Name: Daryl G. Hawkins
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BIOGRAPHY OF DARYL G. HAWKINS

A native of Charleston, Daryl G. Hawkins graduated from Wofford College with a B.A. in Economics in 1976 and from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1983. He has devoted himself to representing those who have been injured due to professional malpractice.

Mr. Hawkins was recently successful in having a new cause of action recognized by the SC Supreme Court allowing insurance carriers to file direct actions against the attorney’s they hire to defend their insureds when they breach a duty owed to the insured client which causes the carrier a loss.

Mr. Hawkins was a Law Clerk to Chief Justice C. Bruce Littlejohn, of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1983 – 1984, and maintains memberships in the following and has served in the capacities noted: Richland County Bar Association (President, 2007); American Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Member of the House of Delegates 2013 - Present); South Carolina Association for Justice (formerly South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association); Chairman, SCTLA Ad Hoc Medical Malpractice Committee; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; member of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); and John Belton O’Neal Inn of Court (President, 2004-2005); Former Chairman of The Foundation for the Multi-Handicapped, Blind and Deaf of South Carolina, Inc.

Mr. Hawkins has taught and has been a guest lecturer in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at SC School of Law and has presented, spoken, and appeared in other roles in numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars and at the John Belton O’Neal Inn of Court. He has authored numerous articles on various legal topics. He has been named to the list of lawyers recognized as Super Lawyers in South Carolina.

See: Ranucci v. Crain, 409 S.C. 493, 763 S.E.2d 189 (S.C. 2014); Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm, LLC and Roy P. Maybank, Op. No. 27865 (S.C. 2019).

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