William S. Brown is a litigation partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in Greenville, primarily in the areas of product liability, business litigation and ERISA. He is team leader for the Greenville litigation team, overseeing 14 attorneys and 12 staff members. 

Mr. Brown has handled claims of product liability, ERISA, business torts, lender liability, trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair trade practices, antitrust, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, premises liability, general negligence, professional negligence, transportation law, and intellectual property litigation.

Mr. Brown has extensive experience in state and federal courts, as well as in matters administered through the American Arbitration Association. He has handled litigation for clients on regional and national bases. He has experience handling and managing cases in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.  He has also handled national class action litigation in business and ERISA matters.

Mr. Brown is a member of the South Carolina Bar and its Practice and Procedure Committee, serving as Committee Chairman from 2006-2008. Mr. Brown is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Prior to joining Nelson Mullins, he served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr. of South Carolina.

Mr. Brown is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Committee), the Product Liability and Transportation practice groups of the American Law Firm Association, the Aviation Insurance Association, the Greenville Bar Association, and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (a member of the Executive Board since 2006). He is also a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.

Mr. Brown earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991 and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from Wofford College in 1988.