Grady L. Beard

Grady focuses his practice on workers’ compensation, workers’ compensation mediation and appellate advocacy. He is a co-author of The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, Sixth Edition, a comprehensive book analyzing this complex area of law. Grady is a Fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and is a member of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network. He serves on the Board of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, is active in the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers.EDUCATIONLouisiana State UniversityNorthwestern State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1983Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1987ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarGeorgia BarU.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of GeorgiaU.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh CircuitsU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaASSOCIATIONSAmerican Bar AssociationRichland County Bar AssociationDefense Research InstituteSouth Carolina Workers Compensation Educational AssociationSouth Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ AssociationNational Workers’ Compensation Defense NetworkSupreme Court of South Carolina Certified MediatorPUBLICATIONSPanelist (with Bobby Stepp and Tina Cundari), Keep Calm and Appeal On: Appellate Practice in South Carolina, Sowell Gray CLE Series, Columbia, South Carolina (January 2013)The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (1992, Supplement; 1998, Second Edition; 2000, Supplement; 2003, Third Edition; 2004, Fourth Edition; 2008, Fifth Edition; 2012, Sixth Edition)OFFICESFellow, The College of Workers’ Compensation LawyersBoard of Directors, South Carolina Workers Compensation Educational AssociationVice Chair, Workers Compensation Law Committee, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys AssociationFormer Co-Chair, Workers’ Compensation Section, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys AssociationAdvisory Board Member, Larson’s National Workers’ CompensationAWARDSSouth Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, Lifetime Service Award (2018)Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2017), Workers’ Compensation Law (2008-2020), Workers’ Compensation Law Lawyer of the Year (2017)Recipient, South Carolina Pro Bono Service AwardNominee, South Carolina Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (1990)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTFormer member, Board of Directors of Palmetto Place Children’s Emergency Shelter20 Years Strong Service Project: Raising money for Kids' Chance of South CarolinaGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of Commerce

Grady focuses his practice on workers’ compensation, workers’ compensation mediation and appellate advocacy. He is a co-author of The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, Sixth Edition, a comprehensive book analyzing this complex area of law. Grady is a Fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and is a member of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network. He serves on the Board of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, is active in the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers.EDUCATIONLouisiana State UniversityNorthwestern State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1983Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1987ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarGeorgia BarU.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of GeorgiaU.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh CircuitsU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaASSOCIATIONSAmerican Bar AssociationRichland County Bar AssociationDefense Research InstituteSouth Carolina Workers Compensation Educational AssociationSouth Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ AssociationNational Workers’ Compensation Defense NetworkSupreme Court of South Carolina Certified MediatorPUBLICATIONSPanelist (with Bobby Stepp and Tina Cundari), Keep Calm and Appeal On: Appellate Practice in South Carolina, Sowell Gray CLE Series, Columbia, South Carolina (January 2013)The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (1992, Supplement; 1998, Second Edition; 2000, Supplement; 2003, Third Edition; 2004, Fourth Edition; 2008, Fifth Edition; 2012, Sixth Edition)OFFICESFellow, The College of Workers’ Compensation LawyersBoard of Directors, South Carolina Workers Compensation Educational AssociationVice Chair, Workers Compensation Law Committee, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys AssociationFormer Co-Chair, Workers’ Compensation Section, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys AssociationAdvisory Board Member, Larson’s National Workers’ CompensationAWARDSSouth Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, Lifetime Service Award (2018)Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2017), Workers’ Compensation Law (2008-2020), Workers’ Compensation Law Lawyer of the Year (2017)Recipient, South Carolina Pro Bono Service AwardNominee, South Carolina Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year (1990)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTFormer member, Board of Directors of Palmetto Place Children’s Emergency Shelter20 Years Strong Service Project: Raising money for Kids' Chance of South CarolinaGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of Commerce

Grady focuses his practice on workers’ compensation, workers’ compensation mediation and appellate advocacy. He is a co-author of The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, Sixth Edition, a comprehensive book analyzing this complex area of law. Grady is a Fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and is a member of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network. He serves on the Board of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association, is active in the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers.

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