About Us

Founded in 2007 by Brian C. Duffy and J. Rutledge Young, III, Duffy & Young is a law firm based in Charleston, SC which offers a fresh perspective on solving a variety of legal problems for individuals and for businesses of any size. Our attorneys primarily practice civil litigation. Within this arena, each of us has expertise in a range of practice areas.

As a smaller firm, Duffy & Young is able to marshal its experience and talents efficiently and deploy them directly for the benefit of the individual client. Our attorneys first determine the best approach for addressing a client's problem and then execute a carefully developed strategy to achieve efficient and effective resolution of the issue. Moreover, the firm's structure facilitates responsive representation that can adapt to a client's circumstances. As a result, we are more often able to provide our clients the choice of finding resolution at trial if a satisfactory resolution to a dispute is not available along the way.

Together the firm's six attorneys boast more than a hundred years of experience with over 250 trials and more than 75 appeals. That experience ranges from our state and federal trial courts in Charleston and throughout South Carolina, to South Carolina's Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit as well as other Circuits, and even up to the Supreme Court of the United States.

We are seasoned professionals and have established reputations in the community for hard work, creativity, and integrity. Each of us strives to earn and maintain the respect of our clients, colleagues, and of the courts as among the best lawyers in South Carolina for handling civil disputes. Accordingly, Brian and Rutledge are proud that the firm has received Martindale-Hubbel's AV rating from members of the legal community, the highest rating available for both legal ability and ethical standards. In addition to several AV rated attorneys, the Firm boasts members of the American Board of Trial Advocates, fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, as well as lawyers listed as the Best Lawyers in America and as Super Lawyers, among other distinctions.