Lawyer Bio : Keith D. Munson

Keith Munson is a trial lawyer with over 23 years experience representing major corporations and governmental entities in complex litigation in the areas of product liability defense, mass tort defense, class action litigation, director and officer liability, and civil/securities fraud. Product liability cases have included medical devices, surgical implants, joint replacements, cardiac devices, optical lens implants, contact lenses, healthcare products, dietary supplements, refractory ceramic products, building materials, insulation products, consumer appliances, consumer products, apparel, industrial machinery, and military and aviation transports and components. In 2008, Mr. Munson obtained judgment for the defendant in the first human bone allograft recall case to go to trial.* Director and officer liability matters have involved large public and private corporations in telecommunications, power and electrical generation, high-yield debt instruments, insurance and mortgage industries and financial institutions. Mr. Munson emphasizes trial preparation and teaches a course on "Great Trials in History" and has presented seminars on trial related subjects such as "Computer Assisted Demonstrative Evidence."

*Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.

Keith has been named to 2011 South Carolina Super Lawyers in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products.

Reported Cases

• Albemarle Corp. v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., 628 F.3d 643 (4th Cir. 2010);
• Weston v. CIBA Vision, 385 S.C. 520, 468 S.E.2d 769 (Ct. App. 2009);
• Gecy v. Bagwell, 372 S.C. 237, 642 S.E.2d 569 (2007);
• Sloan v. Speaker of the House, 362 S.C. 430, 608 S.E.2d 579 (2005);
• Norton v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 350 S.C. 473, 567 S.E.2d 851 (2002);
• Wickes Lumber Co. v. Fynsyn Capital Corp., 1995 W.L. 79159 (M.D. Fla. 1995);
• Transmark v. Florida Dep't of Ins., 631 So. 2d 1112 (1st DCA), rev. den., 639 So. 2d 983 (Fla. 1994).