Harold Christian Greenville, South Carolina,
| Partner | |
| phone | 864-640-4272 866-623-4041 |
| fax | (864) 370-3731 |
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Attorney Harold Christian is a graduate of Berea High School, Carson-Newman College and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of numerous professional associations, and has been a speaker at a number of professional continuing legal education forums, as well as a past instructor in the Workers' Compensation course for paralegals at Greenville Technical College. Harold is active in his community, church, and professional organizations.
Harold was successful in winning one of the first medical malpractice verdicts in Greenville County. The case involved a young wife and mother who went to the emergency room and the hospital failed to diagnose her pulmonary embolism. Sadly she was discharged home and died. He considers it an honor to represent those seriously injured by the neglect of others. He has proudly been joined in this practice by his two sons, Matthew Christian and Joshua Christian, but continues to practice in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Negligence, serious Personal Injury, and Workers' Compensation.
- Areas of Practice:
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Negligence and Abuse Wrongful Death
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Litigation & Appeals
- Tractor Trailer Collisions
- Education:
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina,
1975
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Domestic Relations - Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee,
1971
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Dean's List
Major: Political Science
- Representative Cases:
- Wooten v. S.C. Dept. of Transportation, 511 S.E.2d 355 (S.C. Sup. Ct.)
- Wooten v. S.C. Dept. of Transportation, 485 S.E.2d 119 (S.C. Ct. App.)
- Ravan v. Greenville County, 434 S.E.2d 296 (S.C. Ct. App.)
- Sheek v. Crimestoppers Alarm System, Division of Glen Curt Consultants, 377 S.E.2d 132 (S.C. Ct. App.)
- Horton v. Horton, 317 S.E.2d 778 (S.C. App.)
- State v. Swords, 309 S.E.2d 750 (S.C. Ct. App.)
- McMillan V. Huntington & Guerry Electric Co., 290 S.E.2d 810 (S.C. Sup. Ct.)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Medical Malpractice from A to Z , National Business Institute Seminar
- How to Litigate Your First Case, National Business Institute Seminar
- Ethics for South Carolina Lawyers, National Business Institute Seminar
- Handling Workers' Compensation Cases, South Carolina Bar
- Workers' Compensation in South Carolina - "Issues & Answers", National Business Institute
- Former Instructor, Workers' Compensation, Paralegal Program at Greenville Tech, Greenville, South Carolina
- Honors and Awards:
- Outstanding Young Men In America, U.S. Jaycees
- Who's Who in America, Law Edition
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in South Carolina, The American Trial Lawyer Association
- SuperLawyers, 2011
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- South Carolina Association for Justice
- Sustaining Member
- American Association for Justice, Professional Negligence Section
- Sustaining Member
- American Association for Justice, Nursing Home Litigation Section
- Sustaining Member
- South Carolina Association for Justice
- Board of Governors
- Greenville County Bar Association
- Former Member, Law Day Committee
- South Carolina Injured Workers' Association
- Member
- South Carolina Workers' Compensation Education Association
- Member
- South Carolina Bar
- Member & Former Access to Justice Committee
- Past Employment Positions:
- Christian & Davis (f/k/a Law Office of John Bolt Culbertson), Partner
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Trustee, Group Teacher, Group Leader, Brookwood Community Church
- Board of Deacons, Chairman, Chair Finance Committee, Chair Personnel Committee, Edwards Road Baptist Church
- Board Member and Chairman, Shannon Forest Christian School
- Board Member and Chairman, Youth For Christ


