Waring

Brad “understands the legal community” and “gets good results.” - Client comment to Chambers USA.  A seasoned trial lawyer with over 40 years of experience and over 50 trials to verdict, Brad is a member of Butler Snow’s Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation group.

• Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation
• Transportation & Trucking Rapid Response
• Trucking Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Catastrophic Events & Major Claims
• Insurance
• Business Torts & Unfair Competition
• Financial Services Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Products, Catastrophic & Industrial Litigation
• Admiralty & Maritime
• Aviation

• Brad’s legal practice is concentrated in the civil arena at the state and federal levels where he represents a variety of clients in complex litigation matters. He is also frequently asked by his peers to serve as mediator or arbitrator in civil matters of various types. 

• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Litigation: General Commercial (South Carolina), 2017-2024
• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV® -Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• South Carolina Super Lawyers®
  • Business Litigation, Transportation/Maritime, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury-Products, 2008-2024
  • Top 10: Charleston Super Lawyers, 2019-2020, 2022-2023
  • Top 25: South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2021-2023
• Best Lawyers in America®
  • Lawyer of the Year, Bet-the-Company Litigation (Charleston), 2024
  • Commercial Litigation, 2006-2025
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2016-2025
• Certified Federal Court Mediator, United States District Court for South Carolina
• South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2024
• South Carolina Supreme Court, Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2019, 2021
• Charleston Business Magazine, Legal Elite of the Low Country – International; Maritime, 2018
• South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Leadership in Law Award, 2010 and 2015
• University of South Carolina School of Law, Compleat Lawyer Award, Gold Category, 2005
• National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
• Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

• South Carolina, 1978
• U.S. District Courts
• South Carolina: District of South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• 4th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1977
  • Moot Court Board
  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Law Clerk on staff of Governor James B. Edwards
• University of South Carolina, B.A., 1975

• South Carolina Bar
  • President, 2006-2007
• Honorary Consul, Kingdom of Denmark for North and South Carolina, 2007-Present
  • Knight 1st Class of the Order of Dannebrog bestowed by Queen Margrethe II, 2023
  • Knight of the Order of the Dannenbrog bestowed by Queen Margrethe II, 2016
• South Carolina Judicial Council
  • Appointed by former South Carolina Chief Justice Toal, 2010-Present
• Chief Justice’s Commission on The Profession
  • Appointed by former South Carolina Chief Justice Toal
  • Re-Appointed by Chief Justice Beatty, 2005-Present
• American Bar Association
  • State Bar Delegate for South Carolina, 2009-2014
• University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Council
  • Board Member, 2018-Present
• American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Associate, Lowcountry Chapter, 2005-Present
• American Law Firm Association “ALFA International”
  • Board Chair, 1995-1997
• Town of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina
  • Corporate Counsel, 1979-1981
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
• ABA National Conference of Bar Presidents
• Southern Conference of Bar Presidents
  • President, 2005-2006
• Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
  • Permanent Member
• Charleston County Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
• South Carolina Bar Foundation
  • Legacy Donor
  • South Carolina Supreme Court Historical Society
    • Board Member
• Southeast Admiralty Law Institute (SEALI)
• Litigation Counsel of America
  • Trial Law Institute
  • Diversity Law Institute

• Panelist, "Protecting Your Company From Insurance Landmines," ACC Annual Meeting, September 16, 2022.
• Speaker, “Agents E & O Liability,” Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Greater Charleston, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., April 19, 2017.
• Speaker, “Avoiding Bad Faith Claims,” Selective Insurance Company, 2017 Property Summit, Richmond, Va., May 4, 2017.
• Speaker, “Putting the “Alternative” Back Into ADR: Creative Techniques for Mediation, Arbitration and Expedited Trials That Work,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, ADR Section, Winter Meeting, San Diego, Calif., March 1, 2016.
• Panelist, “Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation & Negotiation,” University of South Carolina School of Law, 1L Class on Introduction to the Legal Profession, Columbia, S.C., September 23, 2014, September 22, 2015, September 20, 2016.
• Speaker, “Fast Break on Fast Track Jury Trials - How It Works,” (with Chief Justice Jean H. Toal), Greenville County Bar, Greenville, S.C., October 30, 2013.
• Speaker, “Defending Bad Faith Insurance Claims,” QBE First Insurance, Atlanta, Ga., December 3-4, 2012.
• Faculty Member, “Lawyer Mentoring Training Orientation Workshop,” Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession, Columbia, S.C., January 26, 2012.
• Speaker, “Tales From The Front: Funding Our Courts,” National Conference of Bar Presidents, ABA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 5, 2011.
• Speaker, “Professionalism for New Lawyers,” Charleston School of Law, Lawyering Series, Charleston, S.C., January 26, 2011.
• Speaker, “Closing Arguments,” South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association Trial Academy, Charleston, S.C., June 3, 2010.
• Participant, “Closing Argument,” Helga Schmidt vs. ABC Motel. Inc., American Board of Trial Advocates, Masters in Trial, Charleston, S.C., May 6, 2010.
• Speaker, “Defending Bad Faith Insurance Claims,” Zurich North America Charlotte Claims Department, Charlotte, N.C., April 23, 2008.
• Speaker, “Defending Bad Faith Insurance Claims,” American Board of Trial Advocates, Charleston, S.C., December 14, 2007.
• Co-Author, “Rule 608 Civil Court Appointments, Does Unfunded Mean Unconstitutional?,” South Carolina Lawyer, p.40, March 2007.
• Keynote Speaker, “The Importance of the Rule of Law in These Perilous Times,” South Carolina Upstate Paralegal Association, Greenville, S.C., November 3, 2006.
• Speaker, “Corporate Alzheimers: Dealing With the Loss of Institutional Knowledge and Missing Witnesses,” Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Commercial Litigation Section, Annual Meeting, Bermuda, July 28, 2006.
• Keynote Speaker, “Good Faith Claims Handling - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” South Carolina Insurance Fraud Investigators Third Annual Fall Fraud Training Seminar, Mt. Pleasant, S.C., November 29, 2001.
• Speaker, “Construction Defects and Failures: Fire Retardant Treated (FRT) Wood - A Brief Study,” Joint NC/SC Construction Law Sections, Annual Meeting, Asheville, N.C., September 28, 2001.
• Participant, “Mock Hearing,” 2001 National FEMA Flood Conference, Minneapolis, Minn., May 24, 2001.
• Speaker, “Errors and Omissions - A Discussion of Exposures to Companies and Their Agents and Exposure Reducing Strategies,” 1999 National FEMA Flood Conference, Denver, Colo., May 19, 1999.
• Speaker/Instructor, “Catastrophe Review: Handling the Catastrophic Claim,” Property v Loss Research Bureau and Liability Insurance Research Bureau, New York, N.Y., March 21 and 23, 1994.

• St. James Goose Creek Historic Church
  • Senior Warden, 2008-Present
• Carolina Yacht Club
  • Commodore, 1994-1995
• Historic Charleston Foundation
  • President, 2008-2009
• Pilotage Commission for the Port of Charleston
  • Chair (Gubernatorial Appointment), 1993-1994
• Charleston Day School Board of Trustees
  • Chair, 2000-2002
• Friends of the Historic Charleston Courthouse
  • Campaign Cabinet, 1994-2012