Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Ben Alexander is an experienced trial lawyer who focuses his practice on the defense of healthcare professionals. Ben has represented large health systems, free standing hospitals, national insurers of healthcare providers, physician group practices and individual nurses and physicians in both professional negligence and licensing matters. He has tried to verdict numerous cases involving allegations of wrongful death, traumatic birth injury, negligent care and treatment, misdiagnosis and lack of informed consent.
• Fraud

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Sarah Reisinger joins the firm’s Columbia office as a corporate litigation associate. She received her Juris Doctor, with honors, from George Washington University Law School and Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. During law school, Sarah was an associate member of
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Our firm's Financial Services Industry Team provides a wide array of legal services to banks and other depository institutions, finance companies, investment banking firms and other financial service providers. We regularly handle regulatory matters and provide advice on the introduction of new products or services to the financial market. We negotiate mergers and acquisitions, investment, tax-exempt bond financing and securitization transactions. We represent clients in collection, shareholder and other litigation, as well as in administrative enforcement matters.
• Business Disputes
  Elizabeth, a Columbia native, focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters, with experience trying these cases in courts and before arbitration panels. She represents plaintiffs and defendants involved in breach of contract disputes, corporate governance actions, antitrust and competition-based issues, government licensing and public procurement disputes, and business tort matters.
• Business Transactions
  Our Law Clerk Program is designed to provide an accurate depiction of life as a HSB attorney, to let the law clerk get to know us and to let us get to know them. We offer extensive lawyer training, guidance and opportunities for hands-on experience early in your career. Many of our law clerks work on major trials and business transactions within the first year with the firm.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Scott Barnes, a Certified Tax Specialist, joined Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in 2013. Backed by more than 48 years in the profession, Scott’s practice currently focuses on limited liability companies and partnerships, like kind exchanges, conservation easements, the tax implications of these situations and state and local property taxation. He also works with clients to advise and assist with structuring Opportunity Zone (OZ) investments and related transactions and operations, and the creation of OZ entities including the Opportunity Fund, Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses and other entity participants in the OZ transaction.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
• Antitrust
  The Best Lawyers in America© Antitrust Law (2003-2025), Corporate Law (2006-2025), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2007-2025) and Real Estate Law (1993-2025)

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Negotiating employment agreements, including confidentiality agreements, non-compete agreements, independent contractor agreements, severance agreements and compensation arrangements
• Employment Litigation
  Our firm takes client advice and counsel work seriously because we believe that building close, trusting working relationships with our clients allows us to better help employers avoid or minimize costly resultant agency investigations and litigation. We believe that working together with our employer clients early on in the process creates more successful partnerships and fewer disruptions to business operations—often caused by administrative agency investigations and employment litigation.
• Non-compete Agreement
  August 26, 2024 In this webinar, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Denny Major provides an update on the latest news regarding the FTC’s final rule on non-compete agreements.
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Economic Development attorneys have extensive experience in representing U.S. and foreign companies investing in South Carolina. Our Firm’s client base reaches 34 countries, including China, Germany, Italy, England, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, Japan, S. Korea, Australia, Canada, and more. We assist clients on structuring their investment, financing, real estate matters, permitting and available economic development incentives and in the implementation of such incentives.
• Premises Liability
  Carlisle Allen is a litigation attorney in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Charleston office. Her practice focuses on insured defense litigation including products and premises liability, wrongful death, and commercial and employment disputes. She also has experience with family law and related litigation.
• Construction Litigation
  Construction disputes and litigation can devastate—even bankrupt—a business. At Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, our priority is to help you avoid legal problems with your construction projects.
• Real Estate Transactions
  David is well-versed in handling real estate purchases and sales, as well as representing developers and owners through the construction and development of multifamily residences, retail outlets, industrial sites, and mixed-use facilities. He is experienced in commercial leasing, providing counsel to both tenants and landlords across a range of projects, encompassing office, retail, and industrial leases.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
  Greenville Business Magazine “Legal Elite of the Upstate” Healthcare Law (2015, 2017-2018, 2020-2023), Medical Malpractice Law – Defendant (2022-2023) and Insurance Law (2021)

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  “Beware-bnb?: Adapting the Regulatory Approach of Community Associations to Residential Sharing & Zoning Trends,” 53 Real Property Trust and Estate Law Journal 373, 2018
• Wills
  Boone is experienced in representing individuals and families in trust and estate planning, including the drafting of wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney and living wills.
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Parker has defended mortgage lenders in statewide class-action lawsuits. With the onset of the Great Recession, his consumer financial services practice expanded to include defending foreclosing lenders against various consumer-law counterclaims, as well as counterclaims arising out of the Home Affordable Modification Program and other foreclosure intervention options. He continues his practice of defending lenders and assisting with the resolution of the various issues that confront lenders.
• Tax Law