Practicing law allows Wes Allison to marry two passions: Digging up facts and helping clients pursue justice from powerful people and institutions.

Wes developed these passions — and the tools to pursue them— during a career in journalism that spanned 18 years, in which he constantly strived to shine light and hold accountable those who claimed to do the people’s work. The recipient of numerous state and national reporting awards, Wes covered South Carolina local politics, government and crime before moving on to write about medicine and science, national politics, Congress and the White House.

He has also covered some of our nation’s biggest stories of the past two decades, including the war in Iraq, where he was embedded with an infantry unit of the 101st Airborne Division. His series on the politics of embryonic stem cell research earned the Scripps Howard Foundation’s National Journalism Award for Washington coverage.

Now, Wes puts his investigative and storytelling skills to work for clients who have suffered serious personal injury from medical malpractice, dental malpractice, trucking accidents, motor vehicle collisions, abuse and neglect. He is also licensed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, which handles vaccine injury cases.

Wes also represents families and small businesses in insurance and contractual disputes.

Wes lives on Goat Island, S.C., with his wife, Lisa, and their two boys. The Allisons are parishioners of Christ Our King Catholic Church and are active in several community organizations. They enjoy fishing, boating and hiking.

Bar Admissions

South Carolina Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court of South Carolina
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Education

— J.D., Charleston School of Law, magna cum laude, 2012
o Dean’s List, 2009-12
o CALI Awards for highest grade, Legal Research & Writing, Administrative Law, Secured Transactions, Constitutional Law II, Criminal Procedure, Professional Responsibility
o Associate Managing Editor, Charleston Law Review
— B.A., University of Richmond, 1991

Recent Publications and Presentations

ERISA Basics: Getting Your Feet Wet – So Your Clients Don’t Get Soaked, August 6, 2021, South Carolina Association of Justice Annual Conference, Hilton Head, S.C.

ERISA Basics: Getting Your Feet Wet – So Your Clients Don’t Get Soaked, Sept. 10, 2021, 21-Hour Harry M. Philo Invitational Seminar, Detroit, MI.

Beating Writer’s Block, South Carolina Lawyer, Vol. 32, Issue 6, p. 42 (May 2021).

The Constitution, Executive Authority, and the Present Situation, Feb. 13, 2019, Liberal Men of the Lowcountry, Hilton Head, S.C.

Put Some Bite in Your Practice: An Introduction to Dental Malpractice, The Justice Bulletin (S.C. Association for Justice), Fall 2017 (with Justin S. Kahn).

South Carolina Evidence: Differences Make a Difference, The Justice Bulletin (S.C. Association for Justice), Summer 2016 (with Justin S. Kahn).

Yard Sticks and Stop Signs: Making Your Case With Codes and Standards, The Justice Bulletin, Fall 2014 (with Justin S. Kahn).

Discovery and The Insurance Claim File: Facts Are Discoverable No Matter Who You Are, The Justice Bulletin, Summer 2014 (with Justin S. Kahn).

Who’s Afraid of the Reptile Motion in Limine? Educating the Court About Using Saftey Rules and The Role of the Jury, The Justice Bulletin, Spring 2014 (with Justin S. Kahn).

Prove Notice Without Knowledge: Show Facts That Required Inquiry, The Justice Bulletin, Summer 2013 (with Justin S. Kahn).

The Weight of Obama’s Do-over of Oath of Office, Tampa Bay Times, January 20, 2013.

Of Science and Snowflakes: Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the Case Against Shirley v. Sebelius, Charleston Law Review, Summer 2011.

Professional Memberships

South Carolina Bar
Southern Trial Lawyers Association
The Melvin M. Belli Society
Charleston County Bar Association
South Carolina Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association

Robert Simon started his own practice at 29 years old. Now only 11 years later he has been voted Trial Lawyer of the Year by his peers in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, and the State of California. He founded the Simon Law Group in 2010 aka the Justice Team, which consistently nets 8 figures in profit year after year.

Always known for finding and cultivating talented young lawyers, he took it to the next level founding Justice HQ in 2020. Always at the forefront of innovation, efficiency, and always known to be a good time, here is Robert Simon! Get your whiskey and soft pretzels ready and let’s listen!

Susan Dunn is one of the most experienced and well-known professionals in the funding sector.
A pioneer of litigation funding in both the UK and internationally, Susan has been sourcing and
investing in litigation and arbitration for 20 years. During this time, she has provided significant input
to the development of public policy about funding in jurisdictions around the world.

Harbour funds a wide range of class actions and single cases. Funded cases range from equal pay
claims through mass torts, shareholder claims, patent claims, contractual claims and fraud. Funding
can be used both for case acquisition and the costs of running cases through trial. Harbour’s
minimum investment is $5 million in a single claim or group of claims. In light of their investor base,
there is no upper limit on what they can invest if a proposal is compelling enough.

Susan was a founding member of the industry’s self-regulating body, the Association of Litigation
Funders, and was appointed as its Chair in 2019. She is also a director of the International Legal
Finance Association formed in September 2020, of which Harbour is a founding member. Harbour has
over $1.4 bn in assets under management funding claims in 17 jurisdictions

Susan qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and has worked as a commercial litigator in both the UK and the
US, where she was also a diplomat (Vice-Consul Investment) for the British Government in Atlanta
1996-1999

Daniel J. Buba is a partner with the Doehrman Buba Ring law firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dan has been NBTA Board Certified in Truck Accident Law since 2018, currently serves on the Board of Regents of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and is an Officer and Board Member for the Brain Injury Association of Indiana. He is a Past Chair of AAJ’s Trucking Litigation Group and Past President of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He has authored numerous legal papers on semi-truck and traumatic brain injury litigation, and frequently lectures at local and national legal seminars.

Owner and lead consultant with 27 years of hospital experience in a variety of specialties. Christie is still actively practicing Nursing to bring a current, up-to-date perspective to cases including Medical, Surgical, Labor & Delivery, Endoscopy, Day Surgery, IV therapy,Orthopedics, and Geriatric Nursing.

Board Certification in Medical Surgical Nursing

Masters of Science in Nursing specializing in Nursing-Management & Leadership
These varied career opportunities have provided firsthand experience with many of the issues you face in your medical-related cases.

Membership/Licence’s Maintained
Organization of Nurse Leaders ONL
American Nurses Association ANA
American Nurses Credentialing Center ANCC
National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants NACLNC
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses AMSN
Registered Nurse Licensure, State of Massachusetts

Dr. Nik Volkov is an Assistant Professor of Finance and the Director of the Masters of Science in Business Analytics at Mercer University. Dr. Volkov holds a Ph.D. in Finance, is a Certified Valuation Analyst and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics. He is a Vice President of the National Association of Forensic Economics.

Dr. Volkov runs a consulting practice that focuses on litigation support in the area of forensic economics and finance. The primary focus of his consulting work is in the area of economic damages calculations and expert witness testimony in personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and commercial litigation.

His research is published in the Journal of Forensic Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Research in International Business and Finance, Global Finance Journal, and Financial Services Review.

As a trial lawyer, Mr. Hershewe has spent more than 30 years fighting for injured people and their families. Tenacity and work-ethic are key factors in his ability to get full value settlements and jury verdicts for clients in even the most complex personal injury cases.

Mr. Hershewe is proud to have obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his injured clients and their families. He currently practices in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Medical Device Litigation, Auto and Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Aviation Litigation, Railroad Law, Insurance law and Workplace Injuries. Known and respected by clients and his colleagues in the legal profession, Mr. Hershewe has an “AV” Preeminent rating, given by other attorneys and judges.

Mr. Hershewe maintains his law license in Missouri and has been admitted to practice “pro hac vice” in cases across the country, including Texas, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico.

Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Ed Hershewe knew from a very young age that he wanted to be a lawyer. After graduating from Missouri Western State College (B.A. 1972) he followed his dream and attended University of Tennessee (J.D. 1976) where he ranked third in his law school class and belonged to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Since becoming a member of the Missouri Bar in 1977, he has served in many leadership roles including the Board of Governors (2004-present), the Executive Committee, the Special Committee to Review Status of Tort Law, the Events Planning Committee (2006), and Liaison to the Committee on Insurance Law (2005). Mr. Hershewe is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

He joined the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and has served as a member of the Board of Governors from 1983 to 1993 and 2003 to the present. Mr. Hershewe currently serves on the executive committee of the Environmental Trial Lawyers’ Association. His current bar association memberships also include the Jasper County Bar Association, the Springfield Metro Bar Association, the Kansas City Metro Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metro St. Louis and the American Bar Association.

Mr. Hershewe began lecturing and speaking at legal seminars on negligence and trial practice early in his career, including the Missouri CLE Seminar on Jury Instructions in July of 1985 and the University of Missouri Seminar on Missouri Torts and Civil Procedures Update of May 3, 1990. He moderated the Missouri Bar CLE Seminar on Missouri Law Update of June, 1991 and presented information about birth injury and medical negligence at the Missouri Association of Court Reporters CLE entitled “Medical Malpractice – Delayed Caesarean Section” in September of 1991.

From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Hershewe presented for personal injury lawyers, medical malpractice lawyers, and trucking lawyers in Arkansas, Florida and Missouri. His topics varied from electronic discovery and medical device litigation to brain injuries and expert testimony in personal injury cases. In 2007, he spoke at the Kansas Trial Lawyers of America about creating dynamic “Opening Statements” and “Wooden’s Pyramid of Success.” In 2007, Mr. Hershewe served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Court as well as the APITLAmerica National Advisory Board.

Mr. Hershewe continued to speak on issues facing injured Plaintiffs throughout 2008, presenting at the Springfield Metro Bar Association on “Plaintiffs’ Case Themes That Work Today,” “Convincing Arguments on Damages,” for the American Association of Justice, and “Damages in Interstate Trucking,” for APITLAmerica. He then lectured on developing a civil case for trial for the Missouri Bar: “Discovery: Unearthing the Heart of the Case,” and discussed “Closing Arguments: Demonstration & Jury Deliberations,” for the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys.

Additionally, Mr. Hershewe is the co-author of Chapter 6, “Pretrial Discovery Motions,” in the Missouri Products Liability Handbook, published by UM at Kansas City, School of Law. He was also co-contributor to the supplement to Chapter 62 of Averbach, “Handling Accident Cases,” published by Lawyers Co-Op. Co-Editor, Missouri Courts Bulletin.

In 2008, Mr. Hershewe was honored with the Thomas G. Strong Trial Attorney Award, an award that is bestowed upon only one attorney per year. The recipient must best exemplify the qualities of professionalism, ethics, character, and courtroom success. That same year, Mr. Hershewe received the APITLAmerica Life Member Award, and the APITLAmerica National Achievement Award. He has also been named in Super Lawyers for 2005, 2007 – 2009, 2011 and 2012, which chooses outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. In 2010, Mr. Hershewe was included in the Top 100 Trial Attorneys for Missouri by the National Trial Lawyers. In December 2012, he was named by 417 Magazine as one of the area’s Top Attorneys, as selected by his peers. He served as president of the National Trial Lawyers for 2013.

Mr. Hershewe strives to improve the community by donating time and resources to many diverse local groups, including the Joplin Family Y, Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity, Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, and the Children’s Center Christmas for Kids program.

He is married to Alison Hershewe and is the father of five children.

President and Founder of NDAS. Board Certified, Dr. Suite is a Johns Hopkins educated, Cornell trained neurologist who did additional teaching and training at the University of Miami. Dr. Suite enjoys teaching at every level, including high school, medical school, and to the lay public. He is on the teaching Faculty at American Heritage School and The Kiran Patel School of Allopathic Medicine at Nova University. A general Neurologist, he has a special interest in neurotraumatology.

President and Medical Director

Gregory J. O’Shanick, MD, “Dr. O” to his patients, finds the practice of Brain Injury Medicine at CNS the realization of decades of preparation.

From his starting medical school at age 19 at UTMB to becoming a Chief Resident at Duke University Medical Center at age 26, Dr. O’s energy, vision, and motivation were critical factors in his successful academic career spanning the University of Texas at Houston, Medical College of Virginia/VCU, University of Virginia and University of Southern California. This same energy was directed into the creation of CNS.

As one of the first physicians focusing on Brain Injury Medicine since 1981, his reputation for clinical and educational excellence resulted in his being named the Inaugural National Medical Director for the Brain Injury Association of America, a voluntary role he held for 14 years.

He regularly appeared on TV, radio, and in print as a subject matter expert on issues ranging from sports concussions to helmet safety to military-related neurotrauma and was highly regarded for his ability to explain complicated medical issues in ways that were easily understood.

Keenly aware of the need for professional development and standardization (he has held Board Certifications in 4 sub-specialties over his career), he was a founding Board Governor of the Academy for Certification of Brain Injury Specialists and currently sits on the examination committee for the sub-specialty of Brain Injury Medicine.

He recognizes that what separates him from the over 12,000 patients he has seen is but a brief instant, and the idea of “There, but for the Grace of God, go I” epitomizes the respectful atmosphere striven for by all the staff since the founding of CNS.