Our Practice Areas

Murphy Grantland’s mission is to provide high-quality legal services with uncompromising integrity and uncommon value. Our attorneys have been recognized regionally and nationally by Best Lawyers© and South Carolina Super Lawyers©, which reflects their dedication to these values and their clients.

Murphy Grantland is experienced in practicing before South Carolina state and Federal courts at the trial and appellate levels,and offers our clients the opportunity to work with attorneys who have diverse legal experience in a variety of practice areas.

Click on the practice areas below to find out how the skilled attorneys at Murphy Grantland provide dedicated and discerning counsel to our clients.

Appellate Law

Murphy & Grantland’s appellate practitioners have extensive experience handling state and federal appeals in a wide range of practice areas. We provide our clients with strategic counseling on complex legal issues by reviewing the record critically, identifying and briefing the legal issues and then presenting an effective oral argument to the panel of appellate judges.

Our appellate team includes attorneys who previously served as law clerks for the judges and justices of the South Carolina Circuit Court, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for South Carolina, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Business & Commercial Litigation

Murphy & Grantland’s business litigation practice handles complex litigation involving business clients in disputes with individuals, governmental entities, or other businesses. Our attorneys have handled hundreds of trials and arbitrations, and bring a collective wealth of knowledge and experience to representing our clients while working toward an effective and expeditious resolution.

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Design & Construction Defects

Experienced in commercial and residential construction claims, Murphy Grantland’s construction litigation team defends: General contractors, Developers, Product manufacturers, Subcontractors, Design professionals, Home Owners’ Associations, and Horizontal Property Regimes. Our attorneys can provide you with knowledgeable legal counsel in the areas of: Architectural and engineering malpractice, Construction defect claims, Construction site accidents, and Contract disputes. We are also actively involved in insurance coverage disputes relating to construction design and defect on behalf of insurers in South Carolina.

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Employment Law

Murphy Grantland’sattorneys counsel employers, insurance carriers and other groups on employment related issues such as: at-will employment, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, workers’ compensation retaliation, unemployment compensation and workplace safety. The firm can help by: Advising employers on appropriate employment practices, Defending employers in contract disputes with employees and former employees, and Defending employers in wrongful discharge, breach of contract and employment discrimination lawsuits.

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Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith

Murphy Grantland offers a team of skilled attorneys who are experienced in a broad variety of insurance policy and coverage issues.. Our coverage attorneys are well-versed in the evolving landscape of insurance law in South Carolina, and have lectured and taught on the nuances and idiosyncrasies of insurance coverage issues in South Carolina.

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Education Law

Murphy & Grantland is passionate about defending our educators, so that they can focus on educating our children. Unfortunately, situations arise in which our school boards, districts, administrators and teachers find themselves the subject of a lawsuit. Murphy & Grantland is able to step in and carry that burden so that our children still have the undivided attention of their educators.

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Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Arbitration

Not every case goes to trial. In fact, in today’s litigation landscape, the vast majority of civil lawsuits never make it to a jury. There are a host of reasons that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has become the primary means by which civil disputes are resolved. From a practical standpoint, arbitration or mediation reduces costs and eliminates the time and stress of a trial.

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Personal Injury

Murphy & Grantland has vast experience in handling personal injury claims. We can review your case and help you determine potential liability and your best strategy for defense.

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Nonprofit & Church Liability

Murphy & Grantland defends a number of churches and other nonprofit entities in cases involving general negligence, slip/trip/fall and other dangerous conditions, as well as certain personal injury claims including: Defamation, Sexual molestation, Abuse, Claims against the entity and its employess for negligent hiring, supervision or control.

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Premises Liability

Murphy Grantland has a large practice defending retail and other businesses in cases involving: Negligent security, Slip/trip/fall, drowning, and other dangerous conditions, Personal injury claims including defamation, false arrest, sexual molestation, Other miscellaneous claims against real estate owners and their businesses.

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Products Liability

Murphy & Grantland represents a wide array of manufacturers, suppliers and retailers in litigation involving allegedly dangerous or defective products. Our experienced and knowledgeable attorneys provide simple and complex legal advice on products liability cases including but not limited to: Building Materials, Tires, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Heavy Equipment, Heating & Air Conditioning, and Industrial Products.

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Transportation & Trucking Litigation

Murphy & Grantland has a team of skilled and aggressive trucking and transportation litigators who are uniquely knowledgeable about the intricacies of state and federal transportation law and regulations, and who are equipped to handle the logistics of a complex trucking lawsuit. We help manage legal risk and provide effective strategies for transportation companies in state and federal courts. Where necessary, we work hand-in-hand with accident reconstructionists, engineers, mechanics, engineers and biomechanical engineers, and transportation consultants to ensure that our clients are provided a full and complete defense with the goal of resolving the dispute as quickly and efficiently as possible.

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