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The Rick Hall Law Firm, LLC provides quality legal services from its firm office in Lexington, SC. We represent clients in the metropolitan community of Columbia, the greater state of South Carolina, and courts across the United States. Our firm maintains a strong focus on plaintiff’s personal injury law and other types of civil litigation:

Automobile accidents
Pharmaceutical & medical malpractice
Products liability
Workers' compensation

09/25/2026

Things of the Law # 8

Don’t cherry pick the truth! When you walk into a courtroom, bring the judge, the jury, and the opposing side, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! If you do not, you will lose all credibility!

09/18/2026

Things of the Law #7

This has been on my mind for the last 48 hours. What is the most important thing a Trial Lawyer takes into court with them? It better be the arsenal of truth!

09/13/2026

Things of the Law #6

A fellow trial lawyer posted on his website the number of cases which are actually tried to verdict. In Florida, for example it is about 1%. In South Carolina it is less than 1% according to Google. What does this mean to a client who needs to have their case tried? It is often a good thing to settle a case as it avoids the time and expense of going to trial. But sometimes this is not true and the client will not get real justice or a just result without a trial. Insurance companies are reluctant to pay the full value of a civil case, and earn money by holding on to funds which they put into the stock market or other investments. They do not make money by paying claims. Futher, we will often not know the full value of case if a reasonble number of cases are not tried. Beyond this companies will continue to hide conduct which is not safe, illegal or imoral unless it is brought to light in a public trial.

What does this mean for a client who needs to have their case tried? Or who does not want to settle their case? For starters, it means they need someone with actual trial experience who knows how to try a case.

The client who needs to take a case to trial should not hire a lawyer who does not try cases.

I have tried numerous cases, both civil and criminal, to verdict in front of a jury, judge or arbitator, which I estimate to be over 100. It is what I do. There are very good lawyers who try cases. If you need a case taken to trial, give us a call or find someone who has tried cases to a verdict more than once.

09/11/2026

Things of the Law # 5

Stay with the witness! I posted earlier on this thread. Deposing experts or cross examining them is much like a game of chase. Can you catch the truth? Or stated another way, can you get what you need to discredit the witness or obtain favorable admissions that advance your client’s case? Why is it like a game of chase? Deposing experts reminds me of a song that was popular when I was coming up, entitled the Runaway by Del Shannon. Expert witnesses constantly run from any position that advances your client’s case. You have to catch them. Do not let them run away from the truth. If they don’t answer the question, come back to it until they do!

09/09/2026

Things of the Law # 4

In the course of civil litigation, the parties, almost always through their lawyers, are allowed to engage in what is referred to as written discovery. These tools, if you will, allow parties to ask legal questions of the opposing side called interrogatories. You can also ask the other side to produce documents. There are normally limits on how many interrogatories you can ask. Under South Carolina rules, you can ask 50. A mistake I often see is the failure to ensure that the the questions are answered “ under oath,” or are verified, meaning they are sworn to, just as if the person is testifying in court.

Unless you have the answers under oath, you are most likely getting the lawyer’s answers. And if you have to use them in court, the witness is likely to say my lawyer did that. Get the answers under oath. The other party has failed to answer if they are not under oath. And under South Carolina and federal rules, an incomplete answer is a failure to answer.

09/04/2026

Things of the Law # 3

Cross- Examination

A trial should be about getting to the truth, and getting there is not always easy. In fact it is often difficult. John Henry Wigmore, an American legal scholar, and attorney, called cross examination “the greatest legal engine ever invented for discovery of truth.” The art of cross -examination goes back as far as the Proverbs of Solomon. Proverbs 18:17 says, “ The first to present his case seems correct until another comes forward and questions him. “ But the principle actually goes back as far as the Book of Job, the oldest book in the Bible, believed to have been written as far back as the 4th century, B. C. God told Job to, “ Brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you shall answer me.” Job 38: 1-3.

In order to prepare for trial, in civil cases, lawyers take depositions to discover the story of what a case is about and what a witness will say. And good lawyers will test the witnesses. In criminal cases, lawyers must be more creative in preparing for cross-examination because most rules pertaining to criminal procedure do not allow depositions of witnesses, so interviewing, when possible , them becomes crucial, and performing thorough investigations is essential.

08/29/2026

Things of the Law # 2

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and most state Rules begin with the the premise- Rule 1- that the rules are “ to be construed to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action.”

I can say without equivocation that this is nobly stated, but in practice it is hardly ever true. Modern Day civil litigation is seldom speedy, and it is an uphill climb to get justice. You have to fight to get it. And it is expensive. Good lawyers know this. To get through the legal process and get to a courtroom is akin to an obstacle course! I have recently likened getting a case tried or settled to a football game. You are trying to move your ball down the field and across the goal line and the opposing side is trying to stop you on every play.

Hire a lawyer who knows how to move the ball.

08/27/2026

I am beginning a blog which I am calling, “ Things of the Law.”
Here is my first post.

The Art of Cross Examination

If you are examining a witness for the defense or any witness really, STAY WITH THE WITNESS! This applies particularly to defense experts, who like to explain, dodge, and evade answering any question which hurts the defense.

If they don’t answer the question directly when you know the answer, as you always should, simply thank them, and say, I need an answer to the question I asked you. And ask it again, as long as it takes to get the answer!

08/23/2026

Proud to have been selected again in 2026 as an AV Rated Attorney by the oldest and most reliable Law Directory in the United States.

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07/02/2026

Wishing all of our friends and clients a Happy 4th of July as we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America and Freedom!

Our offices will be closed beginng tomorrow, July 3rd and will reopen Monday.

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Lexington, SC
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Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
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