Daniel Nathan Hughey
Attorney Nathan Hughey graduated from the College of Charleston in 1996. He then attended the University of South Carolina School of Law, graduating in 2000. He joined Hood Law Firm LLC of Charleston that same year, where he became a partner. Mr. Hughey then joined Lourie Law Firm LLC in 2006, where he secured numerous victories for his clients. Mr. Hughey opened Hughey Law Firm LLC in 2007 to focus his efforts on civil litigation and has continued to obtain results for his clients, with in excess of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) in verdicts and settlements obtained since that time.
Mr. Hughey has handled numerous complex civil cases, including many wrongful death cases. He has successfully handled a large number of civil trials. He has argued before various state and federal courts in South Carolina and has argued and won before the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Mr. Hughey was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2000. He was admitted to the United States District Court, District of South Carolina, in 2001. He was admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2006.
Mr. Hughey has been retained to speak on topics related to nursing home and assisted living litigation as well as protecting the elderly for many years. He also teaches nursing home and assisted living litigation and regulations to other attorneys annually and has authored extensive written materials regarding nursing home litigation, and South Carolinas medical malpractice rules. Many other firms retain Mr. Hughey on a regular basis to assist them in complex civil litigation and wrongful death matters for his expertise and experience.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar, the Charleston County Bar, the American Association for Justice and the South Carolina Association for Justice. He is also a member of the Nursing Home Litigation section of the American Association for Justice. He is a former member of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association.
Mr. Hughey was born in Columbia, South Carolina and now resides in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. The firm serves clients throughout South Carolina.
Areas of Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Automobile Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
- Premises Liability / Slip and Falls
- Products Liability
- Construction Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
- Admiralty / Longshore claims
- Boating Accidents
- Workers Compensation
- Medical Malpractice
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- J.D. - 2000
- College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
- B.A. - 1996
- Major: Political Science
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Charleston County Bar Association, Member
- South Carolina Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- South Carolina Association for Justice, Member
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, Former Member











