Thomas H. Pope III
866-401-6720
Managing Shareholder Tom Pope graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He served as Officer in Charge of a Swift Boat in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam in 1969-70. He served as a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1984-1992. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and past President of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. In addition to serving on the Board of the Newberry Opera House, Pope was also Chairman of the Newberry County Family YMCA Capital Campaign, which tripled the square-footage of the facility at the YMCA in 2008. Pope is the managing shareholder of Pope & Hudgens and is currently a member of the Board of Law Examiners of the South Carolina Supreme Court. His recent cases include serious personal injury, products liability, consumer class action, legal malpractice (plaintiff), will contests, minority shareholder oppression, condemnation, defamation, and representation of attorneys in disciplinary matters. He has been listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers since its inception.
Areas of Practice
- 40% Personal Injury (Plaintiff)
- 20% Business Litigation
- 40% General Litigation (defamation, condemnation, class action, prof negligence)
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Employment Law - Employee
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Mediator, S.C.
- ADR, S.C.
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1974
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1975
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- J.D. - 1974
- University of The South, Sewanee, Tennessee
- B.A. - 1968
- Major: Political Science
Representative Cases
- Eagle Container Company, LLC v. Newberry County, 379 S.C. 564 (2008)
- City of Newberry v. NEC, 352 S.C. 570 (2003)
- NEC v. City of Newberry, 2002 WL 1307258 (2002)
- City of Newberry v. NEC, 387 S.C. 254 (2010)
- Kimmer v. Murata , 372 S.C. 39 (2006)
- Patricia Caldwell v. K-Mart, 306 S.C. 27 (1991)
- Springer v. United States of America, 641 F. Supp. 913 (D.S.C. 1986)
- Hanahan v. Simpson, 326 S.C. 140 (1997)
- Rollins v. May, 473 F. Supp. 358, (D.S.C. 1978)
Classes/Seminars
- Visiting Professor, American Civil Litigation, Eotvos Lorand Law School, Budapest, Hungary
- Visiting Professor, American Civil Litigation, University of Tirana Law School, Tirana, Albania
- Lecturer, Eminent Domain Procedure Act , SC Bar CLE
- Lecturer, Third-Party Actions Against Attorneys , SC Bar CLE Seminar
- Lecturer, Pleading and Proof in a Will Contest , SC Bar Mid-Year Seminar Lecture
Honors and Awards
- SC SuperLawyer, 2008 - 2011
- Newberry's Best Lawyer (per Newberry Observer), 2007 - 2009
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- South Carolina Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners, 2006 - 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, 1997 - Present
- American Association of Justice, Member, 1982 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Glenn, Porter & Sullivan, Associate, 1974 - 1977
Languages
- English
Fraternities/Sororities
- Kappa Alpha
