Illner, Michael Douglas

BACKGROUND

Chip was born in Anderson, South Carolina, on September 23, 1968. He graduated from the University of the South (B.A., 1990), where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, and from the University of South Carolina Law School (J.D., 1994), where he was a member of the Order of Wig and Robe, a winner of the University of South Carolina Trial Competition in 1994, a member of the ABA Trial Competition Team, and a member of the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court. He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1994, the Florida Bar in 1995, the United States District Court, District of South Carolina in 1995, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1995. He is a member of the Charleston County, South Carolina and American Bar Associations. His areas of practice include the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations-Heavy Truck Litigation, personal injury, general negligence, commercial litigation, insurance law, product liability, medical malpractice and other professional liability defense. Chip lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife Florence and their three children.

PRIMARY PRACTICE AREA - TRACTOR-TRAILER/18 WHEELER/HEAVY TRUCK LITIGATION

Chip is the author of Trucking Company Compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, which appeared in the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Journal. He teaches the Continuing Legal Education course Truck Accident Litigation From Start To Finish in SC to other members of the South Carolina Bar. He has appeared on Charleston News Talk 94.3 FM for a program entitled Truck Driver Fatigue and the new DOT Hours of Service Rules. Chip is also a member of the National Advisory Board of the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.

AV MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LEXIS NEXIS PEER REVIEW RATING

Mr. Sloan has the highest available peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Sloan is rated Very High to Preeminent for Legal Ability and Very High for Ethical Standards. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating and is a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

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Areas of Practice:

Personal Injury
General Negligence
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Product Liability
Heavy Truck Litigation

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

South Carolina, 1994
Florida, 1995
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995

Education:

University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Member, Order of Wig and Robe
Honors: Winner, University of South Carolina Trial Competition, 1994
Honors: Member, ABA Trial Competition Team
Honors: Member, John Belton O' Neall Inn of Court

University of the South, 1990
B.A.
Honors: Member, Order of the Gownsmen

Published Works:

"Trucking Company Compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations", South Carolina Trial Lawyers Journal

Classes/Seminars Taught:

"Truck Accident Litigation From Start to Finish in SC"

Speaker At Continuing Legal Education Seminars:

Speaker, How to Win Your Case at the Truck Driver’s Deposition, at APITLA and National Trial Lawyers Association National Interstate Trucking Super Summit Learn How to Bulletproof Your Interstate Trucking Case For Trial, St. Louis MO, September 2011.

Speaker, How to Discover and Prove Medical Disqualification, APITLA and NC Association for Justice Advanced Interstate Trucking Litigation, Raleigh NC, September 2010.

Speaker, The Basics of Your First Trucking Case From A to Z at American Association for Justice's Litigating Truck Collision Cases Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2009.

Speaker, The Effective Use of Subpoenas to Obtain, Use, and Present Critical Documents in Every Interstate Trucking Case at The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America's How to Win Big in the Tough Trucking Case, Atlanta, Georgia, October 2008.

Speaker, Truck Accident Litigation From Start to Finish in South Carolina at NBI Seminar, Charleston, SC, January 2004 and November 2009.

Speaker, Discovery in South Carolina Bad Faith Insurance Litigation at NBI Seminar, Charleston, SC, May 2004.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Charleston County Bar Association
Member

South Carolina Bar Association
Member

American Bar Association
Member

National Advisory Board of the Association of Interstate Plaintiff Trucking Lawyers of America
Member