Thomas M. White - Goose Creek, SC
Attorney at The Steinberg Law Firm, LLC
Work injury Lawyers in Goose Creek, SC
118 South Goose Creek Blvd. Goose Creek, SC 29445
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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48
Years
Experience
Goose Creek Work injury Lawyer
Updated: 04/24/2026
Areas of Practice
- Work injury
- Auto Accident
- Workers Compensation
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Personal Injury
Attorney Information
Overview
Tom White grew up in the textile-producing Upstate of South Carolina working third shift in the cotton mills.That experience shaped his desire to help working people.
He graduated from the University of Virginia with distinction, he then graduated in the top of his class at the South Carolina School of Law in 1977 and was admitted to the SC Bar in 1978. Tom began his law career as a public defender and joined the Steinberg Law Firm in 1980. He is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association and the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. For the past twenty years, Tom has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers For Workers’ Compensation. Tom exclusively handles work injury cases with many cases paid to the injured workers in excess of a million dollars.
Tom has served on the Charleston County Common Pleas Liaison Committee and the Charleston County Grievance Committee. He is a former municipal judge in Goose Creek
and is a member of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ Association.
Tom lives in Charleston with his wife and has three children and three grandchildren.
First Year Recognized in Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants: 2011 / Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Best Lawyers: The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Workers' Compensation Law – Claimants, 2026
- Super Lawyers for Workers’ Compensation, 2017 - 2026
- Super Lawyers, 2011 - 2026
- Best Lawyers: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants “Lawyer of the Year”, 2025
- Best Lawyers: Best Lawyers in America for Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants, 2007 - 2025
- Charleston Business Magazine - Legal Elite; Workers' Compensation - Plaintiff, 2024
- Best Lawyers In America, 2007 - 2023
- South Carolina Business Magazine’s Legal Elite, 2023
- Elite Lawyer, 2021 - 2022
- AV Preeminent-Martindale-Hubbell, 2020
- Best Lawyers: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants “Lawyer of the Year”, 2020
- ALM/Martindale-Hubbell: AV Preeminent, 2020
- Best Lawyers: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants “Lawyer of the Year”, 2016
- Super Lawyers For Workers’ Compensation, 2011 - 2013
- Best Lawyers: Workers’ Compensation Law-Claimants “Lawyer of the Year”, 2013
- Best Lawyers: Workers' Compensation Law, Charleston, SC, 2011
Other Sources of Feedback About Thomas M. White
Included on the 2026 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 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
- 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2011 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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University of South Carolina School of Law,
Columbia,
South Carolina, 1977
J.D.
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University of South Carolina School of Law,
Columbia,
South Carolina, 1977
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Non Legal Education
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University of Virginia
B.A.
Honors: Top 10% of his class
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University of Virginia
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney & Partner
Past Positions
- Former municipal judge in Goose Creek
Languages
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English (Primary)
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Spanish
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1978
Other Affiliations
- South Carolina Bar Association (Member)
- South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Charleston County Common Pleas Liaison Committee
- Charleston County Grievance Committee
- South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ Association. (Member)
- Charleston County Bar Association (Member)
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Contact
118 South Goose Creek Blvd.
Goose Creek, SC 29445
Phone: 843-603-8330
Fax: 843-572-1871
Email: Send a message
Hours: Open Mon – Thurs 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM Open Friday 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
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