Before entering private practice, Trey Harrell served as a federal prosecutor, an experience that shapes how he builds cases, evaluates evidence, and anticipates how insurance companies and opposing counsel will respond to injury claims. The firm operates from a primary office at 2000 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, Suite 2002, Charleston, SC 29407, with an additional location in Greenville at 812 Laurens Rd, Suite B, Greenville, SC 29607 (by appointment) and a Summerville office at 1247 Nexton Parkway, Suite 212, Summerville, SC 29483. The firm’s main phone number is 843-636-8739. Trey Harrell has practiced for 10 years and has recovered millions for injury victims across South Carolina. A distinguishing feature of the practice is that clients work directly with Trey Harrell rather than being handed off to paralegals, a policy that reflects how the firm is structured and the level of attorney involvement clients can expect throughout their representation.
The firm handles the full spectrum of personal injury and accident cases: car accidents, truck accidents, hit and run, drunk driving accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents, bus accidents, slip and fall, dog bites, catastrophic injuries, workers’ compensation, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. That breadth, in a firm where direct attorney access is a stated commitment, reflects an intentional decision to represent South Carolina injury victims across the categories of harm that real accidents produce, rather than narrowing to a subset and referring out the rest.
Practice Areas
Car Accidents
Car accident cases are a core part of the practice. South Carolina’s roads see their share of serious collisions, and the aftermath, which involves insurance negotiations, medical bill coordination, evidence preservation, and settlement valuation, requires legal skill to navigate effectively. The firm represents clients in crashes of all types, from low-speed rear-end impacts that produce delayed injury symptoms to high-speed highway collisions with catastrophic consequences.
Truck Accidents
Commercial trucking accidents involve a layer of federal regulatory complexity absent from standard car crash cases. Hours-of-service violations, inadequate vehicle maintenance, improperly secured cargo, and employer pressure on drivers to meet schedules despite safety concerns all produce accident scenarios where liability extends beyond the driver. The firm investigates these additional liability sources in commercial accident cases.
Hit and Run and Drunk Driving Accidents
Hit and run accidents present specific legal challenges around identifying the at-fault driver and triggering uninsured motorist coverage. Drunk driving accident cases may support claims for punitive damages in South Carolina when the defendant’s conduct was reckless. The firm handles both categories with an understanding of the unique legal and insurance issues they involve.
Motorcycle, Pedestrian, and Bicycle Accidents
Motorcyclists, pedestrians, and cyclists suffer disproportionately severe injuries in traffic accidents. The firm represents these clients in pursuing compensation proportionate to the severity of their injuries, while challenging any improper attribution of fault to the injured party.
Catastrophic Injuries and Wrongful Death
The firm handles cases involving catastrophic injuries such as traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and severe burns, as well as wrongful death claims brought on behalf of families who have lost a member to another’s negligence.
Slip and Fall and Dog Bites
Premises liability cases arising from dangerous property conditions and dog bite incidents involving liability under South Carolina law are part of the firm’s practice.
Workers’ Compensation
The firm represents injured workers pursuing benefits under South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system, including medical coverage and wage replacement for employees injured on the job.
Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice cases require expert testimony to establish the applicable standard of care and demonstrate how a healthcare provider’s deviation from that standard caused the client’s injury. The firm handles these cases within its South Carolina practice.
Attorney Profiles
Trey Harrell has been a licensed member of the South Carolina Bar for 10 years and spent a portion of his legal career as a federal prosecutor before transitioning to plaintiff’s personal injury work. That prosecutorial background is practically significant: federal prosecutors build evidentiary cases under conditions where credibility and factual precision are scrutinized by sophisticated defense teams and judges. That discipline translates to civil litigation as a capacity to construct and present factual records that hold up under adversarial examination.
The firm’s direct-access model, in which clients work with Trey Harrell rather than paralegals, is a structural commitment that distinguishes this practice from larger firms where attorneys are insulated from individual client contact. Home and hospital visits are available for clients who cannot travel to the office due to injury. The firm maintains multilingual communication options and flexible appointment formats including in-person, phone, virtual, and on-site meetings.
Trey Harrell maintains a media presence, reflecting engagement with public communication about personal injury law beyond the immediate client relationship. Free consultations are available.
Location and Service Area
The firm’s primary office is in Charleston, SC at 2000 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, Suite 2002, Charleston, SC 29407. A Greenville location at 812 Laurens Rd, Suite B, Greenville, SC 29607, is available by appointment. The Summerville office is at 1247 Nexton Parkway, Suite 212, Summerville, SC 29483.
The practice serves clients across South Carolina, with particular depth in the Charleston, Summerville, and Greenville markets. The three-office structure covers both the coastal low country and the Upstate, giving the firm geographic reach across the state’s major population centers.
Phone: 843-636-8739.
Client Focus
The firm represents South Carolinians who have been injured in vehicle accidents, on dangerous premises, by negligent drivers, at the hands of medical providers who failed to meet the standard of care, and in other circumstances where another party’s conduct caused harm. The firm’s practice structure is built around the idea that injured people deserve direct access to the attorney who will actually handle their case.
Clients who are hospitalized or too injured to visit the office can receive home or hospital visits. Multilingual communication options mean that clients who are more comfortable in a language other than English are not disadvantaged in their communication with the firm. The flexible appointment formats, including virtual consultations, ensure that geography and scheduling constraints do not prevent injured clients from accessing representation.
Free consultations allow prospective clients to present their case facts and receive an honest evaluation of their legal options without financial risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does it matter that Trey Harrell was a federal prosecutor?
Federal prosecution requires building cases that withstand intense scrutiny from skilled defense attorneys in courts that hold the government to a high evidentiary standard. That experience develops habits of investigation, evidence evaluation, and case presentation that carry over to civil litigation. An attorney who learned to build cases for federal court tends to construct more thoroughly documented civil cases than one who started in a setting with lower evidentiary demands.
What does “clients work with Trey Harrell, not paralegals” mean in practice?
At many larger personal injury firms, the attorney of record has limited direct contact with individual clients after the initial intake. Day-to-day communication, document collection, and case management are handled by paralegals or case managers, and the attorney becomes involved primarily at significant legal decision points. At this firm, the direct-access model means that Trey Harrell is personally involved in client communication and case development throughout the representation.
How are personal injury cases valued in South Carolina?
The value of a personal injury claim reflects both economic damages, including medical expenses past and future, lost wages, and reduced earning capacity, and non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. South Carolina does not cap non-economic damages in most personal injury cases, unlike some states. Punitive damages may be available where the defendant’s conduct was particularly reckless or egregious, as in drunk driving cases.
Can I still pursue a claim if the other driver fled the scene?
Yes. South Carolina law requires drivers to carry uninsured motorist coverage, which can compensate victims of hit and run accidents where the at-fault driver cannot be identified. The specifics depend on the coverage limits of the victim’s own policy and the facts of the incident. An attorney can advise on how to trigger and maximize uninsured motorist coverage in a hit and run situation.
Do I need to come to your office to consult with the firm?
No. Consultations are available by phone, virtually, and in person. For clients who are hospitalized or physically unable to travel, home and hospital visits are available. The firm’s multilingual communication options accommodate clients who prefer to conduct their consultation in a language other than English.
Closing
A federal prosecution background, 10 years of South Carolina personal injury practice, millions recovered for clients, and a direct-access model that keeps clients in contact with Trey Harrell rather than a paralegal: this firm is structured for clients who want to know who is actually handling their case. Consultations are free, and the office reaches clients wherever they are. To start a conversation about your case, call 843-636-8739 or visit attorneyharrell.com/