Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  In addition to developing your will to protect your assets and provide for your survivors, our trial lawyers can help with contested will and trust cases, contested guardianship proceedings and other intra-family disputes.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Commercial litigation is the broad area of law that deals with resolving disputes in commercial settings stemming from professional and commercial relationships through alternative dispute resolution methods and court trials. Commercial litigation can cover a variety of civil and criminal law matters on both state and federal levels.
• Wrongful Death
  The attorneys of the Gilreath Law Firm, P.A., in Greenville, South Carolina, represent people who were injured in aviation accidents caused by the negligence of others. We also represent survivors of those who died a wrongful death in a plane crash.
• Fraud
  Insurance bad faith is related to fraud, an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another. Our law firm represents people who have been the victims of securities fraud and other types of financial fraud.
• White Collar Crimes
  White-collar crime is a term that is usually applied to crimes associated with business that do not involve violence or bodily injury to another person. Many federal white-collar prosecutions are for tax crimes, such as tax evasion, failure to file income tax returns, or tax fraud.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We will prepare all documents necessary to form your organization, including, when necessary, partnership agreements, shareholder agreements and bylaws.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Many issues involving mergers and acquisitions are driven by tax and liability considerations. Attorney James R. Gilreath has a Master's Degree in taxation law and decades of experience helping businesses make wise decisions in these important transactions. We will work with your accountant and assemble a team of other specialists, as needed, to structure and execute transactions in a manner most sensible for you.
• Business Formation
  To arrange a consultation about your legal issue, please contact the business organization lawyers of the Gilreath Law Firm, P.A., in Greenville, South Carolina. To learn more, visit our Business Formation FAQ page.
• Business Disputes
  The attorneys of the Gilreath Law Firm, P.A., negotiate, review and draft a wide range of business agreements. We are also available to enforce the terms of the contracts or litigate contract disputes.
• Business Transactions
  The Gilreath Law Firm, P.A., is a boutique law practice that focuses on complex business transactions and complex business litigation. Our attorneys offer extensive experience in the representation of clients in general business and tax matters. We also represent plaintiffs in individual and class action injury lawsuits and offer estate planning, probate and probate litigation services.
• Limited Liability Companies
  If a corporation has more than one shareholder, a buy-sell agreement is recommended. A shareholder's death, divorce, disability or termination of employment can create serious problems for a corporation and its other shareholders. A buy-sell agreement can help minimize these problems by describing what will happen in those events. Similar provisions are recommended for partnership agreements and operating agreements for limited liability companies.
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  The State of South Carolina, ex relatione, T. Travis Medlock, Attorney General v. National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc., et al., Case No. 94-CP-23-2428, Court of Common Pleas for Greenville County before Judge Henry Floyd. This was an action brought on behalf of all employers in South Carolina involving Workers' Compensation Insurance. The settlement in this action consisted of a $24.5 million immediate cash payment and future relief consisting of programs, incentives and discounts having a total present value of $8 million along with provision for direct reimbursement of expenses of litigation in the amount of $500,000. The claim in the case was for recoupment of losses sustained by employers in the State of South Carolina who were squeezed into the Workers' Compensation residual market. There were more than 29 attorneys of record in the matter, both local and nationally, on behalf of the defendants. Motions and discovery lasted over four years and the production of documents exceeded one million documents.
• Employment Contract
• Non-compete Agreement

Property Law

• Construction Litigation

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Mr. Hogan graduated from Furman University with a B.A. Degree in 1983. In 1985 he received a M.B.A. Degree from the University of South Carolina. In 1992 he received a J.D. Degree from University of South Carolina Law School. In 2010 received his LL.M. degree in tax law from University of Alabama (with high honors). He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in the State of South Carolina. Prior to joining the Gilreath Law Firm he maintained a law practice in Laurens, South Carolina, practicing in many diverse areas including but not limited to criminal defense, domestic relations, real estate, corporate administration, Social Security, Workers Compensation, and personal injury. Mr. Hogan was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in November of 1992.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  A well-crafted estate plan can safeguard your possessions and provide for the well-being of your loved ones in the event of serious health problems or death. Since 1980, the Gilreath Law Firm, P.A., in Greenville, has helped clients throughout South Carolina develop effective estate planning strategies tailored to their unique needs and goals.
• Wills
  We are available to help you learn about probate and ways to streamline the process, to discuss ways to reduce or eliminate estate taxes, and to designate someone to manage your affairs in the event of your incapacitation or death. If disputes, such as will contests, arise during the probate process, we can resolve them through negotiation, mediation or probate litigation.
• Trusts
  One approach to avoid probate is through use of a living trust that holds legal title to some or all of your property at the time of your death. The trust is a legal entity, which survives you after your death.
• Power of Attorney
  Medical Power of Attorney: This names a person to make medical decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so. You can also authorize this person to discontinue (or not start) life support-like procedures, if you are terminally ill.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law
  Tax law involves the taxation of income, both corporate and personal, and real or personal property acquired through personal and professional efforts. In addition to income tax, there is employment tax, excise tax, sales tax, gift tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax, property tax and many other areas of taxation.