Collins & Lacy, P.C. was founded in 1984 when Joel W. Collins, Jr. and Stanford E. Lacy combined their practices to establish a firm that would concentrate primarily on defense litigation. Since then, the firm has grown to include attorneys with experience in all phases of defense work, including products liability, contracts, workers' compensation, construction, trucking, professional malpractice, anti-trust, insurance, bad faith, health care law, land use, premises liability and criminal defense. As the firm grows, proficiency is developing in other areas such as employment law, banking litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Collins & Lacy, P.C. is one of South Carolina's most respected law firms concentrating in defense litigation. Since our founding two decades ago, the practice has grown to include all facets of defense work, including business litigation, products liability, contracts, construction, trucking, professional malpractice, bad faith, healthcare law, land use, premises liability, anti-trust, insurance, workers' compensation, criminal defense and others. We serve a wide variety of individual and commercial clients representing diverse interests and with needs that are local, regional and national in scope.

Collins & Lacy attorneys practice before state and federal courts, as well as commissions both regionally and nationally. We are also frequent participants in state and federal appellate proceedings and have been involved in many precedent-setting court decisions.

We understand that determining the response to litigation is complex and challenging. Our firm provides the highest caliber legal counsel and aggressive, efficient and innovative case management, with consideration to cost-benefit metrics that must apply to all business decisions. When appropriate, we advise clients to avoid trial by using alternative dispute-resolution measures and/or settling cases. But if litigation is warranted, our attorneys prepare a thorough and vigorous defense.

Special Practice Areas

• Products Liability
• Workers Compensation

Firm Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Corporate Law, Criminal Defense, Estate Planning, Health Care, Labor & Employment, Insurance, Malpractice / Professional Negligence, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Negligence / Personal Injury / Wrongful Death, Real Estate, Trucking & Transportation, Workers Compensation, Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Banking Litigation, Stock Brokers, Antitrust, Estate Planning & Probate, Environmental Law, Labor & Employment, Contracts & Transactions, Real Estate, Construction Law, Toxic Torts, Complex & Multidistrict Litigation, Class Actions, White Collar Crime, Felonies, Misdemeanors, Trusts, Medical / Dental Malpractice, For Defendants - Business/Individual Being Sued, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Defense, Subrogation, Medical Malpractice, For Health Care Providers, Legal Malpractice, For Attorneys / Law Firms, Commercial Trucks, For Defendants - Business/Individual Being Sued, Civil Actions, For Defendants- Business/Individual Being Sued, Product Liability / Damages, For Defendants - Business/Individual Being Sued, Construction Accidents, For Defendants - Business/Individual Being Sued, Premises Liability, Negligent Security, Class Actions, Real Estate Related Businesses, Brokers, Zoning / Planning / Land Use, Commercial Trucking, Truck Accidents, Trucking Liability, For Business Owners, Construction Defect, Product Liability

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