Our Attorneys
Dick James
Born:
Gaffney, South Carolina - July 9, 1937
College:
University of South Carolina B.A. in Political Science 1961. SAE Fraternity, Outstanding Senior active, Student Council, IFC Representative 3 years, Dean's List, Euphradian Literary Debating Society.
Graduate of:
USC School of Law, LLB 1964, JD 1970, Honor Council, Law Review, American Jurisprudence Award, Practice Court.
Member:
Unitarian Unversalist Fellowship, Contributor ACLU, NAACP, People for The American Way, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Southern Poverty Law Center.
Areas of Practice:
Social Security Disability, Mass Torts, Criminal Defense.
Professional Memberships:
American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Former member of South Carolina Bar of Professional Responsibility Committee.
B. Allen Clardy, Jr.
Born:
Pickens, South Carolina - August 14, 1969
Graduate of:
Francis Marion College & Regent University School Of Law
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Pharmaceutical Litigation.
Professional Affiliations:
American Trial Lawyer's Association, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Bar Affiliations:
South Carolina Bar, District Of Columbia Bar, Federal Court District Of South Carolina
Professional Organizations:
Member Of The South Carolina Bar Professional Responsibility Committee
Community Board:
Member Of The Advisory Board For The Meyer's Center For Special Children
Professional Speaking:
Authored "Interesting Ethical Issues (2004)" For The South Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education Program
Robert Surface
Born:
Charleston, South Carolina, April 7, 1952
College:
College of Charleston, B.A. summa cum laude English & French; Kappa Sigma; Sigma Alpha Phi; Senior Class valedictorian.
Graduate of:
College of Charleston, 1973; University of South Carolina Law School, 1978.
Member:
Christ Episcopal Church; Riverbend Board of Directors: SC Native Plant Society; Greater Greenville Master Gardeners; Life Member, Children's Hospital; Huguenot Society; Sons of the American Revolution; The South Caroliniana Society.
Area of Practice:
Social Security disability; former attorney with Office of Disability Adjudication & Review, SSA, 26.5 years.
Professional Memberships:
South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Bar Foundation, NOSCAR
Monty D. Desai
Born:
Billimora, India- May 28, 1974
College:
University of South Carolina, Spartanburg B.A. in Interdisciplinary studies, Minor in Biology 2002. Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Student Senator for Department of Arts and Science.
Graduate of:
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, JD 2004, Moot Court.
Member:
Contributor ACLU, Indian Association of Greater Greenville
Areas of Practice:
Criminal Defense, Workers’ Compensation and Immigration.
Professional Memberships:
American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, Greenville Bar Association, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Lawyer’s Guild, American Immigration Lawyers Association, National Immigration Project and South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association.
Other Credentials:
Former State Prosecutor, 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office
Adjunct Professor at Greenville Technical College – Criminal Evidence.
Hunter W. Morris
Born:
Louisville, Kentucky-May 16, 1978
College:
Auburn University B.S. in Management Information Systems in 2000. Beta Theta Pi* Fraternity Officer, Student Government Senator (Business), Dean's List.
Graduate of:
Salmon P. Chase College of Law (Northern Kentucky University), JD 2005, Student Bar Association Officer, Phi Alpha Delta Law International Law Fraternity Officer, Dean's List, Constitutional Law Book Award recipient, successful exoneration of Kentucky Innocence Project client.
Member:
First Presbyterian Church
Professional Memberships:
South Carolina Bar Association, Greenville Bar Association, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Criminal Defense.
