Background
Speights, Daniel A. was born on July 22, 1945 in Hampton, South Carolina, United States.
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Daniel A. Speights
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Clemson University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of South Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1973).
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, 1973, South Carolina, United States. District Court, District of South Carolina and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits.
1986, United States. Supreme Court. Student Body President, Clemson University, 1966-1967.
Blue Key Honor Society. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1972-1973.
Law Clerk to Judge William L. Rhodes, Junior, South Carolina Circuit Court, 1972-1973.
Member, South Carolina Commission on Grievances and Discipline, 1977-1980. Member: South Carolina Bar. Hampton County Bar Association.
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Military: Lieutenant, United States.
Navy, 1967-1970
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Judge William L. Rhodes, Junior, South Carolina Circuit Court, 1972-1973. Member, South Carolina Commission on Grievances and Discipline, 1977-1980.
Member: South Carolina Bar.
Hampton County Bar Association. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Military: Lieutenant, United States.
Navy, 1967-1970.
