Background
Runyan, C. Alan was born on October 25, 1951 in Ogbomosho, Nigeria, West Africa.
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C. Alan Runyan
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University of Poitiers, Institute Doctorate"Etudes Francaises, Tours, France (Diplome Doctorate"Etudes Francaises, 1969). University of South Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1973. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976).
Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Speights & Runyan (Hampton, South Carolina) specializing in General Trial Practice, Asbestos Litigation, Construction Litigation, Products Liability and General Civil Practice in all Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1976, South Carolina, United States. District Court, District of South Carolina and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Executive Editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1975-1976.
Legal Writing Instructor, University of South Carolina, School of Law, 1975-1976. American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts, 1973.
Admiralty, 1976. Author: "The New Federal Rules of Evidence and South Carolina Evidentiary Law: A Comparison and Critical Analysis," 28 South Carolina Law Review 481, 1977.
Law Clerk to: Judge William L. Rhodes, Junior, South Carolina Circuit Court, 1974-1975. Judge Robert F. Chapman, United States. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1976-1977.
Member: Hampton County and American (Member: Litigation Section.
Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1983) Bar Associations. South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Speights & Runyan is a plaintiff"s trial firm specializing in products liability, personal injury, construction, and environmental litigation.
Foreign the past ten years, the firm has had a subspecialty in asbestos property damage actions.
The firm also handles other environmental cases, including air, soil, and ground water contamination. The firm has had extensive involvement in state and federal courts, not only in South Carolina, but also in many parts of the United States on these and other issues.
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Membership
Member, Society of Wig and Robe. Executive Editor, South Carolina Law Review, 1975-1976. Legal Writing Instructor, University of South Carolina, School of Law, 1975-1976.
American Jurisprudence Awards: Torts, 1973.
Admiralty, 1976.
