Joseph D. Trey Thompson III

Joseph “Trey” Thompson is a partner in the Charleston office with a range of experience litigating commercial and employment disputes as well as catastrophic personal injury claims arising from premises, products and toxic exposures. He has tried over 100 jury trial cases in state and federal courts in his 20 years of practice. He has argued cases before the South Carolina Supreme Court and South Carolina Court of Appeals. As a result of his trial work, Trey has an understanding of how to conduct effective and efficient discovery to position his clients’ cases for presentation to a jury in an optimal light.

Trey has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants for 2013 and 2014.

While Trey enjoys the court room, he understands that clients typically do not. As a result, Trey works closely with his clients to develop strategies for moving a case toward resolution at mediation. Trey not only represents clients at mediations, he also conducts them as a Certified Circuit Court Mediator, as qualified by the South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification.

Trey’s speaking engagements have been as diverse as his litigation practice, presenting on topics such as the South Carolina Payment of Wages Act, the enforceability of non-compete agreements, the South Carolina “Lemon Laws”, and assorted topics relating to automobile insurance coverage and associated South Carolina statutes.

A sample of cases that Trey has tried to verdict include:

The defense of two traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases.

The defense of two allegedly defective hair care product cases involving a national retailer and an international hair care product manufacturer.

The defense of a claim involving an alleged exposure to the chemical trichloroethylene.

The defense of employment claims arising from alleged breach of employment agreements, specifically non-compete clauses.

The defense of an international automobile manufacturer on a “lemon law” claim.

The defense of a boat operator arising from a collision with another boat in a case tried under applicable maritime law.

When he is not in the office or the court room, you can find Trey with his family, on the golf course, or with a fishing rod somewhere in the Charleston harbor.

Recognitions

•Order of the Coif
•Order of the Wig and Robe
•The Best Lawyers in America , 2013-2018

In The News

Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored By The Best Lawyers In America 2020

August 15, 2019
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 24 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in

Hall Booth Smith Attorneys Honored by The Best Lawyers in America 2019

August 15, 2018
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to announce 24 lawyers from the firm were honored in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in

Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is pleased to announce that Joseph D. (“Trey”) Thompson, III has joined the firm as a partner in the Charleston office

April 29, 2014
Hall Booth Smith, P.C. is pleased to announce that Joseph D. (“Trey”) Thompson, III, formerly of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., has joined the firm as a partner in