Wallace K. Lightsey
44 East Camperdown Way, P.O. Box 728 Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0728
Firm:
Wyche, P.A.
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Overview
Wallace Lightsey is an experienced trial attorney, with well over fifty jury trials in his career, and has argued numerous appeals in the South Carolina appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He has a diverse litigation practice involving complex securities, corporate, and intellectual property cases, as well as personal injury, news media, and construction disputes. In the area of First Amendment litigation, he has represented The New York Times Company, The Associated Press, and Pulitzer Broadcasting, as well as local news media including The Greenville News, The Spartanburg Herald, WYFF TV, WHNS TV, WSPA TV, and other newspapers around South Carolina. He also has an active practice litigating disputes over intellectual property – such as trademark, copyright, and trade secrets – and in recent years has been lead counsel in copyright lawsuits involving close to a billion dollars at issue. In 2004, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of a small percentage of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and Canada.
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Awards
Litigation - Intellectual Property, Greenville (2016)
Appellate Practice, Greenville (2014)
Bet-the-Company Litigation, Greenville (2012)
- Profiled in “The Best Lawyers in America”
- Profiled in “Super Lawyers South Carolina”
- Profiled in “Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business”
- Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Rating
- Greenville-Pickens Head Start “Friend of the Year Award”
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Education
Graduated
Duke University
Graduated 1979
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (864) 242-8200
44 East Camperdown Way, P.O. Box 728
Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0728
Greenville, South Carolina 29602-0728
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