Attorney's Bios
Frederick "Rick" I. Hall, III 
Born:
1956
Birmingham, Alabama
Education:
Spring Valley High School
Columbia, South Carolina
Class of 1974
The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina
Class of 1978
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science - Graduated with Departmental Honors
Walter F. George School of Law
Mercer University
Macon, Georgia
Class of 1982
Doctorate of Jurisprudence
Admitted to Practice in:
- State of South Carolina since 1982
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, all divisions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- South Carolina Court of Appeals
- South Carolina Supreme Court
Legal Experience:
In private practice since 1982, the Law Offices of Frederick I, Hall, III, the Law Offices of Frederick I. Hall, III, PA, and The Rick Hall Law Firm, LLC.
Member: South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Bar Association Fee Dispute Committee.
From 1990 to 1996 Mr. Hall was defense and litigation counsel for several consumer lending institutions and banks, practicing in the area of collections, bankruptcy and foreclosure law. This area of practice has given Mr. Hall extensive knowledge of how to litigate claims against large corporations and businesses, from the Plaintiff's perspective.
Mr. Hall's private practice experience has been limited primarily to civil and criminal litigation and real estate with an emphasis in personal injury and workers' compensation law, including third party products liability claims and medical negligence. Mr. Hall's private practice has included commercial litigation and arbitration, lender liability cases, consumer fraud, and arbitration of commercial disputes. As a partner in The Rick Hall Law Firm, LLC, Mr. Hall's emphasis is personal injury litigation, products liability claims, serious workers' compensation cases and social security disability claims. Mr. Hall has successfully handled a number of serious workers' compensation cases involving brain and spinal cord injuries resulting in total and permanent disability. Workers' compensation claims often result from defective products and in this regard, Mr. Hall has been successful in achieving settlements for a number of his clients by pursuing products liability claims for those people injured on the job. The Rick Hall Law Firm, LLC also handles pharmaceutical liability claims and has successfully prosecuted claims against major drug store chains. Mr. Hall's legal experience has also included many jury trials, successfully representing both plaintiffs and defendants in civil and criminal cases.
Appellate and Reported Cases handled by Mr. Hall:
State v. O'Leary, 302 S.C. 17, 393 S.E.2d 186 (S.C. 1990)
Summers v. Harrison Const., 298 S.C. 451, 381 S.E.2d 493 (S.C.App. 1989)
Borg Warner Acceptance Corp. v. Darby, 296 S.C. 275, 372 S.E.2d 99 (S.C.App. 1988)
McNeill v. McNeill, 288 S.C. 491, 343 S.E.2d 626 (S.C. 1986)
Wade v. Waites, 989 F.2d 497 (4th Cir., S.C., 1993)
Berry v. Ciba-Geigy Corp., 761 F.2d 1003 (4th Cir., S.C., 1985)
Darcy Schmitt Templeton
Born:
1974
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Education:
Bethel Park Senior High School
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Class of 1991
Class Rank: Top 2%
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Class of 1995
Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice
Minors: Political Science, History
Magna cum laude
The T. C. Williams School of Law
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Class of 1998
Doctorate of Jurisprudence
Admitted to Practice in:
- State of South Carolina since 1998
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Professional Associations:
South Carolina Bar, Lawyer-Client Relations Committee of the South Carolina Bar, Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers' Compensation, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association.
Legal Experience:
November 1998 to January 2000
Contract attorney, Columbia, South Carolina. Work included preparation, trial, and appeal of insurance defense litigation in both state and Federal courts. Work also included asbestos defense litigation.
February 2000 to Present
Associate, The Rick Hall Law Firm, LLC, Lexington, South Carolina. Primary work emphasis is workers' compensation (state and federal), personal injury, and general civil litigation. Work includes preparation, trial and appeal of litigation.
Ms. Templeton is also active in the South Carolina Pro Bono Program, a program that provides free and reduced rates on legal services for those individuals who qualify. Ms. Templeton regularly donates a portion of her time to South Carolina's Ask-a-Lawyer program, which is designed to provide the citizens of South Carolina with answers or referrals for legal questions.
