About Jacob Hughes

Jacob M. Hughes is an attorney with George Sink Injury Lawyers, maintaining a broad practice with statewide and federal reach in South Carolina. His practice focuses on motor vehicle accidents (car, truck, and motorcycle wrecks), wrongful death, premises liability, dram shop cases, insurance coverage disputes, and complex business torts and appellate matters. He has tried cases to verdict in both state and federal courts and argued appeals before higher courts.

Before joining George Sink, Hughes practiced personal injury litigation in the Carolina Lowcountry, gaining courtroom experience in serious injury and accident cases.

Hughes earned his Bachelor of Music in Performance and a degree in History from Furman University in 2008 and his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2012.

He is licensed in South Carolina and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is active in the Greenville County Bar and South Carolina Bar.

Practice areas

Education

University of South Carolina School of Law
B.Mus. Performance and History, 2012
Furman University
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of South Carolina, admitted 2012
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
Greenville County Bar
South Carolina Bar

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