James L. Floyd, III (Lee)

Lee Floyd is an associate practicing in insurance coverage, products liability, commercial transportation and professional negligence.  He also performs pro-bono work for the office of the South Carolina Attorney General, serving as a special prosecutor in criminal domestic violence prosecutions.  Lee graduated from Wofford College, and he received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina.  While in law school, he served on the Editorial Board for the South Carolina Law Review and participated in Moot Court.  He also won the Roberts’ Most Outstanding Research Paper Award.  Lee worked as a law clerk for Collins & Lacy prior to joining the firm in 2007.

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Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Insurance Coverage: representing American and international insurance companies in litigation involving coverage disputes, first party claims, commercial liability and errors and omissions with an emphasis on bad faith claims. 
• Products Liability: representing regional and national clients in the following industries -- pharmaceuticals/medical devices, heavy equipment, buses/automotive, consumer products, building materials, firearms, chemicals, food products and sporting goods. 
• Commercial Transportation: representing local, regional and national trucking interests, owner-operators, charter bus operators, loggers and insurers of such entities, in litigation venues throughout South Carolina.
• Professional Negligence Claims: representing physicians, architects, engineers, lawyers, insurance agents and other professionals against claims of malpractice and other disputes arising from the practice of their respective fields.
  

Professional, Civic and Community Involvement

• Defense Research Institute
  • Publications Subcommittee
  • Products Liability Practice Group
  • Specialized Litigation Group for Recreational Products
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association 
• South Carolina Bar
• Richland County Bar Association
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms 
• USC National Alumni Association
• National Childhood Advocacy Participant – USC School of Law Moot Court

Papers, Presentations and Publications 

• "The Transference Phenomenon: Sexual Misconduct & Healthcare Professional Liability Coverage," South Carolina Insurance Law Blog, November 2011
• "Methamphetamines vs. Narcotics -- What Do They Mean Anyway?" South Carolina Insurance Law Blog, October 2011
• "Medicare's Broad Right to Reimbursement for Conditional Payments - Recent Cases," Defense Research Institute's The Whisper, Volume I, Issue 7, September 2009
• South Carolina Tort Law:  For Whom the Statute of Limitations Tolls – The Epstein Court’s Rejection of the Continuous Representation Rule, 57 S.C. L. Rev. 643 (2007)

Speaking Engagements

• Collins & Lacy Attorney Lee Floyd to Present at the National Business Institute Civil Procedure Seminar, December 17, 2010