Derrick Quattlebaum Elected to American Board of Trial Advocates

November 04, 2014

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Shareholder J. Derrick Quattlebaum was recently elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the South Carolina Chapter of ABOTA.

Derrick defends clients in class actions, business, construction, commercial and financial services litigation, and disputes involving insurance coverage. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® - Insurance Law; Litigation - ERISA. He has been named The Best Lawyers in America® - Greenville Litigation - ERISA Lawyer of the Year.

ABOTA is a national organization, comprised of many of the country’s preeminent trial attorneys, whose main goals are the preservation of the Seventh Amendment right to a trial by jury in civil cases and the promotion of professionalism and civility among trial attorneys. Election to ABOTA is based on reputation, trial experience and high ethics. The South Carolina chapter of ABOTA also provides educational programs to other attorneys in South Carolina, students at the University of South Carolina Law School and to high school students in South Carolina. The South Carolina chapter of ABOTA has twice been elected “Chapter of the Year” by ABOTA nationally.