Elizabeth Wieters

Elizabeth Wieters is a Partner in our Charleston, South Carolina office. She focuses her practice on insurance coverage and construction litigation. Elizabeth represents insurance carriers as their coverage counsel under various lines of insurance. She handles complex matters that implicate coverage defenses. She also represents insurer clients in declaratory judgment actions in state and federal court and defends insurance carriers in coverage litigation. Elizabeth represents general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, owners, sureties, and design professionals in the context of construction litigation. She has been involved in all phases of resolving construction conflicts, from pre-suit payment dispute workouts to multiparty, complex construction defect litigation.

Elizabeth has been practicing law in the Lowcountry over a decade. Prior to joining HBS, she served as law clerk to the Honorable Steven H. John in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina and as an intern to the Honorable David C. Norton in United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Originally from Greenville, SC, Elizabeth attended The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science. She received her J.D. from the Charleston School of Law in 2009. While in law school, she served as the Articles Editor for Federal Courts Law Review and as the Development Editor for MALABU, the Maritime Law Bulletin.

Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in America , Best Lawyers, 2024-2026
•Awarded in: Construction Law, Insurance Law, and Litigation - Insurance
•Legal Elite, Insurance Law; Charleston Business Magazine; 2020-2022, 2024

Publications

•South Carolina Court of Appeals Gives Insurance Company a Reprieve when Complying with a Time-Demand
HBS National Insurance Coverage Blog; July 7, 2023
•Fourth Circuit Says Lack of Time to Investigate a Claim Can Create an Objectively Reasonable Basis for an Insurer to Refuse a Settlement Demand
HBS National Insurance Coverage Blog; June 28, 2021

In the Press

Three HBS Charleston Attorneys Named to the South Carolina’s Legal Elite

August 6, 2025

Hall Booth Smith is proud to announce three attorneys from our Charleston office have been honored as part of Charleston Business Magazine’s 2025 Legal Elite.