Biography
Carter Massingill is a skilled and versatile litigator with a broad practice focused on resolving high-stakes legal challenges. He has secured millions of dollars in judgments and settlements for plaintiffs and successfully defended clients in cases threatening catastrophic financial loss.
Carter regularly represents clients in complex disputes involving real estate development, construction, corporate governance, shareholder conflicts, zoning, and land use. His practice spans a wide range of intricate commercial matters in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration forums.
His experience includes:
- Trials and arbitrations involving commercial disputes, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair trade practices, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and violent crimes;
- Resolving shareholder oppression cases, corporate breakups, buyout disputes, multi-million-dollar construction defect class actions, contentious non-compete and non-solicitation matters, and enforcement and collection actions.
In addition to litigation, Carter serves as general counsel to businesses, advising on contracts related to construction, insurance, employment, risk transfer, and payment structures. He also acts as outside and local counsel for out-of-state companies and law firms.
A lifelong South Carolina resident, Carter handles cases statewide through the firm’s offices in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston.
Education
University of South Carolina
B.A. (2011)
Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Research Program (2013)
University of South Carolina School of Law
J.D. (2014)
Associations & Professional Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Greenville County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association (SCDTAA)
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)
Honors & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America (2023-2025)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation- Construction
- Greenville Business Magazine
- Legal Elite: Business Litigation (2020-2024)
- Legal Elite: Construction (2020-2024)
- Legal Elite: Insurance (2020-2023)
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association (SCDTAA), Trial Academy (2016)
Community Involvement
- Greenville County Bar, Pro Bono Program
- The Meyer Center Impact! Committee, Member
- Opportunity Greenville
- United Way
- Loaned Executive Program
- Palmetto Society