J. David Black

David Black is an attorney in the firm's Columbia, SC office, practicing in the areas of complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, software litigation, intellectual property, and procurement.

David also practices in the area of electric-utility law including electric-service rights, eminent domain, territorial assignment disputes, and all aspects of litigation, regulation and counseling, with an emphasis on cooperative organizations. David represents clients before the Public Service Commission as a regular part of his practice.

While in law school at the University of South Carolina, he received the Justice Ness Academic Honors Scholarship. Mr. Black was also a member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity and the Student Bar Association.

Prior to joining Nexsen Pruet, Mr. Black served as law clerk to the Honorable Kenneth G. Goode of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.

• Member, South Carolina Bar Resolution of Fee Dispute Board
• Member, South Carolina Public Service Commission Advisory Committee

Electric Cooperative Annexation Litigation
8/2007	David Black and a Nexsen Pruet team represented a South Carolina electric cooperative in a federal lawsuit concerning annexation, territorial service rights, and a $16 million dollar infrastructure investment.  Through mediation, he assisted the client in negotiating a favorable settlement that will preserve the electric cooperative's post annexation territorial service rights.
Recording Industry Association of America ("RIAA")
1/2006	Mr. Black currently assists in the representation of the RIAA in over sixty federal actions filed throughout South Carolina involving copyright infringement and illegal peer-to-peer file sharing.
South Carolina Pharmacy Benefit Manager Contract
9/2005	Marc Manos, David Black and a Nexsen Pruet team convinced the Procurement Review Panel to reverse a Chief Procurement Officer order, awarding the firm's health care industry client a multi-million dollar state contract for pharmacy benefit management.
8/2004	Mr. Black participated in a marathon 17-hour procurement protest hearing involving the award of the State Employee Pharmacy Benefit Manager Contract. A later settlement resulted in the contract being awarded to Nexsen Pruet's client.
Intellectual Property Litigation
12/2003	David Black and a team of Nexsen Pruet attorneys represented a United Kingdom software developer in a copyright action involving point of sale computer source code. Without the aid of a mediator, they assisted the client in negotiating a favorable settlement ending years of litigation.

In Re: Protest of Express Scripts, Inc.; Appeal of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., South Carolina Procurement Decisions, SCPD Case No. 2005-8 (October 6, 2005).

In Re: Protest of Palmetto Unilect, LLC; Diebold Election Systems; iPServices, LLC; Maximus, Inc.; and Election Systems & Software, Inc. Appeal of Palmetto Unilect; Diebold Election Systems; and Election Systems & Software, Inc., South Carolina Procurement Decisions, 2004 WL 2516305, SCPD Case No. 2004-6 (July 1, 2004).

SCE&G v Palmetto Electric Cooperative, Inc., South Carolina Public Service Commission Decisions, Case No. 2002-0192-E (October 23, 2003).

Carolina Trucks and Equipment, Inc., v. Volvo Trucks, N.A., 2003 WL 23873007 (4th Cir. Jan 21, 2003)(No. 02-2410).

SCE&G vs. Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc., South Carolina Public Service Commission Decisions, Case No. 2000-0242-E (April 23, 2002).

• Rising Star - New Partner Relishes Role with Co-ops
  The State Newspaper's Columbia Business Journal highlighted Nexsen Pruet Member, David Black, as a "rising star." This article focuses on his life and his career.
• Nexsen Pruet Elects Nine New Members
  Nexsen Pruet announced that J. David Black, Amy Harmon Geddes, Stephen P. Groves, Sr., Gregory T. Higgins, Joseph M. Kahn, Christopher A. Ogiba, Brian T. Price, J. Frederick Reames, III, and Jeffrey S. Tibbals have been elected Members (partners) of the firm.

• Procurement Law Update - January 2007
  Procurement Laws Revamped: Changes impact how businesses do work with state and contract dispute process.
• Intellectual Property Update - June 2005
• A Primer on South Carolina Tort Reform
  A look at the history and meaning of tort reform in South Carolina.