Val Stieglitz

Val Stieglitz practices in the areas of business torts, unfair competition, commercial, intellectual property, trade secrets, insurance, and products liability litigation. He has broad experience in all aspects of these types of cases, from injunctive proceedings through trial and appeal.  He has also mediated and arbitrated a wide range of business and personal injury claims.  Mr. Stieglitz is the coordinator of the firm's Business Litigation Group.

Mr. Stieglitz's case experience includes:

• defending class actions;
• defending nationwide antitrust claims;
• defending claims of a nationwide scheme to "steal" competitor's sales force, and induce widespread violations of non-compete contracts;
• bad faith and breach of contract claims involving life, accident, and disability policies;
• product liability claims involving automobile tires, forklifts and other construction equipment, propane tanks, gasoline nozzles, cranes, nails, human tissue transplants, electrical equipment;
• UCC breach of warranty claims involving a wide variety of goods;
• tobacco ESCROW and MSA litigation;
• trademark and Lanham Act claims involving a wide variety of marks and advertising;
• employee defection and employee loyalty claims;
• defending lender liability claims.

Mr. Stieglitz received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and the Order of Barristers. Prior to attending law school, he worked as a journalist for several South Carolina newspapers and operated his own statewide syndicated news service.

Mr. Stieglitz's undergraduate and graduate education was at the College of William & Mary and the University of South Carolina, where he obtained degrees in International Relations.

He is the author of "Unfair Competition - The Migrating Insurance Agent," published by the International Association of Defense Counsel in 1995; The Tort Law Desk Reference - South Carolina; and numerous articles and papers on topics such as trademark and patent damages, enforcement of arbitration agreements, personal jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments in foreign countries, business courts, effective mediation and other business-related subjects.  He is also a frequent speaker on business topics.

• South Carolina Super Lawyers 2009
• International Association of Defense Counsel - Former Chairman, Business Litigation Committee.
• International Association of Defense Counsel - Former Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee.
• LAWorld, an international legal network - Two-time Board of Directors Member. (LAWorld is affiliated with the Yangtzejian Legal Network, an association of Chinese law firms with representatives through China. Mr. Stieglitz participates in professional activities in China throughout this network, and coordinates Nexsen Pruet's initiatives directed to Chinese businesses.)

Monsanto Corporation; Marmon Holdings (Union Tank Car Company, Sterling Crane, Perfection Clutch); Progressive Insurance Company; Nationwide Insurance Company; AFLAC; General Casualty Insurance Company; CapitalBank; First Bank; County Bank; Community Tissue Services; Enprotech Processing Services; Nantong Huasheng Plastic Products, LLC; China Direct International; Tarkett, Inc.; Bil-Jax, Inc.; FN Manufacturing, Inc.; Lincoln National Life Insurance Company; Performance, Ag, LLC

• "Verdicts & Settlements Roundup: Big recoveries roll in despite sour economy but jurors tighter on simple auto-tort cases"
  Nexsen Pruet attorney Val Stieglitz offers insight about how the economy has affected the legal climate in an article in the January 25th edition of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly.
• Nexsen Pruet Earns Designation as 'Midlands Green Business'
  Nexsen Pruet has earned designation as a Midlands Green Business, joining other Columbia-area organizations that are committed to environmentally responsible practices in the workplace.
• Twenty-Five Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina’s Super Lawyers®
  Twenty-five Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named to the 2009 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®.
• 18 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• Nexsen Pruet Welcomes International Attorneys to South Carolina
  Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLC hosted a group of international attorneys at the 2003 LAWorld conference, held April 23-25 in Charleston, S.C.
• Nexsen Pruet Hosts International Legal Network
  Nexsen Pruet will host the annual LAWorld conference in Charleston, SC. This legal network covers more than 30 countries around the world.
• Stieglitz Named Chair of International IP Committee
  Val H. Stieglitz has been named Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel.

• International Law Update
  Appeals court says international contract requires litigation in England.
• The Carolinas Insurance Litigation Review
  This issue of the Carolinas Insurance Litigation Review includes:

  - "Challenging Policyholder Claims for Bad Faith and Punitive Damages" for North Carolina

  - "Combating Policyholder Bad Faith and Breach of the Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Claims" for South Carolina

• LightSwitch - Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
  This edition contains the following articles:
  - South Carolina and The Wind Energy Debate
  - Virtual Mediation
  - Damages in Patent Cases
  - Liability Risks for Corporate Networking Websites
  
• Business Courts - Coming to a State Near You
  Scott D. Marrs, Val H. Stieglitz, and James E. Rogers look at business courts which are gaining renewed vitality during the current economic crisis.
• LightSwitch - Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
  This edition contains articles related to:
  
  1. Trademark Protection in NC Under State Statutes
  2. Using a Trademark in Commerce
  3. Damages in Patent Cases, Part 2 of 3
  
• Fiduciary Duty Newsletter - April 2009
  The Nexsen Pruet Fiduciary Duty & Trade Secret Newsletter deals with topics of current interest in these two areas of the law that are critical to businesses and the people who manage, own, and direct businesses.
• LightSwitch - Intellectual Property Law Bulletin
  This edition contains articles related to:
  
  1) The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (a.k.a. PRO-IP Act)
  2) Damages in Patent Cases, Part 1 of 3
  3) Non-traditional Trademarks and Servicemarks
• Human Tissue Litigation: Where is the Injury?
  Val H. Stieglitz & Angelica M. Colwell co-authored an article published in International Association of Defense Counsel Committee Newsletter, No. 9 entitled Human Tissue Litigation: Where is the Injury? (March 2007).
• Litigating Arbitration Clauses: Watch the Wording
• Who Owns the Invention?
  Law firm websites and personal jurisdiction
• Defending Against Foreign Nationals Suing in U.S. Courts For Injuries in Foreign Countries
• Conducting Discovery and Enforcing Judgments Abroad
• Unfair Competition: The Migrating Insurance Agent
  Unfair Competition: The Migrating Insurance Agent