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Henry L. Parr, Jr., Member

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.

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 $100,000,000.
  • Obtained verdict in excess of $2,000,000 in trade secrets lawsuit involving the defense industry in federal court in Anderson, SC after jury trial.
  • Obtained award in excess of $1,000,000 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

1978–Present Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A.
1977–78 Clerk, Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1976 –77 Clerk, Hon. Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Educational Background

1976, J.D. University of Virginia School of Law; Virginia Law Review, notes editor; Order of the Coif
1973, B.A. Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, summa cum laude

Professional Activities and Memberships

  • Member, American Law Institute since 1985 and Member of consultative group for the Restatement of the Law of Unfair Competition
  • Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
  • Past seminar speaker for South Carolina Bar for annual survey of decisions of United States Supreme Court and for trade secret law presentations
  • Member, American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Greenville County Bar

Bar and Court Admissions

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

Representative Community Activities

  • Member, State Board of Trustees of First Steps to School Readiness
  • Member, Inaugural Class, Diversity Leadership Academy of Richard W. Riley Institute of Furman University
  • Member, Regional Board of Urban League of the Upstate
  • Commissioner, Greenville County Housing Authority
  • President, Greenville Symphony Association
  • Vice President, Greenville County Museum Association
  • Participant, Leadership Greenville and Leadership Greenville Board of Regents
  • Member, Board of Furman University Alumni Association
  • Member, various committees of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce
  • Elder and Sunday school teacher Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
  • Member, Board of Cleveland Street YMCA
  • Parliamentarian, Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
  • Member, Greenville Rotary Club
  • Reader, Jesse Jackson Town Homes Head Start Center

Publications

  • Co-author, “Intellectual Property,” South Carolina Jurisprudence (1993)

Awards and Honors

  • Listed in Best Lawyers In America, antitrust and commercial litigation
  • Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business