Jeremy Dantin has handled workers’ compensation cases at all levels in the State of South Carolina. He is a member of the Injured Workers Advocates, the premier association for claimant’s attorneys dedicated to protecting and advancing workers’ rights in workers’ compensation cases, where he formerly served on the Executive Committee and currently serves on the Legislative Committee. Jeremy speaks at seminars on issues regarding workers’ compensation and is highly experienced in handling job injury claim attorney. He also handles appellate matters, arguing cases before the Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court. Additionally, Jeremy has handling nursing home litigation and other liability matters. Since 2013, Jeremy has held an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest peer rating standard given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal proficiency, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers. Additionally, since 2020, Jeremy has been selected as a Super Lawyer, which is an honor given to those who have demonstrated excellence in the practice of law. No more than 5% of the lawyers in South Carolina are included on this list. Jeremy Dantin was also recently selected on the list of the South Carolina Legal Elite. Legal Elite is a regional awards program where attorneys are nominated and chosen by votes of other attorneys. The nominated attorneys are recognized as well respected attorneys in their practice areas. The selected attorney list is featured in the August 2022 issue of Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly, and Charleston Business Magazine. Jeremy Dantin was recently named to the inaugural class of the Stanford E. Lacy American Inn of Court. The American Inns of Court is an association of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals from all levels and backgrounds dedicated to professioand excellence. The Stanford E. Lacy American Inn of Court is the only Workers’ Compensation Inn of Court in South Carolina and one of just nine nationwide. Jeremy joins the Inn as a Master of the Bench. Masters of the Bench are generally appellate and trial judges and experienced trial and appellate attorneys of demonstrated superior character, ability, and litigating competence. Masters have at least 15 or more years of legal experience.Jeremy holds two B.A. degrees – one in English from Vanderbilt University in 1994 and another in Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1995. He earned his J.D. from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 1999. He then spent a year clerking for Georgia Superior Court Judge C. Michael Roach before taking a job with an Atlanta firm that did primarily insurance-defense work, concentrating his practice there on cases involving products liability, nursing-home defense, construction, and well as mass-tort litigation. Jeremy and his wife, Suzanne, both grew up in the Spartanburg area and wanted to move home to raise their kids. In 2002, he returned to South Carolina and began working with a prestigious Greenville-based defense firm, before coming to work here in 2005. From the beginning, Jeremy’s expertise as an insurance-defense lawyer proved beneficial in crossing over to represent plaintiffs. “Having a background as a law clerk and defense attorney is really useful in trying to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of any given set of facts,” he says. “I believe assessing a case from both perspectives is crucial to success.” While his appellate work has provided him with several personal highlights, Jeremy maintains there is no bigger thrill than helping a deserving client. “There is something profoundly satisfying about standing with a person who truly needs your help and delivering results in their time of need. There are lawyers that can go through their entire careers and never know that satisfaction, and we at this firm are blessed to be in a position to really make a difference.” Outside of work, Jeremy loves sports – especially football, baseball, and basketball. Jeremy and Suzanne have three sons and a daughter. Jeremy loves to hunt and fish, which he tries to do as often as he can. He and his wife are active members of their church, and enjoy spending as much time as possible with their family and friends.

Thanks for learning a little more about me! I spent most of my childhood in and around where my parents grew up, Augusta, Georgia. I started school in a tiny nearby town called Wrens. It was like the small towns you hear stories about- everyone knew everyone and people didn’t lock their doors at night, some when they went on vacation! I went to school with the same 25-35 folks my whole life, until we moved. Our town was so small, we had no junior high. In 7th grade, you went to high school. On weekends and in the summer, I’d leave home around 10 am to join friends for the adventure of the day, check in for lunch, and come home when the sun went down. We played a lotta baseball and football. This is where I tell you about the pinnacle of my athletic career. I was a three-year starter for WPEH Radio, aka the Mean Green Machine, for the color of our jerseys, who achieved unparalleled dominance in the Wrens Dixie Youth Baseball League from 1982-86, winning three league championships. My last year, I pitched. But don’t think this is another lawyer starting the chest-thumping. My pitching career ended in humiliation, at an all-star tournament in Swainsboro, where the home team unceremoniously shelled me in a 16-1 loss. Let me assure you, whoever said there’s no crying in baseball never, ever played the game. I still remember standing alone on the mound, looking at that scoreboard and that massive 16 runs, tears streaming down my face. But life moved on, and so did we. In ninth grade, Dad took a job in Charlotte, so we moved to Rock Hill, where I graduated from Northwestern High in 1992 and did not make the baseball team. It was a dramatic departure from Wrens- Northwestern had almost as many students as Wrens had people! But I made good friends, and I’m thankful for the educational opportunities that came my way. For college, I shocked all my family and friends by not attending the University of Georgia. It’s my family’s school, as UGA claims as alums my father, grandmother, great uncle, and many others stretching back a long, long time. But I knew myself, and I knew UGA wasn’t the best place for me: I don’t thrive in large environments. So I made my best first decision for me: I headed to Spartanburg to go to Wofford. My Wofford experience and the lifelong friendships I developed from it molded me to be a better man. I graduated in 1996. I worked in Spartanburg for a stockbroker at Merrill Lynch for a year, long enough to figure out that wasn’t for me. But the law was. I graduated from law school at the University of South Carolina in 2000. Shortly before that, at a pledge brother’s wedding in Spartanburg, the single most important encounter of my life occurred. A close friend of the bride turned my head, and I never looked back. Her name’s Amy. I call her Mamie. We married in 2002. On meeting her, my great uncle turned to me and said, “How’d you do that?” A close friend’s father perfectly summed up my spectacular luck: “Sometimes even a blind hog finds an acorn.” [I must add, Mamie’s no acorn, she’s pure gold]. Here’s how my legal career started. After law school, I worked as a law clerk for State Circuit Court Judge Rodney Peeples in Barnwell, helping him research legal issues to decide cases and manage his caseload. He held court mostly in Aiken, Bamberg, and Barnwell. After a year there, I returned to the Upstate in 2001 to practice law in Easley. In 2005, I joined this firm. I’m grateful to practice law here. I’m most thankful to be part of the Spartanburg community, where we raise our four children. Yep, that’s a lot. We like to joke that God’s got more confidence in us than we do. Here’s our lineup: Addie [I call her Bunny] born 2007, Jack born 2009, and [here’s where Divine Confidence really comes in] our twins Luke and Sally [I call her Sweet Pea] born 2013, collectively called the Deuce. We belong to First Presbyterian Church here in town, where I’ve served twice as a deacon. Over the years, I’ve also served Spartanburg on the boards of the local Red Cross and TOTAL Ministries, a mission funded by local churches to feed, clothe, and support the less fortunate. In 2018, I got appointed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to serve on the Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center Board. I got named board chairman in 2022. As we know from far too many recent tragic events, crumbing mental health is a looming problem in our world. Way too many people suffer untold agony in silence, and I’m hoping to use this position to help folks confronting mental illness. To me, these illnesses are no different than the common cold- you can’t help you got it, but it can often be helped before it gets dangerously worse. I’m honored to be asked to help some folks in our community who are in bad pain and desperate need of help. I’ve been honored to be an elected leader within the legal profession as a two-term member of the board of directors for the state criminal defense lawyers association and chairman of the personal injury and insurance committee of the South Carolina Bar. For my entire legal career, starting in 2001, I’ve worked to help people who got hurt from others’ carelessness or on the job, and defend people accused of crime, including DUI. I’ve tried numerous cases to a jury verdict, from car accidents to residential construction to assault and battery with intent to kill, and DUIs. I’ve also tried several workers’ compensation hearings. The best thing about being a lawyer is that I get to be a voice for folks who might not otherwise have one. I am very proud of the people I help and the causes I represent.