South Carolina

T. David Hoyle
Associate Attorney

David Hoyle represents victims of corporate wrongdoing and negligence, ranging from asbestos exposure to defective products to catastrophic incidents. He litigates asbestos cases on behalf of Canadian clients, working with individuals and unions on behalf of those suffering from mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases.

Working with the Catastrophic Injury practice group, David litigates cases involving injury or death from fires, negligence and products liability.

During law school, David worked with Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law David G. Owen as a research assistant and student editor in the area of products liability. He received a James Louis Pettigru Public Interest Law Society grant to intern with the Federal Public Defender for the District of South Carolina, and was a member of the Pro Bono Board, Order of the Wig and Robe and South Carolina Law Review. Following his admittance under the Student Practice Rule, he represented juvenile clients on delinquency petitions at the Juvenile Justice Clinic and received the Clinical Legal Education Association’s Clinical Student Award.

An active volunteer, David was a Bonner Scholar and recipient of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award as an undergraduate, worked more than 1,900 service hours for programs involving children, literacy, affordable housing and mental health. Today, David remains involved with the Birch Family Camp in upstate New York for families living with HIV/AIDS. He volunteers in the Charleston community with the Lowcountry AIDS Legal Clinic and Crisis Ministries.

David is the author of “Seal of Disapproval: International Implications of South Carolina’s Notary Statute,” 3 S.C.J.Int’l. L. & Bus. 1 (2006). He serves on the South Carolina Bar's Practice and Procedure Committee and is a member of the American Association for Justice, American Bar Association, South Carolina Association for Justice and Public Justice.