J. Christopher Clark is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Myrtle Beach where his practice is focused on commercial and civil litigation. He is experienced in representing clients in complex real estate transaction disputes as well as in products liability, business torts, insurance defense, and errors and omissions claims. 

 

Mr. Clark has successfully represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in jury and bench trials, and he has argued before both the S.C. Supreme Court and the S.C. Court of Appeals. From May 2006 through April 2007, he served as litigation counsel for Burroughs and Chapin, a Myrtle Beach real estate development company with holdings throughout the Southeast. He represented the corporation in a wide variety of issues facing large-scale developers, including construction delay, mechanic's lien and change-order disputes, easement and land-use disputes, commercial landlord/tenant issues, and real estate/brokerage liability.

 

In addition to his practice, Mr. Clark serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Health Care Partners of South Carolina Inc., a nonprofit community health center dedicated to providing affordable health care to the medically underserved.

 

He is the author of the following articles: "State v ARD: Statutory Aggravating Circumstances and the Emergence of Fetal Personhood in South Carolina," 50 S.C. L. REV. 887 (1999); and "South Carolina's 'Substantial Connection' Test for Using Evidence of Insurance to Prove Witness Bias, 14 Aug. S.C. Law. 15.

 

A member of the South Carolina Bar, Mr. Clark is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He also is a member of the Defense Research Institute.

 

He earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2000. During law school, Mr. Clark served as editor in chief of the South Carolina Law Review, and he was a member of the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court and the Order of Wig and Robe. Mr. Clark also served as research assistant to Professor Robin Wilson in the area of health care law and policy, and he clerked with Hearn Brittain & Martin P.A. Mr. Clark earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Kentucky in 1997. Before college, he served overseas in the U.S. Army as a Medical Specialist.