CHARLESTON – G. Mark Phillips, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Charleston office, has been elected to the Clemson University Foundation Board, a group of elected and appointed members who promote the university's growth, development, and welfare.

Greenville partner David Wilkins, a former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, serves on the university's Board of Trustees, as does Columbia partner David Dukes, who serves as board liaison to the Foundation Board.

Phillips is a trial attorney whose litigation practice focuses on product liability cases. He is a first-chair trial lawyer who has tried personal injury cases to verdict in 11 states and has participated in trials in 9 other states. He is currently state chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is a past president of the American Board of Trial Advocates - Charleston Chapter and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 800 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in 11 states and Washington, D.C. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.