About Thomas Terrell

Thomas Terrell grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, and earned his Juris Doctor from Charleston School of Law in 2012. After law school, he spent several years as an Assistant Solicitor in the 15th Circuit Solicitor's Office serving Horry and Georgetown counties, building courtroom experience he now uses to represent injury victims. He handles personal injury and workers' compensation cases in South Carolina, and he uses his background litigating cases to push back when insurance companies try to pressure clients into inadequate settlements.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$262.5 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $262.5 million after finding that a defective rear liftgate latch on a 1985 Dodge Caravan caused a six-year-old boy to be ejected and killed in a 1994 crash; the punitive damages were later reversed on appeal and the case settled confidentially in 2001.

U.S. District Court, D.S.C. · 1997Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A federal jury awarded $17 million to the surviving relatives of a Canadian Army private, his wife, and their infant son killed when an XPO Express 18-wheeler plowed into slowed construction-zone traffic on Interstate 95 near Florence, South Carolina.

U.S. District Court, D.S.C. (Charleston Division) · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Berkeley County apartment complex that failed to equip its pool gates with code-required latching hardware settled the wrongful death claim of a three-year-old boy's family for six million dollars.

Berkeley County, S.C. · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Joye Law Firm recovered $5 million for the estate of a Goodwill custodian killed when a terminal tractor with broken headlights made an illegal U-turn and struck her in a Joint Base Charleston parking lot.

Charleston County Circuit Court · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3.6 millionSettlementTop 20 in South Carolina · #20

A South Carolina man rear-ended by a drunk driver who fled the scene recovered $3.6 million after the driver's employer disputed vehicle ownership and scope of employment, with cervical fusion and knee surgery documented.

South Carolina (venue confidential) · 2020Car AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Charleston School of Law
J.D., 2012
University of Georgia
Undergraduate, 2008

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of South Carolina

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