Rob Corney - Mount Pleasant, SC
Attorney at Derrick Law Firm Injury Lawyers, PC
Accidents and Injuries Lawyers in Mount Pleasant, SC
300 W Coleman Blvd Suite 106 Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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16
Years
Experience
Mount Pleasant Accidents and Injuries Lawyer
Updated: 04/22/2026
Areas of Practice
- Accidents and Injuries 75%
- Insurance Law 25%
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Rob Corney is a personal injury litigation attorney at Derrick Law Firm Injury Lawyers’s North Charleston, South Carolina office. He focuses his practice exclusively on the representation of individuals who have suffered grievous injury and harm due to the wrongful and negligent conduct of another. Rob has extensive experience litigating various high-stakes civil actions including tort and personal injury, premises liability, products liability, nursing home neglect and abuse and toxic and mass tort matters. After spending over 8 years of his career working for insurance companies, Rob understands the complexities of how insurance companies value claims and he uses that knowledge to help his clients. Rob is an experienced litigator with a track record of success trying cases to juries throughout the State of South Carolina.
Rob was raised in Mount Pleasant where he attended and graduated from Wando High School alongside his now wife. Growing up as the fifth of eight children, Rob learned from an early age how to effectively present and resolve disagreements. It was that upbringing and his desire to help others in their darkest times that drove Rob to attend law school after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining Derrick Law Firm Injury Lawyers, Rob was a Partner at a very well-respected large insurance defense firm and served as an Assistant Attorney General for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.
Outside of the office, Rob cherishes spending time with his wife and 3 daughters at the beach and on the boat along the waterways of coastal South Carolina. He is a former Board Member of PlaySafe, a South Carolina non-profit organization providing full-time certified athletic trainers to public schools throughout South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Rob was named to Greenville Business Magazine's Best & Brightest 35 and Under in 2018 (SC - Young Professionals), and has been consistently selected over the years by his peers for recognition of his professional achievements in both Greenville Business Magazine’s annual “Legal Elite” awards 2016-2020 (SC - Personal Injury), and as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2016-2020 (SC - Personal Injury). Most recently, Rob was also included in Columbia Business Monthly's annual "Legal Elite" awards for 2021 (SC - Personal Injury) and was awarded the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating for 2021. Rob is an active member of his local community and strives to use his training in the law as a means of improving the safety practices that ensure the well-being of all South Carolina residents and visitors.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Named to Greenville Business Magazine's Best & Brightest 35 and Under in 2018 (SC - Young Professionals)
- Greenville Business Magazine’s annual “Legal Elite” awards 2016-2020 (SC - Personal Injury)
- Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2016-2020 (SC - Personal Injury)
- Columbia Business Monthly's annual "Legal Elite" awards for 2021 (SC - Personal Injury)
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating for 2021
Other Sources of Feedback About Rob Corney
Included on the 2026 South Carolina Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 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
Education
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Legal Education
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Charleston School of Law,
Charleston,
South Carolina, 2010
J.D.
Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award - Pleadings and Practice, 2010
Honors: "Life" Scholarship
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Charleston School of Law,
Charleston,
South Carolina, 2010
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Non Legal Education
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University of South Carolina,
Columbia,
South Carolina, 2007
B.S.
Major: Insurance and Risk Management
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University of South Carolina,
Columbia,
South Carolina, 2007
Current Employment Position(s)
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Shareholder - Attorney
Past Positions
- Assistant Attorney General for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office
Languages
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English
Pro Bono Activities
- Former Board Member of PlaySafe
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2019
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 2013
Other Affiliations
- Greenville County Bar Association
- Greenville Young Lawyer’s Association
- South Carolina Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney's Association
- Defense Research Institute
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Contact
300 W Coleman Blvd
Suite 106
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone: 843-484-0668
Fax: 843-248-7510
Email: Send a message
Website: https://www.derricklawfirm.com/
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