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Jerrod B. Fussnecker

Special Counsel

Jerrod represents businesses, insurers, and public entities in a broad range of complex civil litigation matters, including subrogation, construction, transportation, retail and hospitality, professional liability, products liability, and governmental affairs. Drawing on two decades of trial and leadership experience, he provides strategic counsel to clients facing high-exposure claims, regulatory challenges, and business disputes.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Jerrod earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a Master of Studies in International Law from the University of Oxford. Jerrod began his legal career in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he served as a prosecutor in Germany, Senior Trial Counsel at Fort Irwin, California, and Officer in Charge of the Hunter Army Airfield Legal Center in Savannah, Georgia. His military service also included a deployment to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, where he served as a Command Judge Advocate advising military commanders on matters of international law, national security, and military justice. A graduate of the U.S. Army War College, he currently serves as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Among his most notable assignments, Jerrod served as Deputy Prosecutor in the court-martial of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl at Fort Bragg, North Carolina for charges of misbehavior before the enemy and desertion.

He later served as an Assistant Attorney General for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, where he prosecuted more than 200 cases across more than 30 counties in South Carolina, including jury trials for murder, human trafficking, sexual assault, public corruption, and police misconduct. This extensive courtroom experience informs his practical, results-oriented approach to civil litigation and trial advocacy.

Jerrod also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he teaches Military Law and as a Council Member on the South Carolina Bar Military and Veterans Law Committee. Outside the office, Jerrod and his wife, Rebecca, enjoy spending time with their twin sons, Frank and Michael.

  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
  • U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Supreme Court

  • Honor Graduate, Army Trial Advocacy Course
  • South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy graduate

  • South Carolina Bar Military & Veterans Law Council Member
  • Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law
  • Colonel, United States Army Reserve
EDUCATION
  • University of Oxford, M.St., International Law
    • Published article on NATO legal operations
  • University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D.
    • Cum Laude
    • Law Review Member
    • Founder of Mock Trial Team
    • Judge John W. Peck Trial Practice Award
  • United States Military Academy at West Point, B.S., Economics
    • Honor Roll all eight semesters