Meet Joseph

Joseph Spate’s practice focuses on business litigation. He represents clients in matters involving contracts, business torts, consumer lending, personal injury, products liability and construction defects. In addition, he advises automobile dealers on state law compliance.

Prior to joining our firm, Joseph served as a Judicial Clerk to the Hon. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

• University of South Carolina, J.D., cum laude, 2018
• Erskine College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2013

• South Carolina, 2018
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2018
• U.S. District Court, South Carolina, 2019

• South Carolina Law Review, Fourth Circuit Editor
• Recipient of the CALI Award: Advanced Legal Writing
• Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society, Member
• University of South Carolina School of Law Honor Council, Vice Chair

• South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division
• South Carolina Bar, 2022 Leadership Academy Graduate
• National Association of Dealer Counsel
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association

• “To Have and to Hold: Factors to Consider Before Divorcing South Carolina from the Concealed Weapons Permit Requirement,” South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 597, 2017
• Co-Author of “Medical Malpractice: Defending Against Hindsight Bias,” Professional Liability Defense Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2017