Michael B. T. Wilkes

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Michael B. T. Wilkes: Attorney with Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC
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Biography

Before Mike Wilkes joined with Dan Atkinson and Alex Joyner to form Wilkes Atkinson and Joyner, LLC this year, he established the Wilkes Law Firm, P.A. in 2003 to focus on representing insurers and individual clients in the areas of professional liability defense, construction and business litigation, and insurance defense. In 2007, Mike opened the firm’s Charleston office to expand the firm’s geographic service area to the coast of South Carolina. Mike divides his time almost equally between the firm’s Spartanburg and Charleston offices.

Before founding WAJ’s predecessor firm, Mike practiced at The Ward Law Firm, P.A., in Spartanburg from 1982 to 2003, and served as that firm’s managing partner for over ten years. He is a past-president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association. He is a member of the Professional Liability Committee of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Mike also has served on a sub-committee of the South Carolina Bar Judicial Qualifications Committee to interview and evaluate judicial candidates.

Mike has tried to a jury verdict cases involving claims of construction and design defects, death, serious personal injury, defective products, insurer bad faith, dental malpractice, fire, nuisance, defamation, water runoff, and business contracts. He also has tried non-jury cases and participated in arbitrations involving construction and design defects, business contracts, and private club member disputes, including a nineteen-day arbitration claim against a major architectural and engineering firm. Mike is also a certified mediator and provides mediation services in all of his practice areas.

Mike has been recognized as a “Top Rated Professional Liability Attorney” by SuperLawyers since 2009.

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Areas of Practice (7)

  • Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • Aviation Litigation
  • Business Litigation
  • Civil Mediator
  • Professional Liability

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Georgia, B.B.A., cum laude, 1973; Woodward Academy
Law School Attended:
University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1976
Year of First Admission:
1976
Admission:
1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1976, Georgia; 1979, South Carolina; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
Spartanburg County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Past Sub-Committee Member, Judicial Qualifications Committee); State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (President, 1994-1995); Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Professional Liability Committee and Construction Law Committee); Aviation Insurance Association; South Carolina Council for Conflict Resolution.
Birth Information:
Atlanta, Georgia, December 17, 1952
Reported Cases:
Reported cases in which Mike has been involved include: Pennsylvania Nat. Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Parker, 320 S.E.2d 458 (S.C. App. 1984); Boles v. Una Water Dist., 353 S.E.2d 286 (S.C. 1987); Pruitt v. Thermo-Kinetics Indus., 368 S.E.2d 913 (S.C. App. 1988); Carter v. R.L. Jordan Oil Co., 385 S.E.2d 820 (S.C. 1989); Spartan Grain & Mill Co. v. Ralston Purina Co., 864 F.2d 1389 (4th Cir. 1989); Foster v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 395 S.E.2d 440 (S.C. 1990); Walker v. The Bluffs Apartments, 447 S.E.2d 472 (S.C. App. 1996); Spartan Iron & Metal Corp. v. Liberty Ins. Corp., 6 Fed. Appx. 176 (4th Cir. 2001); Martinez v. Duke Energy Co., 130 Fed. Appx. 629 (4th Cir. 2005); Mid-South Mgt. Co. v. Sherwood Dev. Corp., 649 S.E.2d 135 (S.C. App. 2007); Sullivan v. Hawker Beechcraft Corp., 723 S.E.2d 835 (S.C. App. 2012); Stoneledge at Lake Keowee Owners’ Ass’n, Inc. v. Clear View Const., LLC, 776 S.E.2d 426 (S.C. App. 2015); Hampton Hall, LLC v. Chapman Coyle Chapman & Associates Architects AIA, Inc., 2017 WL 6622508 (D.S.C. 2017); Servotronics v, Inc. v. Boeing Company, 954 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2020); BEI-Beach, LLC v. Christman, 889 S.E.2d 601 (S.C. Ct. App. 2023).
ISLN:
902759228

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