Steve A. Matthews

Practice Areas

Administrative & Regulatory Law

Appellate Proceedings

Business Litigation

Corporate

Intellectual Property & Litigation

Mediation

State & Local Governments

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 client’s businesses. He is experienced in transactional negotiation and documentation, as well as trial and appellate advocacy, involving intellectual property, constitutional law, utility 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.

He has served clients 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.

Education:

Yale Law School, J.D., 1980

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

University of Warwick, Coventry, England

Professional Memberships

Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, member of the National Board of Visitors and former state chapter President

Atlantic Legal Foundation, Board Member

South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, member of the Small Business Council and Legal Affairs Committee, and former Board Member

South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation, former Board Member and Chairman

John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court, former Board Member and President

National Association of Bond Lawyers, former Officer and Board Member

American College of Bond Counsel, Founding Member, former Board Member and Officer

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, former state chapter President

South Carolina Bar, former House of Delegates Member

Governor’s South Carolina Education Reform Council, Chair (2006-2007)

Personal

Before joining Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, Steve practiced corporate law with the Wall Street firm Dewey Ballantine in its Washington office and served in the U.S. Department of Justice during President Reagan’s second term. At Justice, he advised Attorney General Edwin Meese III and the White House on the selection of nominees for federal judgeships and served as Special Counsel to Attorney General Meese on the Iran-Contra investigation.