Practice Areas
Background
Jim Dedman recently joined GWB, having moved to Greenville in late 2006 from Beaumont, Texas, where he had practiced for a number of years. After obtaining a degree in film from the University of Texas at Austin, he graduated from Baylor University School of Law, where he authored "At Daggers Drawn: The Confederate Flag and the Public School Classroom-A Case Study of a Broken First Amendment Formula" in the Baylor Law Review. He is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and serves on the boards of the South Carolina Arts Foundation and the Greenville Lions Club. In 2009, he chaired the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Social Medica Task Force, which prepared a report to the Board of Governors recommending social media options for the bar.
Education
- J.D., Baylor University School of Law, 2002
- B.S., The University of Texas, 1998
Articles and Publications
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Support Staff
Bar Admissions
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Texas, 2002
- South Carolina, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2003
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern,Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, 2003
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2007
- North Carolina, 2008
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Eastern District of Texas Bar Association
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Board of Directors, South Carolina Arts Foundation
- Board of Governors, South Carolina Patients Compensation Fund
- Board of Directors, Greenville Lions Club
Honors and Awards
- Former Briefing Attorney, The Hon. Eva M. Guzman, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Houston, Texas
Notable Cases
- In re Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Tex., 172 S.W.3d 136 (Tex. Ct. App. 2005)
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