Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Greenville, SC

Eugene C. Covington Jr. is a personal injury attorney at Covington Patrick Hagins Stern & Lewis, LLC, in Greenville, South Carolina. Mr. Covington has over 40 years of legal experience and serves clients throughout the state of South Carolina. In addition to personal injury, he has experience with business litigation and insurance coverage.

Mr. Covington handles all types of personal injury matters, including those involving automobile accidents, dog bites, motorcycle accidents, product liability, slip-and-fall accidents, workplace injuries and other accidents caused by negligence. Over the course of his career, he has recovered major sums in settlements and verdicts for injured South Carolina residents.

Recognizing his accomplishments, Martindale-Hubbell awarded Mr. Covington an AV Preeminent* peer review rating. The Best Lawyers in America has listed him in its publication each year since 1985, and in 2006, Greenville Business Magazine included him on its “Legal Elite of the Upstate” list.

An active participant in his legal community, Mr. Covington is a member of the Greenville County Bar Association, the South Carolina Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice and the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He also frequently lectures for professional organizations.

Mr. Covington earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He holds licenses to practice law before all South Carolina state courts, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.