Steve A. Matthews

Practice Areas

Administrative & Regulatory Law

Appellate Proceedings

Business Litigation

Intellectual Property & Litigation

Career

Steve Matthews focuses on achieving resolutions – whether by negotiation or litigation – of the more complex issues arising in a wide range of legal fields that involve mission critical aspects of his clients’ businesses. He is experienced in transactional negotiation and documentation, as well as trial and appellate advocacy, involving intellectual property, constitutional law, utilities regulation, mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security, governmental structures and powers, administrative procedures, corporate governance, securities regulation, trade regulation and advertising, corporate and government finance, healthcare, land use and taxation.

Clients that he has served have been drawn from an equally broad range of industries including manufacturing, telecommunications, energy, financial institutions, information technology, digital media and advertising, government, education and real estate.

Steve is a certified mediator for civil court actions in South Carolina, and has been called upon to facilitate the resolution of matters involving the valuation of property for tax purposes, personal injury, corporate minority shareholder oppression and environmental torts.

Professional Memberships

Atlantic Legal Foundation, Board of Directors (2021-Present), Advisory Council (2016-2021)

Personal

Yale Law School, J.D., 1980

University of South Carolina, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977

University of Warwick, Coventry, England