 Practices
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Stephen P. Groves, Sr. practices in the Litigation and Insurance Groups.
Mr. Groves practice includes Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice and International Law.
Mr. Groves has served on the editorial board of the South Carolina Lawyer and as a contributor to South Carolina Jurisprudence. In addition, Mr. Groves has served as a contributor or contributing editor to a number of publications. Among them, South Carolina Civil Procedure and The Law of Domestic Relations in South Carolina, the ABA TIPS' Property Insurance Law Committee's Annotations to the Standard Fire and Homeowners Insurance Policy and Property Insurance Issues in Catastrophe losses.
Additionally, Mr. Groves serves as an editor of the CGL Reporter, a chapter contributor to Misrepresentation in Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Process: A National Survey, a chapter contributor to Superseding and Staying Judgments: A National Compendium, and an editor of the ABA TIPS’ Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s CGL Handbook.
Mr. Groves came to Nexsen Pruet from Young Clement Rivers & Tisdale, LLP where he was a Partner and one of the firm's litigation attorneys.
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Builders Mutual Ins. Co. v. R Design Const. Co., LLC, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (D.S.C. 2010) (2010 WL 2079741)
Jessco, Inc. v. Builders Mutual Insurance Company, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (D.S.C. 2010) (2010 WL 419920, filed 29 January 2010);
Builders Mutual Insurance Company v. Kalman Construction Corporation, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (D.S.C. 2009) (2009 WL 4807003, filed 8 December 2010);
Too Tacky Partnership v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 386 S.C. 32, 686 S.E.2d 194 (Ct.App. 2009);
Jessco, Inc. v. Builders Mutual Insurance Company, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ (D.S.C. 2009) (2009 WL 3065210, filed 22 September 2009);
Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Newman, 385 S.C. 187, 684 S.E.2d 541 (2009);
AJG Holdings, LLC v. Dunn, 382 S.C. 43, 674 S.E.2d 505 (Ct.App. 2009);
Beachfront Entertainment, Inc. v. Town of Sullivan’s Island, 379 S.C. 602, 666 S.E.2d 912 (2008); and
Charleston Trident Home Builders, Inc. v. Town Council of Town of Summerville, 369 S.C. 498, 632 S.E.2d 864 (2006)
Schramm, Inc. v. Shipco Transport, Inc., 364 F.3d 560 (4th Cir. 2004)
Robertson v. First Union Nat. Bank, 357 S.C. 191, 592 S.E.2d 625 (2004)
Colleton Preparatory Academy, Inc. v. Beazer East, Inc., 223 F.R.D. 401 (D.S.C. 2004)
Charleston Dry Cleaners & Laundry, Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., 355 S.C. 614, 586 S.E.2d 586 (2003)
Huggins v. Citibank, N.A., 355 S.C. 329, 585 S.E.2d 275 (2003)
Dawkins v. Fields, 354 S.C. 58, 580 S.E.2d 433 (2003)
Sabb v. South Carolina State University, 350 S.C. 416, 567 S.E.2d 231 (2002)
Ness v. Eckerd Corp., 350 S.C. 399, 566 S.E.2d 193 (Ct.App. 2002)
State v. Henderson, 347 S.C. 455, 556 S.E.2d 691 (Ct.App. 2001)
Jackson v. Doe, 342 S.C. 552, 537 S.E.2d 567 (Ct.App. 2000)
Welch v. Epstein, 342 S.C. 279, 536 S.E.2d 408 (Ct.App. 2000)
I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant, 338 S.C. 406, 526 S.E.2d 716 (2000)
Coward Hund Const. Co., Inc. v. Ball Corp., 336 S.C. 1, 518 S.E.2d 56 (Ct.App. 1999)
Ex parte First Charleston Corp., 329 S.C. 31, 495 S.E.2d 423 (1998)
Peoples Program for Endangered Species v. Sexton, 323 S.C. 526, 476 S.E.2d 477 (1996)
Henggeler v. Hanson, 333 S.C. 598, 510 S.E.2d 722 (Ct.App. 1998)
 News
- Fifty-nine Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®; Five Practice Areas Listed Among Top in the Carolinas
Nexsen Pruet is proud to announce that 59 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®.
- Fifty-eight Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®
Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
- 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.
- Nexsen Pruet Relocates Charleston Office To Victoria Center
Nexsen Pruet, LLC has relocated its Charleston office to Victoria Center, a 72,000-square-foot Class-A building located in the heart of downtown.
- Experienced Attorneys Join Nexsen Pruet
Nexsen Pruet has expanded its Litigation Team for the second time this year, as attorneys H. Michael Bowers and Stephen P. Groves, Sr., have joined the firm's Charleston, S.C., office.
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 Education
- College of Charleston, B.A., 1979
- University of South Carolina, J.D., 1986
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- South Carolina
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits
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- American Judicature Society
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Christian Legal Society
- Council of Appellate Lawyers
- International Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar
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