Henry has represented clients, plaintiffs and defendants, in complex litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts for almost thirty years. He has presented cases to juries in state and federal courts and has also presented appeals to the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. His cases have included class actions involving software, electrical outlets, and arbitration, as well as individual lawsuits involving a wide range of complex civil litigation matters such as defective products, wrongful termination, commission disputes, conspiracy, patent infringement, slander, unfair trade practices, constitutional law, insurance coverage, and contractual disputes.

In addition, Henry has represented clients before administrative law judges and arbitrators and serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.

Henry also advises clients on antitrust, distribution and trade secret issues and in the preparation of distribution and trade secret agreements.  Henry leads our Antitrust and Trade Regulation and Health Care practice groups.

In the News

• Fourteen Wyche Attorneys Recognized by South Carolina Super Lawyers
• Twenty Wyche Lawyers Listed in the 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers®
• Linking firms in a shrinking world
• Wyche is Recognized in Every Category for South Carolina in the 2011 Edition of Chambers USA

Representative Matters

• Obtained summary judgment for a leading seller of software and hardware in federal court in Columbia, SC in a lawsuit involving antitrust, unfair trade practices, conspiracy, and wrongful termination claims exceeding $100 million
• Obtained verdict in excess of $2 million in trade secrets lawsuit involving the defense industry in federal court in Anderson, SC after jury trial
• Obtained award in excess of $1 million in commercial arbitration contract dispute
• Obtained summary judgment for newspaper accused of antitrust violations in federal court in Anderson, SC
• Successfully defended clients accused of criminal price fixing in jury trials in federal courts in Richmond VA, Greenville, SC and Charleston, SC
• Obtained a certificate of need for hospital client after three-week trial before administrative law judge
• Defense (ongoing) of derivative action in federal court in Spartanburg, SC against publicly held company involving back dating allegations
• Lead counsel for petitioner in Spencer v. South Carolina Tax Commission 281 S.C. 492, 316 S.E. 2d 386 (1984), aff'd by an equally divided court, 471 U.S. 82 (1985)

Professional Background

Bar and Court Admissions

• South Carolina Bar
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
• District of Columbia Bar (currently inactive)

Professional and Community Activities

• American Law Institute, Member, 1985-Present; Advisor on Principles of Liability Insurance; Consultative Group for the Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition
• Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Permanent Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• American Health Lawyers Association, Member
• Greenville County Bar, Member
• State Board of Trustees of First Steps to School Readiness, Member
• Diversity Leadership Academy of Richard W. Riley Institute of Furman University, Inaugural Class, Member
• Regional Board of Urban League of the Upstate, Former Member
• Greenville County Housing Authority, Former Commissioner
• Greenville Symphony Association, Former President
• Greenville County Museum Association, Former Vice President
• Leadership Greenville and Leadership Greenville Board of Regents, Former Participant
• Furman University Alumni Association Board, Member
• Greenville Chamber of Commerce, Member various committees
• Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Elder and Sunday school teacher
• Cleveland Street YMCA Board, Member
• Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Parliamentarian
• Greenville Rotary Club, Member
• Jesse Jackson Town Homes Head Start Center, Reader

Publications

• Doing Business in South Carolina Guide, author of Section III:  Federal Trade Regulation
• Past seminar speaker for South Carolina Bar for annual survey of decisions of United States Supreme Court and for trade secret law presentations
• Co-author, "Intellectual Property," South Carolina Jurisprudence, 1993