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Dan was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. He attended the University of Virginia then returned to Columbia for law school at the University of South Carolina. Upon graduating law school he clerked for Chief Justice Jean Toal of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Dan then accepted a job working at the firm of Ness Motley Loadholt Richardson & Poole. When that firm dissolved in 2002, Dan became one of the original associates of Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman. 

In 2020, Dan formed the firm Richarson, Thomas, Haltiwanger, Moore, & Lewis.  In 2024, Dan formed his current firm Morgan, Slaughter & Haltiwanger. His practice covers a wide variety of litigation areas including unsafe products, premises liability, tractor trailer litigation, railroad litigation, and consumer class actions. 

Since 2006 he has served on the board of directors for South Carolina Legal Services, a statewide law firm that provides civil legal services to protect the rights of low income South Carolinians. In 2009, Dan was elected to the Board of Governors for the South Carolina Association for Justice. He also served 4 years on the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Association for Justice. 

Dan lives in Aiken, South Carolina and has two young children, Diana and William.  

Lindsay Joyner is a partner in Gallivan White Boyd’s Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, offices.  She received a BBA cum laude, with honors in Economics from the University of Georgia, a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law, and an I.M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business. Following law school and before joining GWB, she enjoyed her time as a staff attorney for the Supreme Court of South Carolina. She recently celebrated ten years at GWB. Currently, her practice places an emphasis on probate and trust litigation and complex business and commercial litigation, including financial institution litigation and professional negligence. She regularly handles matters concerning contractual disputes, business torts, shareholder disputes, and other complex litigation arising out of business transactions. Lindsay also dedicates a portion of her practice to legal malpractice defense. Lindsay has presented matters in these practice areas before both state and federal courts. 

Lindsay appreciates that client service is equally as important as legal skills and knowledge. As a result, Lindsay makes client expectations and satisfaction a central point of her practice. She takes great effort to be accommodating and communicative with her clients at all times. 

Outside of her practice, Lindsay is very active with the South Carolina Bar and the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.  She was recently sworn in as the chair of the South Carolina Bar’s House of Delegates, a position she will hold until 2024, and she is the chair-elect of the Bar’s Trial and Appellate Advocacy Council. She is a past president of the South Carolina Bar’s Young Lawyers Division and past chair of the South Carolina Bar’s Wellness Committee. Lindsay also served as a Co-Vice Coordinator for ABA Young Lawyers Division’s Fit2Practice initiative during the 2018-2019 year. Lindsay has also held numerous positions with community organizations. For her work for the profession and for the community, Lindsay was honored to receive the ABA’s On The Rise, Top 40 Young Lawyers; the Columbia Metropolitan Magazine’s Capital Young Professional of the Year, and she was part of the Lawyers’ Weekly’s 2018 Leadership in the Law class. Lindsay has also been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers and as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Lindsay is passionate about health and fitness, having taught a variety of group fitness classes for almost a decade prior to going into private practice. She remains a big proponent of group fitness, running, yoga, and Pilates as a means for mindfulness, stress management, and mental health as well as overall physical wellbeing. 

Mark Bringardner is a trial attorney who represents victims in personal injury and wrongful death cases. He and his legal team help people across the entire state of South Carolina. Mark founded the Bringardner Injury Law Firm with the goal of providing exceptional customer service and world-class legal representation for the people that need it the most.
Mark has received some of the top reported car accident and truck accident settlements and jury verdicts in South Carolina over multiple years, according to South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. He has successfully recovered over $100 million for his clients, including seven and eight-figure results*. In light of his success, many of Mark's clients are referred to him by other attorneys, members of the community, and former clients.
Mark serves on the Board of Governors for the South Carolina Association for Justice and is the current Chairman of Torts & Negligence Section. He has written number of articles on the practice of law and is a frequent guest lecturer at legal seminars, teaching on subjects such as trial advocacy, motor vehicle litigation, insurance coverage, and obtaining significant car accident settlements. Mark is also the creator and host of "The Sidebar Podcast", a monthly podcast for trial lawyers in South Carolina, the Southeast, and beyond.
Mark has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer - Rising Star" from 2017-2021. He has also been named in The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and Top 40 under 40 lawyers in South Carolina from 2019 to the present. From 2021 to the present, Mark has been included in "Best Lawyers" a peer reviewed publication for legal professionals.

Nickisha M. Woodward is a Partner and a member of the General Liability and Transportation Practices. Ms. Woodward, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), is an experienced trial attorney who has tried over 35 cases to verdict. She focuses her practice in the areas of premises liability, products liability, and transportation, regularly handling complex and high-stakes matters. Notably, she also has extensive experience parachuting into cases involving several additional areas of law for the purpose of trying those matters. Ms. Woodward earned her law degree from the Charleston School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Clemson University. She is admitted to practice in South Carolina state and federal courts as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.