H. Mills Gallivan

Practice Areas

• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Negotiation Strategy
• Workers' Compensation

Background

Senior Shareholder and Greenville native Mills Gallivan is known for being determined, thorough, and well-prepared. These qualities have served him-and his clients well-in his 30 year litigation, mediation, and arbitration career.

They have also motivated him to take active leadership roles in professional and community organizations; his long list of service includes: President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, Chairman of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the South Carolina Bar Association, Senior Director of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, President for the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, President of the Mardi Gras Charity Ball of Greenville, Commissioner for City of Greenville Planning Commission, and 28 years of service in the Rotary Club of Greenville.

Mills is perennially featured as one of the Best Lawyers in America and is a lifetime member of the National Registry of Who's Who. Mills has previously served as the firms' Managing Shareholder 1993-1996 and 2003-2007.

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1976
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989

Education

• J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, 1976
• B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1973

Honors and Awards

• 2013 Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year - Workers' Compensation Law - Employers Greenville
  
• 2013 Best Lawyers in America, Arbitration, Mediation, Workers' Compensation - Employers
  
• Recipient of Robert Hemphill Award, 2010
  
• Best Lawyers in America - 12 consecutive years
• Lifetime Member of the National Registry of Who's Who
• DRI Exceptional Performance Citation 2002

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Current News

• October 12, 2012 - Gallivan Reappointed to SC Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee
• September 26, 2012 - Boyd & Gallivan Named Laywers of the Year
• September 17, 2012 - 21 GWB Attorneys Named Best Lawyers
• August 27, 2012 - GWB Attorneys Recognized As "Legal Elite"
• August 8, 2012 - Mills Gallivan Elected to FDCC Board of Directors
• July 24, 2012 - Mills Gallivan Elected NFJE President  
• April 5, 2012 - Gallivan, White & Boyd P.A. Attorneys Named To Super Lawyers 2012

Support Staff

• Sandy Borden  - Secretary

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Arbitrator
• Certified Mediator

Articles and Publications

• All-In Mediation by H. Mills Gallivan - In-House, Defense Quarterly, Winter 2010

Notable Cases

• Transp. Ins. Co. v. S.C. Second Injury Fund, 456 S.E.2d 369 (S.C. 1995)
• Ferguson v. R. F. Moore Constr., 381 S.E.2d 496 (S.C. Ct. App 1989)

Professional Associations & Memberships

• American Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar, Dispute Resolution Council
  
• Greenville County Bar Association
• National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, President
  
• Past President, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
• Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, Vice Chair of Meeting Sites Cmte, Vice Chair Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chair Associate Retention Project, Vice Chair Law Firm Management Conference, Marketing Chair for FDCC Leadership Institute, Vice President 2007-present, Senior Director 2012
• Defense Research Institute
• Lawyers for Civil Justice
• South Carolina Captive Insurance Association
• South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association
• South Carolina Self-Insureds' Association
• Symposium Program Chair, National Foundation for Judicial Excellence 2007

Community Service

• Rotary Club of Greenville: President & Chairman of Rotary Charities, Inc.
• City of Greenville Planning Commission, Vice Chair 2008