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Jesse A. Kirchner, founding partner, practices civil litigation with a focus on construction litigation and insurance coverage litigation. Prior to joining Thurmond, Kirchner, Timbes & Yelverton, P.A., Kirchner practiced as an associate attorney with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., on the construction defect litigation team. Kirchner, who holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of South Carolina, received his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he graduated cum laude in the top five percent of his law school class. There, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order of Wig and Robe. Kirchner is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, and the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry and is admitted to practice in South Carolina and before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Kirchner holds an AV preeminent rating and has been listed as a Super Lawyer in South Carolina. He also has been named to the Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers Association and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

I have practiced law in Charleston, South Carolina since my graduation from the University of Tennessee School of Law in 2003.  I was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, and graduated from Clemson University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Financial Management.  I was admitted to practice in state and federal courts in South Carolina in November of 2003.   I currently reside in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina with my wife Lindsay and our three sons.  We are active members of Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church.. I have practiced law with Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, LLC my entire legal career starting out as an associate in 2003.  In 2007, I was promoted to partner/shareholder and in 2010 became an equity member in the firm effective January 1, 2011.  I currently serve on the firm's recruiting committee for evaluating and hiring summer law clerks as well as the firm's technology committee.. My practice focuses primarily in the areas of construction litigation, commercial business litigation, condemnation and surety law.  I have experience representing private and public owners, architects, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, and bonding companies. I have represented both Plaintiffs and Defendants in construction litigation matters and commercial business litigation matters.  I represent several local governmental entities in various construction litigation matters, property damage claims, easement acquisitions and condemnation matters.  I also review and draft lease agreements, easements, ordinances, regulations, construction contracts and engineering contracts for these governmental entities and contractor clients.. I am active in the business and legal community through my participation in the Charleston County Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association and American Bar Associations Forum on the Construction Industry. I am a graduate of Leadership Charleston Class of 2007, and a graduate of Leadership South Carolina Class of 2012. I am also involved in various trade organizations including the Charleston Contractors Association and the Carolina Association of General Contractors where I serve on the Supplier Council.  I currently serve on the South Carolina Bar Fee Dispute Resolution Committee and also serve as a mentor for a Charleston School of Law student through the Charleston County Bar Associations Mentor program.  I also volunteer my time as a coach through the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department.

Christopher P. Deters works in the firm’s construction and civil litigation practice group. He previously served as an associate with Pierce, Herns, Sloan & McLeod, LLC, where he focused on construction litigation, toxic torts, and insurance defense. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable R. Markley Dennis, Jr., circuit court judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Deters received his law degree from Michigan State University College of Law in East Lansing, Michigan, and his bachelor’s degree in English literature from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Deters, who holds an AV preeminent rating, is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Charleston Lawyers Club, and the Defense Research Institute.

Happel Scurry, was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. Happel graduated from Wofford College in 2003 with a B.S. in Business Economics. After working in the construction industry for several years, he returned to school and received his Juris Doctor in 2008 from the University of South Carolina School of Law while earning a Master’s degree in Earth and Environmental Resource Management.. Following law school, Happel moved to Charleston and joined the  Hood Law Firm, LLC as an associate in 2008, primarily handling medical malpractice, product defect, government tort, and construction litigation matters.  In 2014, Happel joined McAngus, Goudelock and Courie, LLC working in the firm’s construction litigation practice group and handling general insurance defense litigation.. He joined Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, PA, in August of 2016 as an associate in the firm’s construction and civil litigation practice groups. Happel is a proud member of the Charleston Bar, and is admitted to practice in South Carolina State and Federal courts.