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also known as Dave Standeffer, Joseph Standeffer
I am one of the elite 21 lawyers in all of South Carolina who have been Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy (National Board of Trial Advocacy and SC Supreme Court from 1996) in South Carolina for 25 years, and I am only 1 of only 21 lawyers in South Carolina who have been Board Certified in Civil Pretrial Practice Law (National Board of Trial Advocacy and SC Supreme Court, from 2012) for over 10 years. I qualified for recertification every year, during the periods. I have Million and Multi-Million Dollar results in both State and Federal Courts. Among my Million Dollar ($20 million highest) results are cases in Auto & Truck Wreck, Product Liability, Burn, Inadequate Security, Nursing Neglect, Drunk Driving and Defective Industrial Machinery cases. Other cases include Amputation, Criminal Defense (Fed/State), Defective Construction, Dog Bite, Fire Loss, Insurance Claims, Motorcycle, Police Abuse, Premises (Inadequate Security, slip/trip fall), Unpaid Wages, Wrongful Death.
I earned The Meritorious Service Medal after 3 years duty in The Judge Advocate General's Corps in Germany. I was Officer-in-Charge of one of the busiest law offices in all the Armed Forces.
With over 500 successful jury verdicts, I have continuously been rated, by judges and other lawyers in confidential surveys, with the highest possible ratings for legal ability and ethics by the most respected national rating publication, MartindaleHubbell ("AV" rating). I have repeatedly been selected by SuperLawyers. All are the highest possible rating, based upon confidential Peer Review. I am a life member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum.
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Acquired: 1975
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2124 North Highway 81, Anderson, SC, 29621
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Posted by Joseph | May 26, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Car Accidents
Attorney you can trust
We were involved in a serious traffic accident in S.C. and obtained the services of Mr. Standeffer to represent us. He is very professional and personable and made us feel at ease during the legal process. There were a lot of extenuating circumstances regarding our case, but with his knowledge and ...
"I have practiced law in Anderson SC since 1986. I have had an opportunity to observe David as an attorney many times, both as co-counsel on cases and on the other side as opposing counsel. When a member of my family was seriously injured, with a complicated legal case, the Family sought my advice on what attorney to use. I advised the family to retain David, and we were pleased with the results. I trusted David to represent my nephew. You can trust him."
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2017
Board Certification in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
2017
Board Certification in Civil Pretrial Advocacy, National Board of Civil Pretrial Advocacy
2017
Bar Registry of Preeminent Attorneys, Martindale-Hubbell Registry of Preeminent Attorneys
2017
TOP 100 TRIAL LAWYERS, The National Trial Lawyers Association
2017
Peer Review Rating - AV 5.0 of 5, MartindaleHubbell
2017
Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy
2017
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2015
TOP ATTORNEYS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia Living Magazine
1979
Meritorious Service Medal, The United States of America
1972
Distinguished Military Graduate, US Army ROTC, Clemson University
2014 - Present
Owner, Standeffer Law, LLC
1987 - Present
Founder, Partner, J. David Standeffer, Attorney (now Harbin & Burnett, LLP)
1981 - 1988
Prosecutor, 10th Circuit Solicitor's Office
1980 - 1981
Associate, Anderson & Epps Attorneys
1976 - 1979
Trial Counsel, US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
1998 - Present
Southern Trial Lawyers AssociationBoard of Governors
1998 - Present
National Board of Trial AdvocacyMember
1998 - Present
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates ForumMember
1980 - Present
American Association for JusticeMember
1980 - Present
South Carolina Association for JusticeMember
1980 - Present
Anderson County BarMember
1975 - Present
South Carolina BarMember
1971 - Present
IPTAY Scholarship Fund, Clemson UniversityTiger Scholarship Donor
$20,000,000 Verdict
confidential settlement, Anderson
$1,300,000 settlement, Anderson
Seven Figure settlement, Anderson
$1,890,000 settlement, Lexington
$897,000 Verdict, Pickens County
$2.4 million verdict US District Ct, Greenville Division, settled for $4.3 million after favorable US 4th Circuit Appellate decision
$2,719,632.00 Verdict.
1976
Attorney and Counselor of the US Court of Military Appeals
1975
JD - Juris Doctor
1972
BA - Bachelor of Arts, With Honor
English
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