Stephen Peterson Groves Sr.

Stephen P. Groves, Sr. practices in the Litigation and Insurance Groups.

Mr. Groves practice includes Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice and International Law.

Mr. Groves has served on the editorial board of the South Carolina Lawyer and as a contributor to South Carolina Jurisprudence. In addition, Mr. Groves has served as a contributor or contributing editor to a number of publications. Among them, South Carolina Civil Procedure and The Law of Domestic Relations in South Carolina, the ABA TIPS' Property Insurance Law Committee's Annotations to the Standard Fire and Homeowners Insurance Policy and Property Insurance Issues in Catastrophe losses.

Additionally, Mr. Groves serves as an editor of the CGL Reporter, a chapter contributor to Misrepresentation in Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Process: A National Survey, a chapter contributor to Superseding and Staying Judgments: A National Compendium, and an editor of the ABA TIPS’ Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee’s CGL Handbook.

Mr. Groves came to Nexsen Pruet from Young Clement Rivers & Tisdale, LLP where he was a Partner and one of the firm's litigation attorneys.

University of South Carolina - Columbia

J.D. (1986) | Law

1983 - 1986

College of Charleston

B.A. (1979) | Political Science

1974 - 1979

Honors: Bishop Robert Smith Award

Activities: Student Government, ODK, EN, Soccer Team

Member

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

2007 - Current

Special Counsel

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

2003 - 2006

Partner

Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, LLP

1991 - 2003

Associate

Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, LLP

1986 - 1990

Fellow

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

2020

Fellow

American College of Coverage Counsel

2020

DRI

2015 - Current

Federal Bar Association

2010 - Current

International Bar Association

Member

1996 - Current

American Bar Association

Member/Leadership

1991 - Current

Activities: Mr. Groves is a member of the American Bar Association (TIPS, Litigation, and Judicial Division member; has served as Chair of the Appellate Advocacy and Business Litigation committees; Vice-Chair of the Property Law Committee, Civil Procedure and Evidence, and International Law committees; Chair of the Judicial Divisionâs Lawyers Conferenceâs Technology in the Law Committee; Secretary of the General Committee Board; TIPS Committee Coordinator; and on the Scope and Correlation Committee, Task Force for Vision 20/20, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, and Public Relations Committee).

American Bar Association

Member/Leadership

1991 - Current

South Carolina State Bar

Member

1986 - Current

Charleston County Bar Association

Member

1986 - Current

South Carolina

Since 1986

• Free Consultation

• Insurance Coverage Litigation