About Robert
Bobby Stepp is an experienced litigator focusing on complex cases in varied commercial settings at the trial and appellate level. His practice includes professional liability defense, corporate governance disputes, contract matters, product liability defense, voting rights, and constitutional issues. Bobby is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He received the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Bar in 2014.ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitU.S. Supreme CourtEDUCATIONUniversity of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1977 - Order of Wig and Robe and South Carolina Law ReviewUniversity of South Carolina, B.A., 1972PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSRichland County Bar AssociationFellow, American College of Trial LawyersAmerican Board of Trial AdvocatesLitigation Counsel of AmericaFederal Bar AssociationSouth Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ AssociationJohn Belton O’Neall Inn of CourtHONORS & AWARDSSouth Carolina Bar Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award (2014)Best Lawyers in America - Bet-the-Company Litigation (2017-2020), Lawyer of the Year (2017) and Commercial Litigation (2005-2020)Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2017) (Tier 1, 2012-present)South Carolina “Super Lawyer” - Business Litigation (2008-2018), Top 25 List (2009- 2011, 2014-2015)Benchmark Litigation Local Litigation Star (2009-2016)Benchmark Appellate Local Star (2012)Litigation Special Report Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation (2012)USC Law School Alumni Association Compleat Lawyer Award Gold Medallion (2004)PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONSSpeaker, “The Winner Takes It All: Real Estate Case Law Update Including Gooldy,” South Carolina Bar CLE, Dave Whitener Real Estate Workshop, Kiawah Island, South Carolina (July 2018)Panelist, “One Issue, Two Perspectives: Legal Malpractice in South Carolina,” Current Issues in Legal Malpractice, South Carolina Bar CLE, Columbia, South Carolina (December 2017)Co-Author, The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina, South Carolina Bar, CLE Division, 2017“Don’t Raise Your Voice. Improve Your Argument.” Preparing for and Delivering an Excellent Oral Argument, South Carolina Lawyer (July 2013)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT20 Years Strong Service Project: Giving Back to the South Carolina PhilharmonicGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Philharmonic - Former President, Board of Directors
Bobby Stepp is an experienced litigator focusing on complex cases in varied commercial settings at the trial and appellate level. His practice includes professional liability defense, corporate governance disputes, contract matters, product liability defense, voting rights, and constitutional issues. Bobby is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He received the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Bar in 2014.ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitU.S. Supreme CourtEDUCATIONUniversity of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1977 - Order of Wig and Robe and South Carolina Law ReviewUniversity of South Carolina, B.A., 1972PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSRichland County Bar AssociationFellow, American College of Trial LawyersAmerican Board of Trial AdvocatesLitigation Counsel of AmericaFederal Bar AssociationSouth Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ AssociationJohn Belton O’Neall Inn of CourtHONORS & AWARDSSouth Carolina Bar Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award (2014)Best Lawyers in America - Bet-the-Company Litigation (2017-2020), Lawyer of the Year (2017) and Commercial Litigation (2005-2020)Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2017) (Tier 1, 2012-present)South Carolina “Super Lawyer” - Business Litigation (2008-2018), Top 25 List (2009- 2011, 2014-2015)Benchmark Litigation Local Litigation Star (2009-2016)Benchmark Appellate Local Star (2012)Litigation Special Report Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation (2012)USC Law School Alumni Association Compleat Lawyer Award Gold Medallion (2004)PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONSSpeaker, “The Winner Takes It All: Real Estate Case Law Update Including Gooldy,” South Carolina Bar CLE, Dave Whitener Real Estate Workshop, Kiawah Island, South Carolina (July 2018)Panelist, “One Issue, Two Perspectives: Legal Malpractice in South Carolina,” Current Issues in Legal Malpractice, South Carolina Bar CLE, Columbia, South Carolina (December 2017)Co-Author, The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina, South Carolina Bar, CLE Division, 2017“Don’t Raise Your Voice. Improve Your Argument.” Preparing for and Delivering an Excellent Oral Argument, South Carolina Lawyer (July 2013)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT20 Years Strong Service Project: Giving Back to the South Carolina PhilharmonicGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Philharmonic - Former President, Board of Directors
Bobby Stepp is an experienced litigator focusing on complex cases in varied commercial settings at the trial and appellate level. His practice includes professional liability defense, corporate governance disputes, contract matters, product liability defense, voting rights, and constitutional issues. Bobby is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He received the Trial and Appellate Advocacy Award from the South Carolina Bar in 2014.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
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