Meet Our Attorneys

 

Our trucking litigation team understands the trucking industry and knows what to investigate. The experienced and dependable attorneys of Chappell, Smith & Arden represent individuals injured by the negligent conduct of trucking companies and their employees. If a trucking company cuts corners or fails to meet required standards, our attorneys will expose those failures with thorough and diligent investigation.

MARK D. CHAPPELL

Email: Mark Chappell
Phone: 800.531.9780

 

Areas of Practice

• Trucking accidents

• Catastrophic injuries & wrongful death

• Motor vehicle accidents

• Product liability

• Personal injury

• Railroad accidents

 

Admitted to Practice

• South Carolina, 1985

• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1985

• District of Columbia, 1993

 

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, 1984

• University of South Carolina, BS in Finance and Economics, 1981

 

Professional Memberships, Awards
and Accomplishments

• South Carolina Bar, Chair, Judicial Qualifications Committee; Member, House of Delegates

• South Carolina Association for Justice, Past President

• American Association for Justice

• American Board of Trial Advocates

• Attorneys Information Exchange Group

• Super Lawyers of South Carolina

• Million Dollar Advocates Forum

• South Carolina Supreme Court certified mediator

• Appointed Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee representing nearly 100 race fans injured in the 2000 Charlotte Motor Speedway bridge collapse

• Received the largest jury verdict in York County’s history at $3.5 million

• Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in the In Re Graniteville Cases representing people injured in the 2005 Graniteville train derailment pending before Judge Margaret B. Seymour in Federal District Court

W. HUGH McANGUS, JR.

Email: Hugh McAngus
Phone: 800.531.9780

 

Areas of Practice

• Trucking accidents

• Motor vehicle accidents

• Products liability

• General litigation

 

Admitted to Practice

• South Carolina, 2006

• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2007

• North Carolina, 2007

• U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 2012

 

Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, magna cum laude, 2006

 - Order of the Coif

 - Order of Wig and Robe

 - South Carolina Law Review

 - CALI Excellence for the Future Awards® in Evidence, Business Crimes, and Sales

• University of South Carolina, BA in English and Religious Studies, magna cum laude, 2001

 - Phi Beta Kappa

 

Professional Memberships, Awards
and Accomplishments

• South Carolina Association for Justice, Board of Governors, Past Young Lawyers Section Chair

• American Association for Justice, Board of Governors

• Trucking Litigation Group, Membership Committee

• Member, Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America

• South Carolina Bar

• North Carolina State Bar

• North Carolina Advocates For Justice

• Nursing Home Litigation Group

• Attorneys Information Exchange Group

• Southern Trial Lawyers Association

• Harmony School, Board of Directors