Brian C. Duffy

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• South Carolina
• U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States
• District of Columbia
• Brian is honored to serve the legal profession which he has done and continues to do through a variety of organizations. Brian has served as President of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Federal Bar Association, and the James L. Petigru American Inn of Court.  Brian remains actively involved in each of those organizations and also is a proud member of the American Bar Foundation and of the Judicial Conference of The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

• In the past few years, I have resolved cases for many clients as the plaintiff, with recoveries ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to many millions of dollars.  During the same time, I have represented defendants in settlement and trial of claims ranging from relatively modest value to claims valued in the tens of millions of dollars where we won a defense verdict which was affirmed on appeal.

• Brian Duffy: We Handle a Variety of Cases and Bring a Broad Perspective., 2019
• Brian Duffy: Client Relationships, 2019

• Duffy & Young represented DeBordieu Colony Community Association in an effort to intervene in an action by an entity that sought to claim title to 8000 acres of tidelands abutting the southern boundary of the DeBordieu Community, alleging a chain of title for the various parcels tracing back to grants of rights from the King of England. DCCA sought to aggressively defend against that claim and thereby keep public access to the tidelands and asserted a claim for a prescriptive easement over property at issue. The matter of intervention was the subject of an appeal, and we won. The appellate decision clarified the standard for intervention in South Carolina.  And as a result of that success and a discussion with opposing counsel, the parties are discussing a negotiated resolution.

• Brian is the Chairman and CEO of The Charleston Forum, a not-for-profit company designed to unite the community to resolve racial issues, in light of the massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church.  Brian has been selected to serve on projects honoring influential judges and lawyers and erecting statues in their honor.  Brian served for years on the Board of Directors for the Pro Bono Legal Services Organization of Charleston.  Brian has chaired a committee of lawyers and judges involved in celebrating civil rights decisions in South Carolina and providing materials to high school students in South Carolina about those developments.

• Received AV rating
• Brian was invited and inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers., American College, ACTL, 2022
• Recognized as a Member of Super Lawyers
• This award honors legal professionals licensed and practicing law in the state of South Carolina, who have gone above and beyond in their profession and their community. These honorees represent the most influential leaders within our state’s legal community. They are nominated by their peers and selected by a panel of independent legal professional leaders based on professional accomplishment, personal accomplishment, and community involvement within the Palmetto State., South Carolina Leader in Law, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, 2018

• Brian earned a Juris Doctor from the Vanderbilt University Law School where he was a John W. Wade Scholar and the Notes Editor of Vanderbilt Law Review. Brian earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with highest distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Charleston School of Law, Adjunct Professor

“Brian is a tireless and effective advocate to accomplish his client's goals”