Academy Member Inducted 2012
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Richard L. Hinson
P.O. Box 6163
Florence, SC 29502
Website: www.rhinsonlaw.com
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- Practice Commenced1996
- # of MEDS (as of 15/10/25)3500
- # of ARBS (as of 15/10/25)50
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Richard has 35 years of legal experience, including over two decades of civil litigation and jury trials. He became a mediator in 1999, and since then has conducted nearly 3,500 mediation conferences and other proceedings. In 2014, Richard opened his own firm devoted exclusively to dispute resolution.
Richard grew up in Lancaster County, where he attended South Carolina public schools. He graduated The Citadel in 1987 and the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1990, before moving to Florence to begin his career.
Richard has two wonderful daughters, an awesome granddaughter, and three granddogs. In his free time, he enjoys officiating baseball at the high school level and below. He is also an active member of St. John's Anglican Church.
Case Experience
- Agricultural
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Education
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Family Businesses
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Libel & Slander
- Medical Malpractice
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Police
- Postal
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Sexual Harassment
- Title Disputes
- Torts
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1990
- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, B.A., cum laude, 1987
Memberships & Affiliations
- South Carolina Bar, 1990
- United States District Court, District of South Carolina, 1990
- Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Mediator, 2000
- Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Arbitrator, 1996
- Supreme Court of South Carolina Commission on ADR (2009-15)
- SC Bar Dispute Resolution Section Council (2001-03; 2014-16)
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SC Bar Resolution of Fee Disputes Board (2008-23)
- SC Defense Trial Attorneys Association Executive Committee (2001-05)
- Florence County Bar (President, 2001)
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The Best Lawyers in America©, Mediation (2009-26)
- The Best Lawyers in America© Lawyer of the Year, Mediation, Columbia, SC (2022)
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Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Rating - AV®
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National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (2012 - present)