Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate; view more
Licensed in South Carolina since: 1988
Education: Harvard Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2025 Details
John Moylan is a native South Carolinian and graduate of Harvard Law School who represents individuals who have been killed or suffered severe injuries through the negligence of others. Throughout his career, he has repeatedly achieved multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients. John’s areas of practice include representing clients who have been killed or injured through medical malpractice and medical negligence; clients who have been killed or suffered catastrophic injuries in automobile collisions; and clients who have been killed or suffered severe injuries because of the negligence of corporations. John also represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated and whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. As an advocate for his clients and friends, John has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Magazine, and People Magazine. He has also appeared on national television shows including Larry King Live, MSNBC, Fox News, Anderson Cooper 360, and Good Morning America. John has been ranked among the Top 25 Lawyers in South Carolina by Super Lawyers and has been selected twice as “The State’s Best Attorney” by the readers of The State newspaper.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate, Construction Litigation: Business, General LitigationFocus areas
Animal Bites, Appeals, Arbitration, Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Construction Defects, Dram Shop Laws, Litigation, Mediation, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Restraining Order, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Small Claims, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 20% Appellate
- 10% Construction Litigation: Business
- 10% General Litigation
First Admitted: 1988, South Carolina
Professional Webpage: https://wyche.com/what/attorneys/john-c-moylan/
- South Carolina Trial Lawyers’ Association, Member, 2000-Present
- South Carolina’s Commission on Lawyer Conduct by appointment from the South Carolina Supreme Court, Member, 2005–Present
- Member, Commission on Lawyer Conduct
- District of Columbia Bar, 1988
- Member, South Carolina Association for Justice, 2000-Present
- South Carolina Bar, 1988
- Member, John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court, 2005-Present
- Board of Delegates, South Carolina Bar Association, 2002 - 2004
- Representing numerous injured individuals in medical malpractice cases, automobile vs. bicycle crashes, and catastrophic fall cases
- Settlement of a False Claims Act case involving fraudulent Medicare billing. , 2013
- Over $900,000 jury verdict in Ginn v. Amelia tried in Richland County, SC., 2011
- Successfully represented the lead plaintiffs in South Carolina's redistricting litigation
- Obtained a settlement in excess of $1.5 million in a medical malpractice case for an individual who was injured by a surgeon and hospital
- $900,000 settlement in a case airing from a fall down a flight of stairs. , 2013
- Represented the plaintiffs in a qui tam lawsuit filed under the Federal False Claims Act that resulted in the largest healthcare settlement in the history of South Carolina
- Obtained a multi-million dollar verdict, in a medical malpractice case that involved a failure to diagnose Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Multi-million dollar verdict in a case tried before an arbitration panel. , 2013
- Over $2 million verdict in House v. Greenville Gynecology, et al., 2008
- Served as trial attorney in numerous business litigation, employment, and real estate development contests
- American Bar Association, Certified Mediator, 2005-Present; Certified Arbitrator, 2010-Present
- Woodberry Forest School Board of Advisers, 2019
- PTO President, Satchel Ford Elementary, 2001-2002
- Elder, Shandon Presbyterian Church, 2001-2004
- Named “The State’s Best Attorney” by The State newspaper, 2016 & 2020
- Greenville Business Magazine, Legal Elite, 2012, 2014 -Present
- Listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2013 – Present
- Listed in Chambers USA, 2015 – Present
- Named among the Top 25 Lawyers in SC by South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2019
- Fellow of the American Bar Association, 2009
- Listed in Best Lawyers In America, 2008 – Present
- Presbyterian College, B.A., cum laude, 1984
- Speaker on "Relator's Standing and Potential Recovery and Protections" at the SC Bar Conference on Fraud Against the Government and Whistleblower Actions held in conjunction with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, 2012
- Author, "After the Dust Clears, Changes in S.C. Tort Law", South Carolina Lawyer, 2005
- Recoveries and Protections for Whistleblowers Under the False Claims Act, Jan 2012
- Doing Business in South Carolina Guide, co-author of Section XVI: Ethics, Lobbying, and Campaign Financing
- Contributing Author, "The Lieutenant Governor", South Carolina Jurisprudence,1992
- Author, "Donald Stuart Russell – In Memoriam", 49 South Carolina Law Review 353
- Taxpayers Against Fraud
Office location for John C. Moylan, III
807 Gervais St
Suite 301
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-529-1996
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2025
