• Leadership Columbia Class of 2000
• South Carolina Bar Board of Governors ad hoc member, 2013-2014
• Furman University Riley Institute Diversity Fellow, 2010
• Roscoe Pound Institute (Member Fellow), 2007-2008
• Public Justice Foundation, 2000-2017
• South Carolina Commission on the Profession, 2017-2023
• SC Bar Resolution of Fee Disputes Board member, 2016-2017

Published Works

Articles

• Service of Process in South Carolina (4th Ed.) (SC Bar)
  
• Masters in Equity and Special Referees (4th Ed.) (SC Bar)
  
• Law School for Nonlawyer – South Carolina Tort Law (SC Bar), 2006-present
  
• Co-author, The Trial Handbook for South Carolina Lawyers (5th Ed.) (Thomson Reuters)
  
• Co-author, The South Carolina Law of Torts (5th Ed.) (“Hubbard and Felix on Torts”) (SC Bar)
  
• Co-author, South Carolina Civil Procedure Fourth Ed. (“Flanagan on Civil Procedure”) (SC Bar)
• Co-author, South Carolina Damages (2d Ed.) (SC Bar)
• South Carolina Jurisprudence (West), Supplements 1993-1994
• Ervin’s Jury Charges, Supplements, 1994-1996
• What’s New?, column author, South Carolina Lawyer, SC Bar Magazine 2000-2004
• A Trail of Tiers: Limitations on Punitive Damages under South Carolina’s 2011 Tort Legislation, The Justice Bulletin SC Association for Justice Magazine (Fall 2011)
• Safeguarding the Truth in Court – The Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel, article, South Carolina Lawyer, SC Bar Magazine (January-February 2002)
• When the Defendant Fails to Forward the Papers – Has Shores v. Weaver Been Statutorily Overruled?, article, The Bulletin SC Trial Lawyers Magazine (Summer 2001)
• Appellate Watch: Preserving Error from the Respondent’s Perspective, article, The Bulletin, SC Trial Lawyers Magazine (Winter 2000)
• Where Have You Gone, Atticus Finch?, article, The Bulletin, SC Trial Lawyers Magazine (Summer 2000)

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• South Carolina Association for Justice
• John Belton O’ Neall Inn of Court
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• Richland County Bar Association
• American Association for Justice Leaders Forum, 2008-2013