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James L. Ward Jr.

James L. Ward Jr.

Work in McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Intellectual Property, Class Actions, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Commercial Law
1539 Health Care Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29732

    About James L. Ward Jr.

    Practice Areas
    • Intellectual Property
    • Class Actions
    • Personal Injury
    • Product Liability
    • Commercial Law
    Education
    • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1997
      J.D.
      • Honors: <i>cum laude</i>
      • Honors: Order of the Coif
      • Honors: Order of Wig and Robe
      • Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, Editorial Staff Member and Keeper of the Wit
    • The Citadel, 1994
      B.A.
      • Major: Political Science
      • Honors: <i>magna cum laude</i>
    Representative Cases
    • Class Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Lightsey v. South Carolina Electric & Gas, Case No. 2017-CP-25-335 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Santee Cooper Liability Counsel, Cook v. South Carolina Public Service Authority, Case No. 2019-CP-23-06675 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Snee Farm Lakes Homeowner’s Association, Inc. v. The Commissioner of Public Works of the Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Case No. 2018-CP-10-2764 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Green v. Carolina Truck Driving School, LLC, Case No. 2019-CP-20-302 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, In re: Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System Products Liability Litigation (No. II), MDL Docket No. 2816 (M.D. Pa.).
    • Co-Lead Counsel, In re Airline Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, C.A. No. 1:09-md-2089-TCB (N.D. Ga.).
    • Co-Lead Counsel, In re McKesson Governmental Entities Average Wholesale Price Litigation, C.A. No. 1:08-CV-11349-PBS (D. Mass.).
    • Class Counsel, Lewis v. Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization, Case Nos. 05-CVS-188 and 05-CVS-1938 (N.C. Sup. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Ferrell v. Horry Electric Cooperative, Case No. 2011-CP-26-1266 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation, MDL No. 1674 (W.D. Pa.).
    • Class Counsel, The Church of Christ at Azalea Drive v. Forest River, Inc., Case No. 2:11-cv-03371-PMD (D.S.C.).
    • Class Counsel, Schreiner v. Patriarch Partners, LLC, Case No. 02:14-CV-220-RMG (D.S.C).
    • Class Counsel, Worley Investments, LLC v. Berkeley County, South Carolina, Case No. 2015-CP-08-1153 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Waxler Transp. Co. v. Trinity Marine Prods., Inc., Case No. 49-741 (La. Dist. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 2015-1814 (Miss. Chancery Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Cardinal Health, Inc., Case No. 18-692 (Miss. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Ohio in State of Ohio v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 17CI000261 (Ohio Common Pleas Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 60CV-18-2018 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Cardinal Health, Inc., Case No. 60CV-19-2795 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Walgreen Co., Case No. 60CV-21-1792 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Louisiana in State of Louisiana v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 661638 (La. Dist. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Ohio in Ohio Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. v. McKesson Corp., No. CV-13-2000 (N.D. Cal.).
    • Counsel for the State of Utah in State of Utah v. McKesson Corp., No. CV-10-4743 (N.D. Cal.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. McKesson Corp., Case 251-10-862-CIV (Miss. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Abbott Labs., Inc., MDL No. 1456 (D. Mass.).
    • Counsel for the State of Oklahoma in State of Oklahoma v. Abbott Labs., Case No. CJ-2010-474 (Okla. Dist. Ct.).
    • Law Committee Co-Chair and Discovery Committee Member, In re Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1785 (D.S.C.).
    • Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel, In re Air Crash at Charlotte International Airport, MDL No. 1558 (W.D.N.C.).
    • Class Counsel and Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, Lightsey v. South Carolina Electric & Gas, Case No. 2017-CP-25-335 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Santee Cooper Liability Counsel, Cook v. South Carolina Public Service Authority, Case No. 2019-CP-23-06675 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Snee Farm Lakes Homeowner’s Association, Inc. v. The Commissioner of Public Works of the Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, Case No. 2018-CP-10-2764 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Green v. Carolina Truck Driving School, LLC, Case No. 2019-CP-20-302 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, In re: Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler System Products Liability Litigation (No. II), MDL Docket No. 2816 (M.D. Pa.).
    • Co-Lead Counsel, In re Airline Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, C.A. No. 1:09-md-2089-TCB (N.D. Ga.).
    • Co-Lead Counsel, In re McKesson Governmental Entities Average Wholesale Price Litigation, C.A. No. 1:08-CV-11349-PBS (D. Mass.).
    • Class Counsel, Lewis v. Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization, Case Nos. 05-CVS-188 and 05-CVS-1938 (N.C. Sup. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Ferrell v. Horry Electric Cooperative, Case No. 2011-CP-26-1266 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia Mortgage Lending Practices Litigation, MDL No. 1674 (W.D. Pa.).
    • Class Counsel, The Church of Christ at Azalea Drive v. Forest River, Inc., Case No. 2:11-cv-03371-PMD (D.S.C.).
    • Class Counsel, Schreiner v. Patriarch Partners, LLC, Case No. 02:14-CV-220-RMG (D.S.C).
    • Class Counsel, Worley Investments, LLC v. Berkeley County, South Carolina, Case No. 2015-CP-08-1153 (S.C. Cir. Ct.).
    • Class Counsel, Waxler Transp. Co. v. Trinity Marine Prods., Inc., Case No. 49-741 (La. Dist. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 2015-1814 (Miss. Chancery Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Cardinal Health, Inc., Case No. 18-692 (Miss. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Ohio in State of Ohio v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 17CI000261 (Ohio Common Pleas Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 60CV-18-2018 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Cardinal Health, Inc., Case No. 60CV-19-2795 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Arkansas in State of Arkansas v. Walgreen Co., Case No. 60CV-21-1792 (Ark. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Louisiana in State of Louisiana v. Purdue Pharma L.P., Case No. 661638 (La. Dist. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Ohio in Ohio Pub. Employees Ret. Sys. v. McKesson Corp., No. CV-13-2000 (N.D. Cal.).
    • Counsel for the State of Utah in State of Utah v. McKesson Corp., No. CV-10-4743 (N.D. Cal.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. McKesson Corp., Case 251-10-862-CIV (Miss. Cir. Ct.).
    • Counsel for the State of Mississippi in State of Mississippi v. Abbott Labs., Inc., MDL No. 1456 (D. Mass.).
    • Counsel for the State of Oklahoma in State of Oklahoma v. Abbott Labs., Case No. CJ-2010-474 (Okla. Dist. Ct.).
    • Law Committee Co-Chair and Discovery Committee Member, In re Bausch & Lomb Contact Lens Solution Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1785 (D.S.C.).
    • Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel, In re Air Crash at Charlotte International Airport, MDL No. 1558 (W.D.N.C.).

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • South Carolina, 1997
    • North Carolina, 1997
    • U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1997
    • U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1997
    • U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2001
    • U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2002
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
    Other Affiliations
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2019 - 2020 (President)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2018 - 2019 (President Elect)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2017 - 2018 (Vice President)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2016 - 2017 (Secretary/Treasurer)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2010 - 2012 (Executive Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2014 - 2021 (Executive Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2010 - 2021 (Board of Governors)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2012 - 2014 (Chairman Public Education and Communications Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2009 - 2021 (Legislative Policy Steering Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2011 - 2012 (Nominating Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2014 - 2015 (Nominating Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2018 - 2021 (Nominating Committee)
    • South Carolina Association for Justice, 2009 - 2011 (Chairman Torts and Negligence Section)
    • South Carolina Bar, 2014 - Present (House of Delegates)
    • South Carolina Bar, 2011 - 2012 (Chairman Tort and Insurance Practice Section Council)
    • South Carolina Bar (Judicial Qualifications Committee (former member))
    • Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit (Permanent Member)
    • American Association for Justice (National Finance Council (former member))
    • North Carolina Bar Association
    • James L. Petigru Inn of Court, 2015 - 2017 (President)
    • James L. Petigru Inn of Court, 2014 - 2015 (President Elect)
    • James L. Petigru Inn of Court, 2013 - 2019 (Executive Committee)
    • James L. Petigru Inn of Court, 2013 - 2014 (Membership Chairman)
    Past Positions
    • Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC Mt., Pleasant, South Carolina, Member, 2008 - 2016
    • Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC Mt., Pleasant, South Carolina, Managing Attorney, 2004 - 2016
    • Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC Mt., Pleasant, South Carolina, Litigation Associate, 2002 - 2007
    • Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (f/k/a Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, LLP), Charlotte, North Carolina, Litigation Associate, 2000 - 2002
    • Sinkler & Boyd, PA (n/k/a Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA), Columbia, South Carolina, Litigation Associate, 1997 - 2000

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    James L. Ward Jr.
    Phone:
    (855) 434-2209
    Website:
    https://www.mcgowanhood.com/
    Address:
    1539 Health Care Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29732
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