Thomas S. Tisdale

Thomas Tisdale practices in the litigation and appellate groups.

Mr. Tisdale serves companies and individuals. Among his clients are: The Belle W. Baruch Foundation, Kimberly Clark Corporation, South Carolina Aquarium, and The Beatty Companies.

Mr. Tisdale has been elected President of the South Carolina Historical Society.  The Society founded in 1855, is one of the preminent historical societies in America.  Its mission is to collect, preserve and publish the history of the State of South Carolina.  Mr. Tisdale succeeds Dr. Walter Edgar Who has served as President since 2005.

Mr. Tisdale has been elected to membership on the Board of Trustees of the Southern Education Foundation, a public charity whose mission is the advancement of equity and excellence in the education in the American South.

Prior to joining Nexsen Pruet, Mr. Tisdale was a founding partner of Young, Clement, Rivers and Tisdale in Charleston, SC. He served as assistant solicitor for the 9th Judicial Circuit and as a municipal court judge for the City of Charleston.

• Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers - Litigation
• Best Lawyers in America - Business Litigation and First Amendment Law
• South Carolina Historical Society, President
• Southern Education Foundation, Board
• South Carolina Bar - Former President, Former Circuit Vice President, Former Executive Committee Member, Former Board of Governors Member, Former Secretary, Former Treasurer
• Charleston Lawyers Club - Former President
• Supreme Court Commission on Grievances and Discipline - Former Member
• Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency - Former Member
• South Carolina Law Institute - Former Member
• CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution - Former Member
• University of the South - Board of Regents, Former Member
• Voorhees College - Board of Trustees, Former Member
• Porter-Gaud School - Former Chairman of the Board
• South Carolina Aquarium - Former Board Member
• Spoleto Festival USA - Former Board Member
• Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina - Chancellor (1975-1985)

• 18 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• Tom Tisdale Elected President of the South Carolina Historical Society
  Thomas S. Tisdale, a Partner in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office, has been elected president of the South Carolina Historical Society, one of the pre-eminent historical societies in America.
• Tom Tisdale Elected to Southern Education Foundation Board
  Thomas Tisdale, a Nexsen Pruet Partner, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Southern Education Foundation, an organization focusing on fairness and excellence in education in the South.