Neal Michael Lourie

Neal Michael Lourie is a skilled Columbia personal injury attorney who serves clients throughout the state of South Carolina. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Lourie has also handled many criminal cases.

Education: Tulane University, B.A., 1990, University of South Carolina, J.D., 1993

Practice Areas:Personal Injury; Car, Auto, Automobile Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Insurance Bad Faith; Premises Liability; Slip and Fall; Products Liability; Construction Law; Work Related Accidents; Workers Compensation; Criminal Defense; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Social Security Disability

Over the course of his career, Mr. Lourie has been involved in several civil and criminal cases. If you are in need of a Columbia workers compensation attorney, contact the Lourie Law Firm today.

Membership: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Worker’s Compensation.

Admissions: 1994, South Carolina; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Biography:

Neal Lourie graduated from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1990. He then completed his Juris Doctor in 1993 from the University Of South Carolina School Of Law. Mr. Lourie’s legal career began as a Prosecutor with the Richland County Solicitors Office for the 5th Judicial Circuit. He was quickly promoted to the position of Special City Prosecutor where he handled high-profile violent and drug offenses in Columbia South Carolina. After a successful prosecution career, Mr. Lourie practiced with his father, the late Senator Isadore E. Lourie, at the Lourie Law Firm. Talented, driven, and knowledgeable, Mr. Lourie is a Columbia injury attorney who looks forward to working with you.

Legal Assistance that you can rely on

Mr. Lourie is a Columbia personal injury lawyer that can assist and fiercely advocate for personal injury needs. He and the other talented Columbia personal injury attorneys at the Lourie Law Firm LLC have years of experience litigating a variety of personal injury cases. From auto accidents to work related injuries, Mr. Lourie, your personal injury lawyer in Columbia, can walk you through the South Carolina state law and local Columbia laws that apply to your case.  The options that are open to you and the correct legal strategy can vary by case, but Mr. Lourie, your personal injury attorney in Columbia, will advise you every step the way and answer all of your questions.

Lourie Law Firm LLC   – columbia car accident lawyer
1224 Pickens Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29211

Mark Taylor Arden is a personal injury attorney for the law firm of Chappell, Smith & Arden, P.A.  He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1986 and was admitted to the South Carolina bar that same year.  Mark is a member of the South Carolina Association for Justice, and he practices in the areas of workers compensation, administrative law, litigation, and auto accidents in Columbia.  Mr. Arden also co-authored Advanced Workers’ Compensation in South Carolina (National Business Institute, Inc. 1997).

Areas of Practice:
Workers Compensation
Administrative Law
Columbia Car Accident Litigation
Personal injury

Admitted to Practice:
South Carolina, 1986
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987
U.S. Supreme Court, 1991

Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, 1986
University of South Carolina, BA, 1983

Professional memberships:
American Bar Association
South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association)
Injured Workers’ Advocates (formerly the Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers’ Compensation)
South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association

Colleagues:
Mark Chappell
William L. Smith, II

South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyer Jack Swerling, has an impressive track record in this field.  He is located in Columbia, SC and has been nicknamed “Mr. Murder”.

Prior to establishing his current law firm in 1991, South Carolina Attorney Jack Swerling was a partner in the law firm of Swerling, Harpootlian and McCulloch. Prior to that he practiced law for ten years with his former partner and mentor, the late State Senator Isadore Lourie.

Areas of Practice

Drug Offenses; Assaults; Weapons Charges; Murder; Federal Criminal Law; White Collar Crime; Criminal Appeals; Criminal Law; Criminal Conspiracy; Assault and Battery; Burglary; Criminal Defense; Criminal Fraud; Criminal Investigation; Extortion; Electronic Surveillance; Felonies; Forensic Accounting; Forensic DNA; Forensic Medicine; Forensic Science; Forgery; Grand Jury Practice; Hit and Run; Homicide; Mail Fraud; Manslaughter; Misdemeanors; Money Laundering; Parole and Probation; Search and Seizure; Sex Crimes; Sexual Assault; Stalking; Theft; Vehicular Homicide; Wire Fraud; Wiretapping

Admitted

1973, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of South Carolina, J.D., 1973

College

Clemson University, B.A., 1968

Membership

Richland County (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1989-1991) and American (Member, Section of Criminal Justice) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1985-1986); American Judicature Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1981-1984); South Carolina Criminal Trial Lawyers Association; The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Judicature Society. Master Bencher, John Belton O’Neil Inns of Court.

Mark Chappell is a personal injury and workers comp attorney for the law firm of Chappell, Smith & Arden, P.A.  He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1984 and has since earned himself a reputation as a skilled and hard-working attorney.  Among his many accomplishments is receiving a jury verdict of $3.2 million – the largest in York County’s history.   He practices in the areas of catastrophic injury, products liability, auto accidents and workers compensation in South Carolina.  In his spare time, Mark enjoys spending him with his wife, Susan, and their four children.

Areas of Practice:
Catastrophic injury
Products liability
South Carolina Workers Comp
Personal injury

Admitted to Practice:
South Carolina, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1985
District of Columbia, 1993

Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, 1984
University of South Carolina, BS in Finance and Economics, 1981

Professional memberships:
South Carolina Bar, Chair, Judicial Qualifications Committee; Member, House of Delegates
South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association), Past President
American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), State Delegate, Board of Governors
American Board of Trial Advocates
Litigation Counsel of America
Attorneys Information Exchange Group
Super Lawyers of South Carolina
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Professional Accomplishments:
South Carolina Supreme Court certified mediator
Appointed Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee representing nearly 100 race fans injured in the 2000 Charlotte Motor Speedway bridge collapse
Received the largest jury verdict in York County’s history at $3.2 million
Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in the In Re Graniteville Cases representing people injured in the 2005 Graniteville train derailment pending before Judge Margaret B. Seymour in Federal District Court

Cortisha Dozier Alleyne

Columbia Worker Comp Lawyer

Associate

Born: Georgetown, South Carolina, March 18, 1975

Education: University of South Carolina, B.A., Political Science, 1997, University of South Carolina, J.D., 2003

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Automobile, Car, Auto Accidents; Trucking Accidents; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Insurance Bad Faith; Premises Liability; Slip and Fall; Products Liability; Construction Law; Criminal Defense; Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Social Security Disability

Membership: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; American Trial Lawyers Association.

Admissions: 2003, South Carolina; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Miscellaneous Information: Member, Black Law Students Association. Officer, Women in Law.

Biography:

Cortisha Dozier Alleyne graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science in 1997. In 2003, she received her Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2003 and the United States District Court, District of South Carolina in 2004.

Lourie Law Firm LLC
1224 Pickens Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29211
Phone: 803-799-9805