Brian C. Duffy
Brian C. Duffy
Partner
bduffy@duffyandyoung.com
Brian C. Duffy is a litigator with experience in civil cases of all shapes and sizes — from cases in the United States Supreme Court and with judgments and settlements over one hundred million dollars to a variety of small business disputes, real property issues, personal injury claims, and lease disputes. Brian has learned from his experience that he prefers devoting his efforts to helping businesses and individuals where he can place a face with the client who has a sincere, personal interest in how the matter is resolved.
While Brian focuses his practice on civil litigation, he is also a Mediator certified by the United States District Court and by the South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification. In addition, Brian has served as an Adjunct Professor of Commercial Law at the Charleston School of Law.
A member of the South Carolina Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, Brian is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Eleventh and Federal Circuits; the U.S. District Courts for South Carolina and the District of Columbia; and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He is a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, the American Bar Association, and the Charleston County Bar Association.
Brian is a former partner of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP. Prior to joining Nelson Mullins, he was associated with Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C. Brian also served as associate counsel of the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Assets Control and was a law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Earlier in his career, Brian served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith, Jr. of the Northern District of Alabama. Brian earned a Juris Doctor from the Vanderbilt University School of Law where he was a John W. Wade Scholar and Notes Editor of Vanderbilt Law Review. Brian earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with highest distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Brian is active in his hometown community. He serves on various committees and boards of non-profit organizations. He and his wife, Medéa, are the parents of two young children.