Meet Our Attorneys
William B. Harvey III
WILLIAM B. HARVEY III
MEMBER
Location: Beaufort, SC
Phone: 843-524-3109
Fax: 843-524-6973
William B. Harvey, III, grandson of the firm’s founder, is proud to be the third generation of the Harvey family to practice at Harvey & Battey, P.A. Bill has been the Beaufort City Attorney since 1987.
In addition, he also handles a busy case load as a Civil Trial Litigator, with an emphasis on serious automobile accidents, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, commercial and workers’ compensation litigation.
Areas Of Practice
Tort, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury
Workers’ Compensation Law
Business and General Civil Litigation
Municipal Law
Medical Malpractice
Employment Law representing Employees
Admiralty and Maritime Law
Mediation
Litigation Percentage
80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
Circuit Court Mediator, South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification, 2002
Bar Admissions
South Carolina, 1980
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1980
U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
J.D. cum laude – 1980
Honors: Order of Wig and Robe
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Moot Court Bar
Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, 1979 – 1980
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
A.B. cum laude – 1977
Published Works
Products Liability Insurance, South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 31.4, 1980
Street Preaching Versus Privacy, a Question of Noise, St. Louis University Publication Law Review, Vol. 14.2, 1995
Representative Cases
Asquith v. City of Beaufort, 139 F.3d 408 (4th Cir. 1998)
Becker v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2000 W.L. 365575, 529 S.E.2d 758 (S.C. Ct. App. 2000)
Bischoff v. Days Inns of America, Inc., 568 F. Supp. 1065 (1983)
City of Beaufort v. Baker, 315 S.C. 146, 432 S.E.2d 470 (S.C. 1993)
Hoogenboom v. City of Beaufort, 317 S.C. 12, 451 S.E.2d 393 (S.C. 1994)
Pinckney v. City of Beaufort, 296 S.C. 142, 370 S.E.2d 909 (Ct. App. 1988)
Senter v. Piggly Wiggly Carolina Co., Inc., 2000 W.L. 758430, 2000 W.L. 758430 (S.C. 2000)
Steel Erectors, Inc., v. T.A. Jones Const. Co., 865 F.2d 255, W.L. 131821 (4th Cir. 1998)
Helena Chemical Co. v. Allianz Underwriters Ins. Co., 357 S.C. 631, 594 S.E.2d 455 (S.C. 2004)
R&G Const., Inc. v. Lowcountry Regional Transp. Authority, 350 S.C. 498, 567 S.E.2d 862 (S.C. 2002)
Beaufort County v. Trask, 349 S.C. 522, 563 S.E.2d 660 (S.C. App 2002)
Breeden v. TCW, Inc./Tennessee Express, 345 S.C. 201, 546 S.E.2d 657 (S.C. App 2001)
Breeden v. TCW, Inc./Tennessee Exp., 355 S.C. 112, 584 S.E.2d 379 (S.C. 2003)
Associations and Memberships
Beaufort, South Carolina, City Attorney, 1987 – Present
American Bar Association, Member
South Carolina Bar Association, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, Member, 1984 – 1987
South Carolina Bar Association, Government Law Section, Chair, 1999 – 2000
Beaufort County Bar Association, Member
Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline, Member, 1992 – 1998; Attorney to Assist, 2005 – Present
South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Member
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Member