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Bernie W. Ellis
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864.552.9342 Direct864.271.4940 Main
864.271.4015 Main Fax
bellis@mcnair.net
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Greenville, SC Office
104 South Main Street
Suite 700
Greenville, SC 29601
Overview
Bernie Ellis has more than 20 years of experience litigating in state and federal courts in South Carolina. He practices primarily in the areas of business and government litigation. He regularly represents the interests of companies and governmental entities in contract and in business tort litigation. He has also had considerable experience in employment litigation, particularly in the area of covenants not to compete, and extensive experience defending insurance agencies and agents against errors and omission claims.
He has also successfully represented copyright holders in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina in enforcing their copyrights and has served as co-counsel in successfully representing the rights of trademark holders.
He is also experienced in mediation and in arbitration and is a certified mediator.
- Won summary judgment on behalf of a municipal utility in the United States District Court against a claim that the municipal utility was improperly encroaching upon the territory of another utility
- Has obtained summary judgment for insurance agencies against claims of negligence
- Won summary judgment on behalf of a property owner against a claim that it was required to extend a contract for sale
- Successfully represented a group of national retailers in a proposed class action against claims that they had improperly charged sales taxes to persons who were exempt
- Successfully defended a county’s zoning ordinance against claims that the ordinance was improper
- Co-counsel in obtaining a jury verdict on behalf of a corporate client in at Title VII case
- Wrote appellee’s brief and successfully argued in the Fourth Circuit that a jury had not been improperly selected
- President, Kiwanis Club of Greenville (2013-present)
- Board member, South Carolina Children’s Theatre (2002-present)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America (2010-present)
- Member, Order of Veritas, Litigation Counsel of America
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America© (2013-2019)
- Listed, South Carolina Super Lawyers®, General Litigation (2015-2018)
- Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating*
- Named, Legal Elite of the Upstate, Greenville Business Magazine (2014-2015, 2017-2018)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
*AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent®, and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
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January 1, 1997
Dickerson v. Kingston Metals South Corp
Case Cite: 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 40852
Dickerson v. Kingston Metals South Corp
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2000
Blocker v. Avondale Mills, Inc.
Case Cite: 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 18663
Blocker v. Avondale Mills, Inc.
