Practice Areas
Background
Stuart Mauney focuses his practice on the defense of serious personal injury and wrongful death cases. This includes assisting trucking companies with emergency response to accident scenes, and the subsequent litigation and trial of those matters. He also defends professional liability and malpractice cases, including nursing homes and other healthcare facilities. Stuart is the firm's Tort & Personal Injury/Property Damage team leader, managing a group of lawyers and staff who provide legal services to insurers, self-insured corporations and third-party risk managers, including complex litigation involving unique tort liability and risk management issues.
Stuart recently completed a 3 year term (2007-2009) as a member of the Board of Regents for the Leadership Development program of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. He has served in a leadership capacity with mental health organizations and is Chair of the SC Bar HELP Task Force, educating lawyers and judges about substance abuse and mental health issues in the legal profession. Stuart is active with his alma mater, Furman University, and is an avid supporter of Furman football and basketball.
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1987
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1988
Education
- J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1987
- B.A., Furman University, 1984
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Certification/Specialties
Notable Cases
- Brooks v. Northwood Little League, Inc., et al., 489 S.E.2d 647 (S.C. Ct. App. 1997)
- State Auto Prop. and Cas. Ins. Co. v. Raynolds, 592 S.E.2d 633 (S.C. 2004)
- Brooks v. Kay, 530 S.E.2d 120 (S.C. 2000)
- Campbell v. Beacon Mfg. Co., Inc., 438 S.E.2d 271 (S.C. Ct. App. 1993)
- American Mut. Fire Ins. Co. of Charleston, Inc. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 400 S.E.2d 147 (S.C. 1991)
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar (Chair, HELP Task Force; Member of House of Delegates; Lawyers Helping Lawyers Commission; and Former TIPS Section Council Member)
- Greenville County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (Co-Chair, ADR Committee)
- Defense Research Institute
- Former Member of Board of Directors, South Carolina Council for Dispute Resolution
- Former Member of Board of Directors, Upstate Mediation Network
- South Carolina Trucking Association
- Trucking Industry Defense Association
- South Carolina Captive Insurance Association
- Council on Litigation Management, State Chair
Community Service
- Chair of Board of Directors, Upstate Community Mediation Center
- Westminister Presbyterian Church
- Class Speaker, Leadership Greenville, Class 32
- Former Member, Board of Regents for Leadership Development, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce
- Former Member of Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Greenville County
Honors and Awards
- 2012 Best Lawyers in America, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
- American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Best Lawyers in America
- South Carolina Super Lawyer
- Certified Mediator
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