Collins & Lacy Welcomes R. Scott Wallinger, Jr.

[COLUMBIA, S.C.] Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce R. Scott Wallinger, Jr. has joined the firm as a shareholder and litigator practicing in the areas of commercial transportation, insurance coverage and "bad faith" litigation, premises liability, products liability, and professional liability. 

Scott received his undergraduate degree from Clemson University and went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina.  Early in his career, Scott served as a state prosecutor, which included several years as an Assistant Attorney General of South Carolina, where he tried numerous cases throughout South Carolina.  Scott joined Collins & Lacy in 2001, where he began working in defense litigation.  He then moved with his family to Charleston in 2007, where he practiced with a Charleston law firm, before returning to Collins & Lacy in 2010. Scott is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. 

About Collins & Lacy, P.C.

In 2010, Collins & Lacy, P.C., celebrates 26 years of providing legal services to South Carolina.  With offices in Columbia, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the firm’s primary focus is defense litigation, representing local, regional, and national clients in the areas of business litigation, appellate advocacy, business transactions, products liability, contracts, construction, employment law, trucking, professional malpractice, anti-trust, insurance, bad faith, healthcare, retail and hospitality liability defense, land use, premises liability, workers’ compensation, and criminal defense.  Collins & Lacy is committed to upholding the highest standards for integrity, civility, and community service.