Personal Injury & Workers Comp Attorneys in South Carolina

Helping Injured Victims in South Carolina and throughout the Southeastern United States

At Chappell, Smith & Arden, we believe a team of experienced, focused, and passionate trial lawyers gives injured clients the best opportunities to receive all of the financial compensation and medical treatment they need to recover as quickly as possible.  We have the resources to investigate and litigate all types of personal injury claims.

Let our experience work for you

Mark Chappell, a partner at Chappell, Smith & Arden, was appointed the lead plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in the Graniteville train disaster cases pending before Judge Margaret B. Seymour in U.S. District Court in Columbia, South Carolina.  The January 6, 2005 train derailment and chlorine gas spill in Graniteville, South Carolina adversely affected thousands of local residents and employees.

Mark was also appointed to the legal steering committee following the May 2000 bridge collapse at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway.  Chappell, Smith & Arden coordinated all documents and discovery, depositions, and the resources of the 24 law firms representing the 87 race fans injured during the collapse.

Bill Smith and Mark Arden have 45 years of combined experience handling workers' compensation cases.  Both attorneys limit their practices to workers' compensation and represent injured workers daily before the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission.  Each serves, or has served, on virtually every board and committee of workers' compensation-related organizations on behalf of injured workers.

The attorneys at Chappell, Smith & Arden primarily practice in the following areas:

We serve clients in every county in South Carolina and across the southeast. If you need us we will be there, no matter where "there" is located.  With six attorneys, five offices, and a network of associated lawyers across the state, we can handle your legal needs.

For a free consultation with a South Carolina worker comp or personal injury attorney, call toll free 888.513.6908, or click here to contact us online

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