Steve Groves

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.

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.

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)

• 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.
  

• Equitable Subrogation Principals: The "Made Whole" and "Full Compensation" Rules
  Stephen P Groves of the firm's Charleston office authored this article on insurance subrogation for the Spring 2006 issue of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Newsletter.
• So You've Just Suffered A *!$%=&+^ Catastrophe: Does Your Insurance Cover Anything?
  Stephen P. Groves of the firm's Charleston office presented this information at a National Business Institute Continuing Legal Education Seminar entitled "Insurance Coverage Trends." It deals with insurance issues for your homes, automobiles, personal property, and businesses.
• Supersedeas And Stays Of Judgment: South Carolina
  In this chapter for "Stay Of Judgments: A National Survey," a book due out in 2006 from the American Bar Association's Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Appellate Advocacy Committee, Stephen P. Groves of the firm's Charleston office writes on exceptions to the "automatic stay" provisions in South Carolina.
• Recent Developments in Appellate Advocacy
• Important 2002 Revisions to the "Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure"
  On December 1, 2002, several important amendments to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure will become effective. These rule changes "shall govern in all proceedings thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable, all proceedings then pending."