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Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
1515 Lady Street
Columbia, SC 29201
United States
Phone: (803) 256-2233
Fax: (803) 256-9177
- Office: (803) 256-2233
- Cell: (803) 606-9021
- Fax: (803) 256-9177
- Office: (803) 256-2233
- Cell: (843) 910-0082
- Fax: (803) 256-9177
About this Firm
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. is a litigation and consulting law firm serving the needs of individuals, businesses and insurance companies throughout South Carolina. We are committed to a philosophy of excellence, integrity, and service. From our centrally located office in Columbia, we serve clients throughout South Carolina, the Southeast, and across the nation
Cooperation, selflessness, and diligence are essential to providing high-quality service to every client. At Sweeny, Wingate and Barrow, we are committed to providing excellent representation to our clients in helping achieve their legal goals. Our relationships with our clients are honest, open, and fair
Our practice covers many legal issues in two distinct areas. As a business and tort litigation defense firm, we provide defense representation to corporations and individuals in civil litigation matters across multiple practice areas
The other section of our practice includes the transactions and litigation situations that arise in connection with business planning, estate planning, probate administration, and probate litigation. We handle contract drafting, incorporations, startups, wills, trusts, probate matters, and countless other business needs for our clients.
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate Law
- Auto Liability
- Aviation
- Banking and Financial Services
- Business Transactions/Mergers and Acquisitions
- Commercial and Business Contracts
- Construction Law
- Environmental & Toxic/Mass Tort
- Healthcare Law
- Insurance Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home/Assisted Living
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Religious Institutions
- Retail and Hospitality Law
- Tax Law
- Transportation and Logistics
- Trust and Estates
Representative Clients
- 7-Eleven
- Ace Hardware Corporation
- Argo Group US
- AXA Global Risks
- Baldwin & Lyons, Inc.
- Bank of America NA
- Bi-Lo
- Burlington Insurance Co.
- Cardinal Freight Carriers
- Caronia Insurance Co.
- Carrier Corp.
- Chuck E Cheese's
- Cincinnati Insurance Co.
- Circle K
- CNA Insurance Co.
- Colony Specialty Insurance Company
- Cottingham & Butler
- CR Jackson
- CRST
- Estes Express Lines
- FedEx Express
- FFE Transportation
- Gallagher Bassett
- Great West Casualty
- Harco Insurance Co.
- Heartland Express
- Hub Group Trucking
- Joint Underwriting Assn. (JUA)
- KLLM Transport Services, LLC
- Knight-Swift Transportation, Inc.
- Landstar
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
- Louisville Ladder Group, LLC
- Mag Mutual Insurance
- Maxim HealthCare Services, Inc.
- Montgomery-Kone
- National Interstate
- North American Risk Management
- NTA, Inc.
- Premier Claims Management
- Premier Transportation
- Price Waterhouse Coopers
- Progressive Insurance Co.
- Publix
- Republic Claims (U-Haul)
- Risk Enterprise Management Limited
- Sedgwick Claims Management
- Sentry Insurance Company Manufacturing: Black & Decker
- Southeastern Freight Lines
- Southern Door Controls, Inc.
- Southern Health Partners
- Sunoco, Inc
- Target
- Terex Co.
- The Doctor’s Company
- The GAP
- The Marsh Group
- Travelers Insurance
- U.S. Xpress, Inc.
- United Technologies
- Vanliner
- Werner Enterprises
- Western Express, Inc.
- Zurich Insurance Co.
Additional Offices
115 Cargill Way
Suite B
Hartsville, SC 29550
United States
Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts
Kenneth B. Wingate
United States
Ryan C. Holt
United States
Kenneth B. Wingate
United States
Richard E. McLawhorn
United States
Christy E. Mahon
United States
Mark S. Barrow
United States
Kenneth B. Wingate
United States
Mark S. Barrow
United States
Brandon R. Gottschall
United States
Ryan C. Holt
United States
Kenneth B. Wingate
United States
Mark S. Barrow
United States
Kenneth B. Wingate
United States
Resources & Articles
Ken Wingate named Chair of USLAW NETWORK
Kenneth B. Wingate of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. in Columbia, South Carolina, has been named Chair of USLAW NETWORK for 2024-25. Wingate succeeds Oscar J. Cabanas of Wicker Smith in Miami. The leadership change occurred at USLAW NETWORK’s fall member meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. “As we continue the… Continue Reading
SWB attorneys Ryan Holt, Grace Brown obtain defense verdict for grocery store client
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. (Columbia, SC) attorneys Ryan Holt and Grace Brown recently obtained a defense verdict for a regional grocery store. Plaintiff alleged that a grocery store employee was pushing a cart too quickly, startling the plaintiff and causing him to fall and break his wrist. His… Continue Reading
2023-24 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors announced
USLAW NETWORK membership elected the 2023-24 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors during the recent USLAW NETWORK’s fall member meeting in Dana Point, California. The new leadership includes Oscar J. Cabanas of Wicker Smith in Miami as chair, Kenneth B. Wingate of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A. in Columbia, South Carolina… Continue Reading
Legal Alert | South Carolina Tort Update: Negligent Hiring of Independent Contractors
ABOUT THIS ALERT The South Carolina Supreme Court recently recognized a cause of action for the negligent hiring of an independent contractor. However, it did not go so far as to make principals vicariously liable for the torts of independent contractors. Tune in to this 2-minute alert to learn more.… Continue Reading
USLAW expands Diversity Council
As part of USLAW NETWORK’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, USLAW expands the membership of the USLAW NETWORK Diversity Council to include more than a dozen USLAW member attorneys and legal decision-makers from across an array of industries. “We are excited to expand the diversity council by adding… Continue Reading
Barrow and Gottschall Obtain Relief for Trucking Client
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow attorneys Mark S. Barrow and Brandon R. Gottschall, who were retained after default had been entered against a trucking company and driver in a bodily injury action, obtained an order granting relief from default. The matter involved a low-speed accident and a plaintiff who, after the… Continue Reading