Manton Grier, Jr.

Manton M. Grier, Jr. practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on appellate practice.  He also practices in the area of electric-utility law, focusing on cooperative organizations.  He is licensed to practice in the state courts of South Carolina, the District Court of South Carolina, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Manton received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.  While in law school, he was a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe and an editor for the South Carolina Law Review. 

He has published articles in the South Carolina Law Review and the Journal of Internet Law. 

In his spare time, Manton enjoys spending time with his wife and young daughter and pulling for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.

View my appellate litigation blog:

• Williams v. South Carolina Dept. of Corrections, 372 S.C. 255, 641 S.E.2d 885 (2007).
• City of Camden v. Fairfield Elec. Co-op, Inc., 372 S.C. 543, 643 S.E.2d 687 (2007). 
• Sloan v. South Carolina Bd. of Physical Therapy Examiners, 370 S.C. 452, 636 S.E.2d 598 (2006).
• Southern Glass & Plastics Co. v. Duke, 367 S.C. 421, 626 S.E.2d 19 (Ct. App. 2005).
• Carolina Trucks & Equipment, Inc. v. Volvo Trucks of North America, Inc., 492 F.3d 484 (4^th Cir. 2007). 

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• On the Docket Blog
  Mission Statement: Each day there are developments in appellate courts that could affect business in the Carolinas and beyond.
• Solutions-Based Procurement: A Change in Protests of Awards
  Beginning around 2004, the South Carolina Information Technology Management Office (“ITMO”) began looking at a “solutions-based” procurement model. ITMO believed that many government agencies over-specified their requests for technology solutions. The end result could be denying the agencies the benefit of contractors’ flexibility and expertise in designing the best and least expensive solutions. In other words, the specifications might be stifling the offerors’ creative ability to propose solutions.
• Fiduciary Duty Newsletter - April 2009
  The Nexsen Pruet Fiduciary Duty & Trade Secret Newsletter deals with topics of current interest in these two areas of the law that are critical to businesses and the people who manage, own, and direct businesses.