Practice Areas
Background
Howard Boyd has years of experience successfully managing complex litigation for the firm's clients, from advising on strategy before litigation ensues through trial, appeal, or alternative dispute resolution. Boyd, who chairs GWB's Business and Commercial Law Group, has successfully handled almost every type of civil litigation one can encounter, including over 200 jury trials and numerous appeals. As a result, clients think of Boyd as a go-to lawyer--someone you turn to when the stakes are high. Boyd is also a go-to guy in the community. He has a long list of leadership with the United Way of Greenville County, including his current service as Chairman of the 2009 United Way Campaign for Greenville County. He has also been active with the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce, serving as General Counsel and Chair of the Leadership Greenville Forum Board of Directors. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation as well as South Carolina Super Lawyers and is an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1977 (Order of Wig and Robe)
- B.A., Davidson College, 1972
Honors and Awards
- Articles Editor, University of South Carolina Law Review
- Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation
- South Carolina Super Lawyers: Business & Corporate Litigation
- Sertoman of Year
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Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- South Carolina Bar
- Greenville County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Board of Directors, United Way of Greenville County, Campaign Vice-Chair 2008
- Leadership Greenville Class VIII
- Former General Counsel, Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce
- Past President, Greater Greenville Davidson Alumni Association
- Past President, Downtown Sertoma Club
Notable Cases
- Covan et al. v. Blue Cross Blue and Blue Shield of South Carolina et al.
- Avondale Mills v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, C.A. No. 1:05-cv-2817-MBS (DSC 2005)
- Diamonds v. Greenville County, 480 S.E.2d 718 (S.C. 1997)
- Vines v. Self Memorial Hosp., 443 S.E.2d 909 (S.C. 1994)
- Cramer v. Balcor Prop. Mgmt., Inc., 441 S.E.2d 317 (S.C. 1994)
- Griffin v. Van Norman, 397 S.E.2d 378 (S.C. Ct. App. 1990)
- Republic Textile Equip. Co. of S. C., Inc. v. Aetna Ins. Co., 360 S.E.2d 540 (S.C. Ct. App. 1987)
- Bratcher v. Nat'l Grange Mut. Ins. Co., 356 S.E.2d 151 (S.C. Ct. App. 1987)
- Horne v. Beason, 331 S.E.2d 342 (S.C. 1985)
- Vaughn v. A.E. Green Co., Inc., 287 S.E.2d 493 (S.C. 1982)
- Kelly v. Edwards, 278 S.E. 2d 773 (S.C. 1981)
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