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Attorney Profiles

Carl L. Solomon 
Columbia, South Carolina
Member
phone (803) 779-8080
fax (803) 256-1816
email Email Me

Disclaimer: Settlements are subject to confidentiality agreements. Past results do not indicate or guarantee future success.

Awards/ Verdicts:

Olvera v. Norfolk Southern (Served as member of Class Counsel)
(Train Derailment)
Class Received Final Certification - June 2007
$10,500,000.00 plus paid to claimants at the time of certification.

Vernell Williams, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carnell Alford v. Marlboro County Marlboro Squad, Inc., and Robert Anthony Tryon
(Automobile Accident/Emergency Vehicle)
$ 2,000,000.00
April 2007 (Jury Verdict)

Octavia Jackson v. Dance, Inc., Up Top Management, Inc., and Swordfish Investments
(Premises Liability/Third Party Criminal Act)
$ 2,031,034.06
December 22, 2003 (Damages Award)

Bryant v. Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Inc.
(Employment/Race Discrimination)
$ 300,000.00
March 2002 (Jury Verdict)

Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury
Civil Litigation
Products Liability
Medical Malpractice
Bar Admissions:
South Carolina, 1995
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1996
Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1994
J.D.


Florida State University, 1991
B.S.


Representative Cases:
Graham v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co., 459 S.E.2d 844 (S.C. 1995)
Johnson v. Collins Entertainment, et al, 349 SC 613, 564 SE 2d 653 (S.C. 2002)
Olvera v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co., WL 107731 (D.S.C. 2007)
Jackson v. Swordfish Investments, L.L.C., 620 S.E.2d 54 (S.C. 2005)
Curtis Shell v. Richland County School Dist. One, 608 S.E.2d 428 (S.C. 2005)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Richland County Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member, Young Lawyers Division


South Carolina Bar
Member


South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association
Member


American Association for Justice
Member


Columbia Lawyers Association
Member


National Bar Association
Member


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi
GN&S Gergel, Nickels & Solomon PA Contact Us

Gergel, Nickles & Solomon

1519 Richland Street
P.O. Box 1866
Columbia, SC 29201-1866

Telephone: 866-568-6501
Telefax: 803-256-1816