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Benjamin McCoy, Mediator, Columbia, South Carolina.

Benjamin McCoy

Howser, Newman, & Besley
1508 Washington Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 758-6000
Website: www.hnblaw.com
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Recognized to South Carolina Chapter for Mediation Other ADR Services: Early Neutral Evaluation
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  • Practice Commenced2003
  • # of MEDS (as of 21/11/24)1000
  • # of ARBS (as of 21/11/24)5
Current Practice
Online / In-Person

Biographical

A significant part of Ben’s practice includes his service to other attorneys, litigants, and insurance carriers as a certified mediator and arbitrator. Ben is certified as a mediator in both the Circuit Court and Family Court. Recognizing the demands of your work, family, and time constraints during the week, Ben makes his mediation services available to you on the weekends as well.

Ben’s litigation and trial practice includes insurance defense litigation and coverage, business contracts and litigation, school districts and education, products liability, automobile liability, premises liability, personal and bodily injury litigation and municipality and county defense.


Case Experience

  • Appellate
  • Automotive
  • Banking & Finance
  • Business Dissolution
  • Civil Rights
  • Commercial/Business
  • Community Associations
  • Condominiums
  • Construction
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Debt Collections
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • EEOC
  • Elder Abuse
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Environmental
  • Family Businesses
  • Franchise
  • Health Care
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Land Use/Planning
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Lemon Law
  • Libel & Slander
  • Local Govt./Municipalities
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Nursing Homes
  • Partnerships
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Police
  • Postal
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Fees
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Public Policy
  • Railroad & Trucking
  • Real Estate
  • Religious Institutions
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Torts
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • Admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1992.
  • Undergraduate of the University of South Carolina (B.A. cum laude, 1989)
  • University of South Carolina law degree (J.D., 1992).
  • Certified as a mediator in both the Circuit Court and Family Court.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member of the South Carolina Bar
  • Member of the Richland County Bar Association

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