Giles Schanen is a litigation partner in the Firm’s Greenville, South Carolina, office. He focuses his practice primarily in the areas of business and commercial litigation, product liability, and construction law.

Experience

• Represents clients in litigation involving contract disputes, construction disputes, insurance coverage disputes, business torts, trade secrets, shareholder law, employment law, and consumer law
• Advises clients on the legality under state and federal law of various sweepstakes and other business promotions
• Has taught and published in the areas of electronic discovery, gaming, trade secret law, and construction law

Representative Cases

• Claims of faulty installation of synthetic stucco leading to severe moisture intrusion issues
• Claims by a company founder’s former employer that start-up’s valuable fiber technology was invented on former employer’s time and therefore belonged to former employer
• Claims that alleged mismanagement of a company resulted in losses of more than $10,000,000.00

Professional Associations and Memberships

• DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
• Greenville Bar