A. Victor Rawl, Jr. is the Managing Partner of the firm's Nebraska offices. Vic is a litigator with broad experience in numerous areas of complex litigation including construction, class action/mass tort, environmental & toxic tort, professional negligence, healthcare, mortgage foreclosure and bankruptcy, and products liability in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration. Vic has a recognized reputation for his defense of large national builders, product manufacturers, hospitals, and other healthcare entities.
- Obtained summary judgment and/or early dismissal in multiple diacetyl cases for multiple diacetyl manufacturers.
- Obtained early dismissal for product manufacturers in asbestos cases.
- Obtained an Opinion from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals requiring the court, and not an arbitrator, to determine whether class arbitration was allowable.
- Defeated class certification on behalf of a national homebuilder facing over 800 million dollars in liability.
- Obtained summary judgment prior to class certification arguments in a case against a national drug manufacturer.
- Representation of a national tire manufacturer in multiple South Carolina class actions.
- Representation of the Relator in a qui tam action (Medicare Fraud) where the Government recovered over thirty million dollars.
- Representation of a developer in attached housing class action involving multiple alleged construction defects.
- Representation of a nation homebuilder in a defective products class action Obtained favorable settlements on behalf of hospitals and doctors facing Medicare/Medicaid fraud allegations.
- Represented a group of prominent South Carolina trial lawyers in a multi-million dollar fee dispute among co-counsel after a class action settlement.
- Obtained favorable trial verdict on behalf of a German glass microfiber manufacturer in trade secret litigation.
- Represented Japanese capacitor manufacturer in products liability litigation involving defective micro-solder.
- Represented national lending institutions in litigation involving the South Carolina attorney preference statute.
- Obtained summary judgment for a national furniture manufacturer in a personal injury case.
- Obtained summary judgment for a national medical device manufacturer in a personal injury case.
- Represented national nursing home entities in several negligence and wrongful death matters.
- Compelled several cases to arbitration for a national healthcare company and obtained favorable settlements.
- Represented a heavy equipment company in a litigated unwind.
- Represented a South Carolina MRI company in a litigated unwind from a national provider.
- Defended hospitals and other healthcare providers in Medicare Fraud actions.
Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
- U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
- Nebraska
- South Carolina
Memberships
- American Bar Association, State Delegate for Nebraska to the ABA House of Delegates (2020-2023); Nominating Committee (2020-2023)
- Member, South Carolina Bar Association – Board of Governors (2003 – 2005); House of Delegates (2001 – 2010, 2014-2016); President, Young Lawyers Division (2002 – 2003); Articles Editor, South Carolina Lawyer (1997 – 1999)
- Member, American Bar Association – Member of TIPS, Litigation, and Health Law sections
- Member, Tort Trial and Insurance section of the ABA – TIPS NOW Fellow (2003-05); Vice- Chair, Business Litigation Committee; Former Chair, Outreach to State and Local Bars Taskforce
- Member, Nebraska State Bar Association
- Past President, John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
- Graduate, Leadership Charleston
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Completed National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Rocky Mountain Regional Trial Skills training program in Denver, Colorado.
- Completed Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Education
- J.D., University of South Carolina, 1995
- M.I.B.S. (Master of International Business Studies), University of South Carolina, 1995
- Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Certificate, Intensive German Business Language Training, 1994
- B.A., Wofford College, Finance, 1991
Honors
- Best Lawyers in America® “Lawyer of the Year,” Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (2021, 2023)
- Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Commercial Litigation (2012-2025), Construction Law (2013-2025), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (2021-2025)
- Listed, South Carolina Super Lawyers, Class Action/ Mass Torts (2015-2020)
- Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated*
- Certified, South Carolina Bar Circuit Court Mediator, South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification
- *AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.
- Named, Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (2013)
- Appointed, ABA Justice Kennedy Commission (2003-2004)
- Awarded, Young Lawyer of the Year, American Board of Trial Advocates – South Carolina Chapter (2002)