Jody V. McKnight

• South Carolina Bar Member, since 1993
• American Association for Justice
• Southern Trial Lawyer's Association
• Super Lawyers, Member
• Southern Trial Lawyer Association (STLA), Member, since 2003
• South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ), current member and formerly served three consecutive terms on the SCAJ Board of Governors South Carolina Bar Member, since 1993 Southern Trial Lawyers Association SuperLawyers, since 2008 National Trial Lawyers Association, since 2011 American Association for Justice

• $4,100,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement, Tractor Trailer Collision, including negligence by Contractor and safety engineering firm for South Carolina Department of Transportation, 2022
• $275,000.00 settlement for tractor trailer driver injured, suffered a facial scar,  when another tractor trailer followed too closely and struck the rear of the injured plaintiff's truck.   , 2025
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• $1,800,000.00 Settlement for Tractor Trailer Rear-End Collision; Back Injuries, 2022
• James v. Anne’s Inc., 386 S.C. 326, 688 S.E.2d 562 (2010), rev’d on reh’g, 390 S.C. 188, 701 S.E.2d. 730 (2010), the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed its original 3-2 decision into a unanimous 5-0 victory in favor of Mr. McKnight’s client and all disabled workers in the State of South Carolina. This decision eliminated a legally impermissible extra-judicial negotiation model, where South Carolina’s disabled workers were routinely forced to abandon rights and remedies afforded under the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act. Mr. McKnight personally funded and charged no fees for his appellate work in that case, because it was the right thing to do, overriding principles of justice required that the issue be finally decided to protect South Carolina’s workers., 2010

• Here is one of several videos we shot for use on social media. , Trucking Accident Video on McKnight Law Firm Instagram page, Law, 2023
• Jody enjoys sharing his many years of litigation and trial with law students and younger, less experienced lawyers. , Jody McKnight teaching about deposition and trial strategy at the Charleston School of Law, Law, 2024

• The McKnight Law Firm sponsors the Charleston Moves organization, which is a non-profit that advocates for reasonable and safe roadway design and construction of things such as bike/pedestrian paths and lanes.   The McKnight Law Firm focuses on serious injury and wrongful death cases, and sees the other side of vehicles colliding with people on foot and bicycles.  We would like to see the number of these sometimes catastrophic collisions between cars, trucks, and people, reduced.  In 2024, the McKnight Law Firm Sponsored the Charleston Moves Gala as a Title Sponsor; and is a Title Sponsor for May Mobility Month for 2025, which highlights their community involvement.   Jody McKnight has spoken at City of Charleston Council meetings to advocate for a bike lane on King Street in Charleston; and remains available to Charleston Moves to speak on their behalf upon request.  See Charlestonmoves.org. , 2025

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1993, 1993
• B.A. in Political Science, University of South Carolina, 1987

• Auto Injuries: Advanced Plaintiff’s Strategies: Using Doctor Testimony to Your Advantage, National Business Institute Seminar, August 2020
• Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, From Start to Finish, National Business Institute Seminar, February 2020
• Advanced Trial Tactics, Opening Statement and Direct Examination, National Business Institute Seminar, December 2017
• Basics of Civil Practice and Procedure, National Business Institute Seminar, 2020
• Pain and Suffering, Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Injuries, Loss of Earning, and Life Care Plans, National Business Institute, 2020
• Offensive and Defensive Non-Mutual Collateral Estoppel: Due Process Implications of the Sword and Shield, South Carolina Trial Lawyer Association Bulletin, May 1997
• Unite and Conquer with a Local Trial Lawyer Workshop, South Carolina Trial Lawyer Association Bulletin, May 2001
• South Carolina Supreme Court Landmark Decision by way of Rehearing, JUSTLAW, Southern Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, February 2011
• Physician Re-Direct Examination: Focus on Context and Science to Uncloak the Black Hat, JUSTLAW, Southern Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, August 11, 2014

• Link to McKnight Law Firm website Blog; and see Blog and Newsletter sign up on web page. , McKnight Law Firm Blog

“Jody is one of the most passionate lawyers I know. He is well versed in all areas of personal injury, but I consider him a specialist when it comes to closing arguments and communicating with juries. His ethics and his desire to fight for what he believes in are unmatched.”