Lawrence Melton

Lawrence C. Melton practices primarily in the construction law group. Mr. Melton is also teaching a class in Construction Law and Litigation at the University of South Carolina Law School.

Since 1977 Mr. Melton has been involved in general civil litigation with an emphasis on construction and defense procurement.

Mr. Melton's litigation experience has exposed him to a wide variety of projects and technical fields, including, tunnels, dams, sewerage treatment plants, satellites, cruise missiles, geotechnical engineering, aerospace safety and HVAC design and installation. Mr. Melton has also served as Ombudsman for the Army and the Air Force.

Mr. Melton came to Nexsen Pruet from Washington, DC, where he practiced for 20 years. He has presented seminars to the United States Department of Transportation and the SBA. He has also lectured on Insurance Law, Recovery against Design Professionals and conducted an Advanced Claims Seminar.

He attended Washington and Lee University School of Law where he was a Note and Comment Editor for the law review.

Mr. Melton is the author of South Carolina Construction Law, a 650-page book available from HLK Global Communications in Vienna, Virginia, in addition to numerous articles and chapters in other books. 

• University of South Carolina - Adjunct Professor of Law, Construction Law and Litigation
• Former law clerk to Chief Justice Lawrence W. I'Anson of the Virginia Supreme Court
• American Bar Association - Litigation and Public Contract Sections
• Ombudsman for the Army and the Air Force
• Co-Chair, ABA Forum in the Construction Industry - Committee on Professional Education

• New Attorneys in Three South Carolina Offices
  Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLC grows across South Carolina.

• Construction Law Alert - Spring 2009
  This alert addresses new developments by engineers, and other design professionals, to limit their liability for negligence. This is a topic that concerns everyone who provides or uses design services. It is also a topic on which the states cannot agree. Our purpose is not to publish the definitive word on anything, but, rather to open a discussion.
• Beyond His Power to Build It: Who Is to Blame for the Overbudget Project?
• Common Sense About Home Office Overhead - Part I
• Common Sense About Home Office Overhead - Part II
• Pass Through Claims and the Severin Doctrine

• Nexsen Pruet 2008 Construction Industry Shoot