Press Release

Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce that Gray T. Culbreath has joined the firm as a Shareholder in the firm's Columbia office, which opened in the Capitol Center in June 2011.  Culbreath has 23 years of broad-based litigation experience and currently serves as President of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (SCDTAA).   He joins the firm's Complex Litigation and Business and Commercial practice groups.

Culbreath is currently recognized as a South Carolina Super Lawyer for Product Liability and Personal Injury Defense Litigation, and is listed as one of the Best Lawyers of America for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Litigation, and Product Liability - Litigation.

Culbreath is active in both national and state organizations supporting the legal profession.  In addition to leading the SCDTAA, he is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, Lawyers for Civil Justice, Litigation Counsel of America, Defense Research Institute, and American Board of Trial Advocates. He has also served as chair of the Products Liability Committee and Judiciary Committee for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. As a result of his contributions to the legal profession, he has been the recipient of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award, as well as the Gold Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Culbreath will join partners John T. Lay, Johnston Cox, John Hudson, and Shelley Montague in leading GWB's newest office.  

Gallivan White & Boyd PA has offices in Greenville and Columbia, S.C.; and Charlotte, N.C. Practice areas include business and complex litigation, strategic risk assessment and counseling, and corporate representation. For more information about the firm, see www.GWBlawfirm.com.