South Carolina

Vincent I. Parrett
Member

Vince Parrett represents victims of terrorism, human rights and aviation disasters. He is currently focused on litigation brought on behalf of American and Israeli victims of terror attacks. This international litigation seeks to stop the financing of terror attacks and help bring peace to the Middle Eastern regions.

Working on the civil action Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, he represents more than 6,500 victims’ families against the financial sponsors of al Qaeda. He also has represented individual clients in aviation liability and damages cases alleging negligence by the airlines and security companies in connection with the 9/11 attacks.

Vince litigates corporate class actions to protect the direct financial interests of shareholders against under-priced or coercive corporate transactions. He has worked on PSLRA and federal class action securities fraud litigation, representing investors injured because of wrongful conduct.

Prior to joining Motley Rice in 2007, Vince represented victims of the September 11th attacks as an associate with a New York aviation firm. He represented clients in multidistrict litigation against financial sponsors of al Qaeda, and against the airlines and security companies who allegedly failed to implement basic security measures, enabling the terrorists to launch the attacks. During this time, he also worked on aviation litigation involving commercial and general aviation aircraft and helicopters.

Following law school, Vince completed research, document analysis and interviews as part of federal securities litigation and SEC investigations. After graduating from the Naval Justice School, he served as a Naval Officer in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) and tried scores of court martial trials before juries. In 2002, Lt. Parrett was appointed Officer-In-Charge of Naval Legal Service Office at Naval Air Station Oceana, where he led a team of JAG Officers providing legal counsel to the large Naval aviation community.

Vince has co-authored several articles and presentations, including Aviation Lawyers Striking Back At The Terror Network; and Reflections on the 1999 Montreal Convention Affecting Victims of International Aviation Disasters in Congested Skies. His work was recognized in the inaugural edition of Benchmark Plaintiff, The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Plaintiff Firms & Attorneys, which named  him as a "Local Litigation Star" in its national rankings for civil rights/human rights, as well as its South Carolina rankings in human rights, personal injury and securities. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, American Bar Association and Federal Bar Council Inn of Court.