Rhett D. Burney, Partner

Email: rdburney@turnerandburney.com

Practice Areas: General litigation, Personal Injury, Divorce, Criminal Law, Social Security Disability, Worker’s Compensation, Adoptions, Automobile Accidents, Truck Litigation, Dog Bite cases.

Admitted: 1995, South Carolina; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Rhett has praticed for over 15 years.  He has handled many types of cases during his legal career ranging from successfully defending clients in murder cases, to handling complex divorce issus, and advising hospitals in their legal needs.  He has also won various  arguments before the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. 

Although Rhett has a wide range of experience on various legal matters, he has limited his practice to those cases that interest him and in which his clients are completely dedicated to their cause.

Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D., 1995

College: Presbyterian College, B.A., honors, 1992

Member: Member of the American Bar Associations, South Carolina Bar, the American Trial Lawyers, and the South Carolina Association for Justice.

Public Service Activities:

Chairman for Board of Directors-Laurens Main Street
Former Board of Directors-Laurens Academy
Former Board of Directors-Laurens Family YMCA
Former Board of Directors-Hospice
Paul Harris Fellow-Rotary

Elder –Presbyterian Church of Laurens

Significant Cases:
Lyons v. Johnson – this case recorded one of sthe highest judgments in Laurens County history.
Laurens Emergency Med. Specialists v. Laurens County Health Care System and M.S. Bailey & Sons Bankers, 355 S.C. 104 -Court upheld South Carolina law on indemnification

Foster v. Burbage