C. Daniel Atkinson

Education

• Washington and Lee University School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2004
• Furman University, B.A., History and Political Science, cum laude, 2001

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 2004
• North Carolina, 2006
• Georgia, 2015


• U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

About Dan

Dan Atkinson excels in assisting professionals, businesses, churches, and non-profits with litigation and other legal challenges. He is licensed to practice law in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, and his general litigation practice includes professional liability defense, construction litigation, personal injury defense, insurance litigation, aviation law, business torts, governmental law, and education law. Dan has experience with jury trials, non-jury trials, and arbitration in various forums, and litigates in both federal and state court. Additionally, he defends licensed professionals facing potential sanctions before administrative agencies, advises local governments on legal issues, and advises school districts on administrative matters, including athletic eligibility issues and teacher employment issues. He also works with various construction contractors, FAA repair stations, suppliers and other entities to protect those businesses’ interests in performing work for customers, including assertion of lien and mortgage rights against real property and aircraft.  Dan is proud to serve as Town Attorney for the Town of Lyman, South Carolina, and as General Counsel for the S.C. Athletic Trainers' Association.

Dan enjoys educating professional groups about legal issues confronting various professions. He has made multiple presentations to professional organizations serving coaches, athletic trainers, architects, engineers, and insurance claims professionals. He also is a member of the Construction Law Sections of the South Carolina Bar and the North Carolina Bar Association, the Government Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, the S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, where he serves on the Board of Directors, the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, the Defense Research Institute, and the Aviation Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. As part of his service to the S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys Association, Dan has served as Executive Editor of "The DefenseLine," SCDTAA's journal and newsletter, and he served as Program Committee Chair for SCDTAA's Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting.  He served as Chair for the 31st SCDTAA Trial Academy Committee in 2023.

A native of Laurens, South Carolina, Dan is a second-generation Furman graduate. He currently volunteers as legal counsel to the Medical Committee for the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas All-Star Football Game. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Executive Board of the Palmetto Council of the Boy Scouts of America, currently serving as Council President and Council Attorney.  He has been honored with the BSA’s Silver Beaver Award for outstanding service to Scouting, as well as the Cross and Flame Award for outstanding service to Scouting and youth in the United Methodist Church. Dan also serves as Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 22 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Spartanburg, and he has previously served as the Chair for the Daniel Morgan District of the Palmetto Council.

Dan resides with his wife, Amanda, and their three children in Spartanburg, and is a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where he has served as Lay Leader. Dan also serves as a Certified Lay Speaker for the South Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, and he has served as Volunteer Coordinator/Chaplain for the Upstate Camp for the Salkehatchie Summer Service Program. Dan is a graduate of Upstate Class XV of the Diversity Leaders Initiative at the Richard W. Riley Institute of Government, Politics, Public Leadership, as well as Class 37 of Leadership Spartanburg. He serves on the Advisory Board for the School of Law and Public Services for the Early College and Career Center at Dorman High School.

Significant cases on which Dan has worked include: Endurance American Insurance Co. v. HAT Investments, LLC, 2021 WL 5334331; In re Servotronics, Inc., 2021 WL 1521931 (D.S.C. 2021); Servotronics, Inc. v. Boeing Company, 954 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2020); Hampton Hall, LLC v. Chapman Coyle Chapman & Assocs, LLC, 2019 WL 1276073 (D.S.C. 2019); and Randolph M. James, P.C. v. Oconee County Aeronautics Comm'n, 2011 WL 59009939 (S.C. Ct. App. 2011). 

Professional Memberships

• South Carolina Bar Association, Construction Law Section, Government Law Section (Young Lawyers Division Circuit Representative for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, 2011-2012)
• North Carolina Bar Association (Construction Law Section)
• Spartanburg County Bar Association
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association (Board of Directors)
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Publications Committee)
• Defense Research Institute (Aviation Law Committee)
• Georgia Bar Association (Aviation Section)
• Aviation Insurance Association
• Propane Gas Defense Association