McDougall Law Firm

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McDougall Law Firm

This lawyer is licensed to practice in South Carolina and has no record of discipline from the South Carolina bar association. *

McDougall Law Firm

McDougall Law Firm

Open for Business
Offers Video Calls

This lawyer is licensed to practice in South Carolina and has no record of discipline from the South Carolina bar association. *

Firm Overview

Main Office

Main Office
115 Lady's Island Commons
Beaufort, SC 29907

Phone

(843) 379-7000

Websites

mlflaw.co

Fees
Office Information
Personal Injury

Our emphasis at McDougall Law Firm, LLC is on helping our clients overcome the challenges they are left with after an accident. Our personal injury attorneys offer clients a personal commitment to represent them and fight for them.

Nursing Home Abuse, Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Seeking Fair Compensation For Your Case

McDougall LawFirm, LLC has served personal injury clients for over fifteen years. We are a trusted Beaufort County personal injury attorney firm, offering sound legal advice and representation in court. It is an honor to serve you whether you require answers to legal questions or help with litigation. Our team of attorneys is here for you, every step of the way. We'll help you achieve compensation following an accident, and help you get your life back.
Suffering a serious personal injury or losing a loved one in an accident is one of the most traumatic events that a person could face. Our Beaufort County personal injury attorneys are dedicated to providing our clients with aggressive, strategic legal representation. We walk our clients through every stage of the legal process, and we prepare each case for trial from the very beginning to help our clients obtain the best compensation awards possible.
Nursing Home Abuse, Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Seeking Maximum Compensation For Your Case

When you work with McDougall LawFirm, LLC, we are deeply committed to your case. We will work for the best possible compensation award available, and we will walk you through every stage of the legal process. We have built our success on client service and aggressive, strategic litigation in legal practice areas that include:

Workers' Compensation
Car Accidents
Truck Accidents
Golf Course/Golf Cart Accidents
Swimming Accidents
Defective Products
Medical and Nursing Home Negligence

We take cases for individual clients, and we have a long history of co-counsel and referral relationships with other attorneys. We work with other law firms in and out of South Carolina. We provide referring attorneys' clients with the same personalized service and dedication that we provide our own clients.
Affordable Legal Advice

Litigation can be an expensive and sometimes risky prospect for personal injury victims. At McDougall LawFirm, LLC, we shoulder the majority of that burden for our clients by taking most of our cases on contingency fee. We will not collect attorney fees unless and until we obtain a favorable verdict or settlement in your personal injury or workers compensation case.
Contact Our Personal Injury Law Firm Today

If you have been injured or if you have lost someone you love due to someone else's negligence, we welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your legal rights and opportunities for compensation. You should not have to shoulder the financial burden of your injuries alone. Call 843-379-7000 or contact us online to schedule a free, no-obligation, initial consultation with a lawyer from our firm.

Workers Compensation

Auto Accident

Product Liability

Medical Malpractice

Nursing Home or Elder Abuse

Trucking Accident

Wrongful Death

Legal Malpractice

Asbestos

How did your firm decide on the primary area of practice(s)?

A person's life can change in an instant as a result of the carelessness or negligence of someone else. Every day, we see victims come into our office after losing a loved one or suffering a catastrophic injury.
Our emphasis at McDougall Law Firm, LLC is on helping our clients overcome the challenges they are left with after an accident. Our Beaufort and Hilton Head personal injury attorneys offer clients a personal commitment to represent them and fight for full and fair compensation to cover medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering for what they have endured.
Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers Who Are Here For You

We realize that after a major loss, clients look to us not just for compensation, but for help in rebuilding their lives. Throughout the course of the case and beyond, we are available to clients and will listen to any concerns they might have about the future. We understand that moving on after injury or loss can be difficult, and we see our job as more than winning the monetary awards.
Our goal is to provide stress-free legal service that allows our clients to heal both physically and emotionally. Loss usually takes a physical, financial, and psychological toll on people, so we offer whatever relief we can through our high-quality representation and the care and support we extend.
Serious Injuries and Wrongful Death Claims in South Carolina

Over the years, our clients have trusted us to handle a wide array of cases where negligence led to disaster.
Our personal injury lawyers represent South Carolina clients in workers' compensation cases and personal injury matters that include car accidents, swimming pool accidents and dangerous products claims. We also handle professional negligence and medical/nursing home malpractice matters that include nursing home abuse and malnutrition/dehydration.
Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers Who Are Here For You

Our clients have trusted us to represent them for a number of personal injury cases throughout South Carolina. We handle workers' compensation cases and personal injury cases where injury or death results from negligence:

car accidents
Swimming pool accidents
Dangerous products claims
Professional negligence
Medical/nursing home malpractice matters, including nursing home abuse and malnutrition/dehydration

Contact Our Team Of Experienced
Personal Injury Attorneys
If you are ready to take the first step to move forward after injury or loss from a car accident, or an incident off the road due to someone's negligence, email us or call us at 843-379-7000 for a complimentary consultation. Our knowledgeable attorneys, who serve clients in Hilton Head, Bluffton and throughout South Carolina, are here to help. We are looking forward to discussing your case and to serving you.

What experience or education distinguishes your lawyers from others?

A South Carolina Legal Team Dedicated to Our Clients

With a well-earned reputation for strategic, aggressive representation and a commitment to personalized client service, founding attorney J. Olin ("Lin") McDougall, II has been helping South Carolina clients and their families rebuild their lives after serious injuries since 1996.

Since then, McDougall LawFirm, LLC, has grown. Our Beaufort personal injury lawyers share Lin's commitment to our clients. Because of this commitment, J. Olin McDougall, II was recently honored as one of the "Top Attorneys" in South Carolina.

What distinguishes your law firm from others?

Helping South Carolina Clients Obtain Compensation for Injuries and Losses

At McDougall LawFirm, LLC, our lawyers have experience with workers' compensation, personal injury and wrongful death and other litigation matters. Since 1996, our Beaufort accident and injury attorneys have been helping our clients obtain full and fair compensation.
Workers' Compensation

The workers' compensation system was set up to help ensure that injured workers were adequately compensated for work-related injuries. Filing a workers' compensation claim, however, can be a difficult process. Claims get denied and even accepted claims often fall short of covering all of the expenses for injured workers. We will help you through the process to obtain the compensation you need.
Personal Injury

We represent clients in personal injury claims that include:
Car accidents
Truck accidents
Commercial truck and emergency vehicle accidents
Bicycle/pedestrian accidents
Distracted driver accidents
Rollover accidents
Golf course/golf cart accidents
Swimming pool accidents
Defective and dangerous products
Insurance claims and litigation
School and education litigation
Serious injury and death claims
Injuries or assaults to victims with special needs, disabilities and handicaps
Commercial and Corporate Litigation

We represent a wide variety of business clients in business litigation matters that involve:

Contract disputes
Breach of contract
Breach of fiduciary duty
Fraud
Professional Negligence

Medical malpractice and nursing home malpractice are among the most common forms of professional negligence. We have experience recognizing the signs of nursing home abuse, like malnutrition/dehydration, and we handle professional negligence cases that involve:

Nursing home abuse
Dental and chiropractor
Psychologists and psychiatrist
Accountants
Financial professionals
Engineers
Architects
Stock brokers
Securities brokers
Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is a terrible experience that no one should have to suffer. If you have been in this situation, we will handle your case with care and empathy, and we will do everything possible to bring about a just result through the legal system.
Our attorneys are experienced at litigating real estate issues that include:

Condemnation
Eminent domain

Contact Our Personal Injury Attorneys | Free Initial Consultations
If you have suffered serious injuries or wrongful death of a loved one, we welcome the opportunity to sit down with you free of charge to discuss your case. Call 843-379-7000 or contact us online to schedule a free initial consultation with a lawyer from our firm.

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

J. Olin "Lin" McDougall, II, Esquire, graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1994, and has actively represented the rights of injured victims since 1996. Mr. McDougall has been practicing law in Beaufort, South Carolina since 1996, concentrating in the areas of Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Mr. McDougall was raised in Sumter, South Carolina, graduating High School from Wilson Hall in May, 1987.
Mr. McDougall continued his education at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, starting the Fall of 1987. While at Wake Forest, Mr. McDougall majored in English, and made the Dean's List. In addition to his studies, Mr. McDougall remained active in the Kappa Alpha Order as a Rush Chairman, and being elected to the office of Historian his Senior Year.
Mr. McDougall graduated from Wake Forest in May of 1991, with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Mr. McDougall entered the University of South Carolina School of Law in the Fall of 1991. While at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mr. McDougall made the Dean's List and, in addition to his regular course load, engaged in a number of independent legal studies in his particular areas of interest, which included, among others, a survey of International legal issues and an analysis of the propriety of corporal punishment.
Mr. McDougall also remained involved in a number of Legal Societies. Most notably, as a member of the Student Chapter of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. McDougall was the Legal Research Coordinator for the Association.
During Law School, Mr. McDougall also clerked for Furr & Henshaw, a firm specializing in Medical Malpractice. In addition to Medical Malpractice issues, Mr. McDougall also gained substantial exposure to Nursing Home and Assisted Living Malpractice, catastrophic injury and Defective Products cases.
After graduating from Law School, in August 1994, Mr. McDougall was employed by the South Carolina Judicial Department, as Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd. At the time Judge Floyd was a State Circuit Court Judge, and subsequently a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, Spartanburg Division. Judge Floyd is now a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, having received his commission to serve in that capacity on October 5, 2011.
After a one year clerkship with Judge Floyd, Mr. McDougall entered private practice as an Associate with McDougall & Self, LLP, a firm specializing in litigating matters in the Family Courts of South Carolina.
In 1996, Mr. McDougall moved to Beaufort, South Carolina and began the practice that ultimately evolved into the McDougall LawFirm. Initially, Mr. McDougall began representing injured victims in the firm that was ultimately known as Daugs, Tedder, Newman & McDougall. At that time, Mr. McDougall began litigating Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Subsequently, after practicing with Harvey & Battey, then Newman & McDougall, LLC, Mr. McDougall opened the McDougall LawFirm, LLC in July, 2007. This practice is limited to Personal Injury (including Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Commercial Truck & Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Bicycle / Pedestrian Accidents, Distracted Driver Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Golf Course/Cart Accidents, Swimming Pool Accidents, Defective & Dangerous Products, Insurance Claims & Litigation, School & Education Litigation, Serious Injury & Death Claims and Special Needs Injury), Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice (including Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Devices & Pharmaceutical Drugs, Dental & Chiropractic, Malnutrition/Dehydration), Professional Negligence, Sexual Assault, Workers Compensation, Commercial & Corporate Law, Real Estate Litigation and Time Share Litigation.
Mr. McDougall has been successful in making a personal commitment to his clients while providing professional representation, aggressively protecting his clients' interests and their legal matters.
With offices located in Beaufort, South Carolina, The McDougall LawFirm, LLC consists of Mr. McDougall, one Associate and a support staff of 6 assistants and paralegals.

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

J. Olin "Lin" McDougall, II, Esquire, graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1994, and has actively represented the rights of injured victims since 1996. Mr. McDougall has been practicing law in Beaufort, South Carolina since 1996, concentrating in the areas of Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Mr. McDougall was raised in Sumter, South Carolina, graduating High School from Wilson Hall in May, 1987.
Mr. McDougall continued his education at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, starting the Fall of 1987. While at Wake Forest, Mr. McDougall majored in English, and made the Dean's List. In addition to his studies, Mr. McDougall remained active in the Kappa Alpha Order as a Rush Chairman, and being elected to the office of Historian his Senior Year.
Mr. McDougall graduated from Wake Forest in May of 1991, with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Mr. McDougall entered the University of South Carolina School of Law in the Fall of 1991. While at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mr. McDougall made the Dean's List and, in addition to his regular course load, engaged in a number of independent legal studies in his particular areas of interest, which included, among others, a survey of International legal issues and an analysis of the propriety of corporal punishment.
Mr. McDougall also remained involved in a number of Legal Societies. Most notably, as a member of the Student Chapter of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. McDougall was the Legal Research Coordinator for the Association.
During Law School, Mr. McDougall also clerked for Furr & Henshaw, a firm specializing in Medical Malpractice. In addition to Medical Malpractice issues, Mr. McDougall also gained substantial exposure to Nursing Home and Assisted Living Malpractice, catastrophic injury and Defective Products cases.
After graduating from Law School, in August 1994, Mr. McDougall was employed by the South Carolina Judicial Department, as Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd. At the time Judge Floyd was a State Circuit Court Judge, and subsequently a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, Spartanburg Division. Judge Floyd is now a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, having received his commission to serve in that capacity on October 5, 2011.
After a one year clerkship with Judge Floyd, Mr. McDougall entered private practice as an Associate with McDougall & Self, LLP, a firm specializing in litigating matters in the Family Courts of South Carolina.
In 1996, Mr. McDougall moved to Beaufort, South Carolina and began the practice that ultimately evolved into the McDougall LawFirm. Initially, Mr. McDougall began representing injured victims in the firm that was ultimately known as Daugs, Tedder, Newman & McDougall. At that time, Mr. McDougall began litigating Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Subsequently, after practicing with Harvey & Battey, then Newman & McDougall, LLC, Mr. McDougall opened the McDougall LawFirm, LLC in July, 2007. This practice is limited to Personal Injury (including Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Commercial Truck & Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Bicycle / Pedestrian Accidents, Distracted Driver Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Golf Course/Cart Accidents, Swimming Pool Accidents, Defective & Dangerous Products, Insurance Claims & Litigation, School & Education Litigation, Serious Injury & Death Claims and Special Needs Injury), Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice (including Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Devices & Pharmaceutical Drugs, Dental & Chiropractic, Malnutrition/Dehydration), Professional Negligence, Sexual Assault, Workers Compensation, Commercial & Corporate Law, Real Estate Litigation and Time Share Litigation.
Mr. McDougall has been successful in making a personal commitment to his clients while providing professional representation, aggressively protecting his clients' interests and their legal matters.
With offices located in Beaufort, South Carolina, The McDougall LawFirm, LLC consists of Mr. McDougall, one Associate and a support staff of 6 assistants and paralegals.

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

Firm Overview

Main Office

Main Office
115 Lady's Island Commons
Beaufort, SC 29907

Phone

(843) 379-7000

Websites

mlflaw.co

Fees
Office Information
Personal Injury

Our emphasis at McDougall Law Firm, LLC is on helping our clients overcome the challenges they are left with after an accident. Our personal injury attorneys offer clients a personal commitment to represent them and fight for them.

Nursing Home Abuse, Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Seeking Fair Compensation For Your Case

McDougall LawFirm, LLC has served personal injury clients for over fifteen years. We are a trusted Beaufort County personal injury attorney firm, offering sound legal advice and representation in court. It is an honor to serve you whether you require answers to legal questions or help with litigation. Our team of attorneys is here for you, every step of the way. We'll help you achieve compensation following an accident, and help you get your life back.
Suffering a serious personal injury or losing a loved one in an accident is one of the most traumatic events that a person could face. Our Beaufort County personal injury attorneys are dedicated to providing our clients with aggressive, strategic legal representation. We walk our clients through every stage of the legal process, and we prepare each case for trial from the very beginning to help our clients obtain the best compensation awards possible.
Nursing Home Abuse, Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers Seeking Maximum Compensation For Your Case

When you work with McDougall LawFirm, LLC, we are deeply committed to your case. We will work for the best possible compensation award available, and we will walk you through every stage of the legal process. We have built our success on client service and aggressive, strategic litigation in legal practice areas that include:

Workers' Compensation
Car Accidents
Truck Accidents
Golf Course/Golf Cart Accidents
Swimming Accidents
Defective Products
Medical and Nursing Home Negligence

We take cases for individual clients, and we have a long history of co-counsel and referral relationships with other attorneys. We work with other law firms in and out of South Carolina. We provide referring attorneys' clients with the same personalized service and dedication that we provide our own clients.
Affordable Legal Advice

Litigation can be an expensive and sometimes risky prospect for personal injury victims. At McDougall LawFirm, LLC, we shoulder the majority of that burden for our clients by taking most of our cases on contingency fee. We will not collect attorney fees unless and until we obtain a favorable verdict or settlement in your personal injury or workers compensation case.
Contact Our Personal Injury Law Firm Today

If you have been injured or if you have lost someone you love due to someone else's negligence, we welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your legal rights and opportunities for compensation. You should not have to shoulder the financial burden of your injuries alone. Call 843-379-7000 or contact us online to schedule a free, no-obligation, initial consultation with a lawyer from our firm.

Workers Compensation

Auto Accident

Product Liability

Medical Malpractice

Nursing Home or Elder Abuse

Trucking Accident

Wrongful Death

Legal Malpractice

Asbestos

How did your firm decide on the primary area of practice(s)?

A person's life can change in an instant as a result of the carelessness or negligence of someone else. Every day, we see victims come into our office after losing a loved one or suffering a catastrophic injury.
Our emphasis at McDougall Law Firm, LLC is on helping our clients overcome the challenges they are left with after an accident. Our Beaufort and Hilton Head personal injury attorneys offer clients a personal commitment to represent them and fight for full and fair compensation to cover medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering for what they have endured.
Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers Who Are Here For You

We realize that after a major loss, clients look to us not just for compensation, but for help in rebuilding their lives. Throughout the course of the case and beyond, we are available to clients and will listen to any concerns they might have about the future. We understand that moving on after injury or loss can be difficult, and we see our job as more than winning the monetary awards.
Our goal is to provide stress-free legal service that allows our clients to heal both physically and emotionally. Loss usually takes a physical, financial, and psychological toll on people, so we offer whatever relief we can through our high-quality representation and the care and support we extend.
Serious Injuries and Wrongful Death Claims in South Carolina

Over the years, our clients have trusted us to handle a wide array of cases where negligence led to disaster.
Our personal injury lawyers represent South Carolina clients in workers' compensation cases and personal injury matters that include car accidents, swimming pool accidents and dangerous products claims. We also handle professional negligence and medical/nursing home malpractice matters that include nursing home abuse and malnutrition/dehydration.
Personal Injury and Accident Lawyers Who Are Here For You

Our clients have trusted us to represent them for a number of personal injury cases throughout South Carolina. We handle workers' compensation cases and personal injury cases where injury or death results from negligence:

car accidents
Swimming pool accidents
Dangerous products claims
Professional negligence
Medical/nursing home malpractice matters, including nursing home abuse and malnutrition/dehydration

Contact Our Team Of Experienced
Personal Injury Attorneys
If you are ready to take the first step to move forward after injury or loss from a car accident, or an incident off the road due to someone's negligence, email us or call us at 843-379-7000 for a complimentary consultation. Our knowledgeable attorneys, who serve clients in Hilton Head, Bluffton and throughout South Carolina, are here to help. We are looking forward to discussing your case and to serving you.

What experience or education distinguishes your lawyers from others?

A South Carolina Legal Team Dedicated to Our Clients

With a well-earned reputation for strategic, aggressive representation and a commitment to personalized client service, founding attorney J. Olin ("Lin") McDougall, II has been helping South Carolina clients and their families rebuild their lives after serious injuries since 1996.

Since then, McDougall LawFirm, LLC, has grown. Our Beaufort personal injury lawyers share Lin's commitment to our clients. Because of this commitment, J. Olin McDougall, II was recently honored as one of the "Top Attorneys" in South Carolina.

What distinguishes your law firm from others?

Helping South Carolina Clients Obtain Compensation for Injuries and Losses

At McDougall LawFirm, LLC, our lawyers have experience with workers' compensation, personal injury and wrongful death and other litigation matters. Since 1996, our Beaufort accident and injury attorneys have been helping our clients obtain full and fair compensation.
Workers' Compensation

The workers' compensation system was set up to help ensure that injured workers were adequately compensated for work-related injuries. Filing a workers' compensation claim, however, can be a difficult process. Claims get denied and even accepted claims often fall short of covering all of the expenses for injured workers. We will help you through the process to obtain the compensation you need.
Personal Injury

We represent clients in personal injury claims that include:
Car accidents
Truck accidents
Commercial truck and emergency vehicle accidents
Bicycle/pedestrian accidents
Distracted driver accidents
Rollover accidents
Golf course/golf cart accidents
Swimming pool accidents
Defective and dangerous products
Insurance claims and litigation
School and education litigation
Serious injury and death claims
Injuries or assaults to victims with special needs, disabilities and handicaps
Commercial and Corporate Litigation

We represent a wide variety of business clients in business litigation matters that involve:

Contract disputes
Breach of contract
Breach of fiduciary duty
Fraud
Professional Negligence

Medical malpractice and nursing home malpractice are among the most common forms of professional negligence. We have experience recognizing the signs of nursing home abuse, like malnutrition/dehydration, and we handle professional negligence cases that involve:

Nursing home abuse
Dental and chiropractor
Psychologists and psychiatrist
Accountants
Financial professionals
Engineers
Architects
Stock brokers
Securities brokers
Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is a terrible experience that no one should have to suffer. If you have been in this situation, we will handle your case with care and empathy, and we will do everything possible to bring about a just result through the legal system.
Our attorneys are experienced at litigating real estate issues that include:

Condemnation
Eminent domain

Contact Our Personal Injury Attorneys | Free Initial Consultations
If you have suffered serious injuries or wrongful death of a loved one, we welcome the opportunity to sit down with you free of charge to discuss your case. Call 843-379-7000 or contact us online to schedule a free initial consultation with a lawyer from our firm.

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

J. Olin "Lin" McDougall, II, Esquire, graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1994, and has actively represented the rights of injured victims since 1996. Mr. McDougall has been practicing law in Beaufort, South Carolina since 1996, concentrating in the areas of Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Mr. McDougall was raised in Sumter, South Carolina, graduating High School from Wilson Hall in May, 1987.
Mr. McDougall continued his education at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, starting the Fall of 1987. While at Wake Forest, Mr. McDougall majored in English, and made the Dean's List. In addition to his studies, Mr. McDougall remained active in the Kappa Alpha Order as a Rush Chairman, and being elected to the office of Historian his Senior Year.
Mr. McDougall graduated from Wake Forest in May of 1991, with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Mr. McDougall entered the University of South Carolina School of Law in the Fall of 1991. While at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mr. McDougall made the Dean's List and, in addition to his regular course load, engaged in a number of independent legal studies in his particular areas of interest, which included, among others, a survey of International legal issues and an analysis of the propriety of corporal punishment.
Mr. McDougall also remained involved in a number of Legal Societies. Most notably, as a member of the Student Chapter of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. McDougall was the Legal Research Coordinator for the Association.
During Law School, Mr. McDougall also clerked for Furr & Henshaw, a firm specializing in Medical Malpractice. In addition to Medical Malpractice issues, Mr. McDougall also gained substantial exposure to Nursing Home and Assisted Living Malpractice, catastrophic injury and Defective Products cases.
After graduating from Law School, in August 1994, Mr. McDougall was employed by the South Carolina Judicial Department, as Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd. At the time Judge Floyd was a State Circuit Court Judge, and subsequently a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, Spartanburg Division. Judge Floyd is now a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, having received his commission to serve in that capacity on October 5, 2011.
After a one year clerkship with Judge Floyd, Mr. McDougall entered private practice as an Associate with McDougall & Self, LLP, a firm specializing in litigating matters in the Family Courts of South Carolina.
In 1996, Mr. McDougall moved to Beaufort, South Carolina and began the practice that ultimately evolved into the McDougall LawFirm. Initially, Mr. McDougall began representing injured victims in the firm that was ultimately known as Daugs, Tedder, Newman & McDougall. At that time, Mr. McDougall began litigating Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Subsequently, after practicing with Harvey & Battey, then Newman & McDougall, LLC, Mr. McDougall opened the McDougall LawFirm, LLC in July, 2007. This practice is limited to Personal Injury (including Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Commercial Truck & Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Bicycle / Pedestrian Accidents, Distracted Driver Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Golf Course/Cart Accidents, Swimming Pool Accidents, Defective & Dangerous Products, Insurance Claims & Litigation, School & Education Litigation, Serious Injury & Death Claims and Special Needs Injury), Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice (including Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Devices & Pharmaceutical Drugs, Dental & Chiropractic, Malnutrition/Dehydration), Professional Negligence, Sexual Assault, Workers Compensation, Commercial & Corporate Law, Real Estate Litigation and Time Share Litigation.
Mr. McDougall has been successful in making a personal commitment to his clients while providing professional representation, aggressively protecting his clients' interests and their legal matters.
With offices located in Beaufort, South Carolina, The McDougall LawFirm, LLC consists of Mr. McDougall, one Associate and a support staff of 6 assistants and paralegals.

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

J. Olin "Lin" McDougall, II, Esquire, graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1994, and has actively represented the rights of injured victims since 1996. Mr. McDougall has been practicing law in Beaufort, South Carolina since 1996, concentrating in the areas of Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Mr. McDougall was raised in Sumter, South Carolina, graduating High School from Wilson Hall in May, 1987.
Mr. McDougall continued his education at Wake Forest University, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, starting the Fall of 1987. While at Wake Forest, Mr. McDougall majored in English, and made the Dean's List. In addition to his studies, Mr. McDougall remained active in the Kappa Alpha Order as a Rush Chairman, and being elected to the office of Historian his Senior Year.
Mr. McDougall graduated from Wake Forest in May of 1991, with a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Mr. McDougall entered the University of South Carolina School of Law in the Fall of 1991. While at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mr. McDougall made the Dean's List and, in addition to his regular course load, engaged in a number of independent legal studies in his particular areas of interest, which included, among others, a survey of International legal issues and an analysis of the propriety of corporal punishment.
Mr. McDougall also remained involved in a number of Legal Societies. Most notably, as a member of the Student Chapter of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. McDougall was the Legal Research Coordinator for the Association.
During Law School, Mr. McDougall also clerked for Furr & Henshaw, a firm specializing in Medical Malpractice. In addition to Medical Malpractice issues, Mr. McDougall also gained substantial exposure to Nursing Home and Assisted Living Malpractice, catastrophic injury and Defective Products cases.
After graduating from Law School, in August 1994, Mr. McDougall was employed by the South Carolina Judicial Department, as Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd. At the time Judge Floyd was a State Circuit Court Judge, and subsequently a United States District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, Spartanburg Division. Judge Floyd is now a Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, having received his commission to serve in that capacity on October 5, 2011.
After a one year clerkship with Judge Floyd, Mr. McDougall entered private practice as an Associate with McDougall & Self, LLP, a firm specializing in litigating matters in the Family Courts of South Carolina.
In 1996, Mr. McDougall moved to Beaufort, South Carolina and began the practice that ultimately evolved into the McDougall LawFirm. Initially, Mr. McDougall began representing injured victims in the firm that was ultimately known as Daugs, Tedder, Newman & McDougall. At that time, Mr. McDougall began litigating Serious Injury and Death Claims, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Claims, Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Claims and Litigation, Premises Liability, Defective and Dangerous Products, School and Education Litigation, and Boating and Water Accidents.
Subsequently, after practicing with Harvey & Battey, then Newman & McDougall, LLC, Mr. McDougall opened the McDougall LawFirm, LLC in July, 2007. This practice is limited to Personal Injury (including Auto Accidents, Truck Accidents, Commercial Truck & Emergency Vehicle Accidents, Bicycle / Pedestrian Accidents, Distracted Driver Accidents, Rollover Accidents, Golf Course/Cart Accidents, Swimming Pool Accidents, Defective & Dangerous Products, Insurance Claims & Litigation, School & Education Litigation, Serious Injury & Death Claims and Special Needs Injury), Medical & Nursing Home Malpractice (including Nursing Home Abuse, Medical Devices & Pharmaceutical Drugs, Dental & Chiropractic, Malnutrition/Dehydration), Professional Negligence, Sexual Assault, Workers Compensation, Commercial & Corporate Law, Real Estate Litigation and Time Share Litigation.
Mr. McDougall has been successful in making a personal commitment to his clients while providing professional representation, aggressively protecting his clients' interests and their legal matters.
With offices located in Beaufort, South Carolina, The McDougall LawFirm, LLC consists of Mr. McDougall, one Associate and a support staff of 6 assistants and paralegals.

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Olin McDougall

McDougall Law Firm
Olin McDougall

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This lawyer is licensed to practice in South Carolina and has no record of discipline from the South Carolina bar association. *

* Nolo has confirmed that every member attorney has a valid license and is in good standing with the state agency that licenses lawyers. Any past disbarments and suspensions (with possible exceptions for minor violations or nonpayment of dues, in our discretion) will be indicated accordingly in the badge. Member attorneys are required to notify Nolo immediately if they become the subject of any disciplinary action by any state licensing agency.