William H. Kleindienst is an attorney in the Charleston office of GRSM. He represents businesses in environmental & toxic tort, product liability, real estate, and commercial litigation. William advises clients in a wide variety of claims involving environmental legal matters. He has experience defending clients and expert witnesses in both state and federal court.
Litigation
- Tried asbestos claims litigation in South Carolina
- Successfully argued motion to dismiss for insurance carrier in Fairfield County, South Carolina
- Successfully argued motion for summary judgment for creditor in Anderson County, South Carolina
- Obtained defense verdict in bench trial for nursing home client in Richland County, South Carolina
- Obtained summary judgment for engineering firm in Charleston County, South Carolina
- Successfully argued motion to dismiss for design professional in Horry County, South Carolina
Real Estate & Environmental
- Real estate & environmental counsel for several municipalities in South Carolina
- Real Estate & environmental counsel for redevelopment project on the Charleston, South Carolina peninsula
- Environmental counsel for multi-million dollar economic development projects throughout North Charleston, South Carolina
- Real estate & environmental counsel for economic development project in Berkeley County, South Carolina
- “Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Cryptocurrencies: A Legal Perspective,” South Carolina Lawyer Magazine (May 2022)
- “Environmental Liability in Commercial Real Estate Transactions: BFPPs and VCCs,” The S.C. Bar Young Lawyer (2016)
- “Social Media in the Workplace,” Palmetto Society of Human Resource Management (2016)
Admissions
- South Carolina
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Memberships
- The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
- The Urban Land Institute, South Carolina
- South Carolina Municipal Attorneys Association
- The American Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Charleston County Board of Assessment Appeals, Chair, 2014-present
- Palmetto Community Care, Pro Bono Attorney, 2014-present
- S.C. Equality Litigation Task Force, Pro Bono Attorney, 2015-present
- Palmetto Society of Human Resource Management, General Counsel, 2016-2018
- North Charleston Housing Authority, Vice-Chair, 2018-2022
Education
- J.D., New York Law School , 2013
- Dual B.A., Political Science & Psychology & Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, 2009
- Studied at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain in 2008
Languages
- Spanish