James Bernard Hood

Jamie was born in Charleston, South Carolina on June 20, 1977. He graduated from Woodberry Forest School (1995), The University of the South at Sewanee, TN (B.A. 1999) and the University of South Carolina Law School (J.D. 2002). During law school, he served on the South Carolina Environmental Law Journal and was a member of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court. After receiving his juris doctor, Jamie attended Tulane University Law School where he earned an LLM in Admiralty (LLM 2003) and was the recipient of the Edward A. Dodd, Jr. Award as the outstanding candidate for the degree of LLM in Admiralty. He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar and the United States District Court, District of South Carolina in 2003. He is a member of the Charleston County, South Carolina, and American Bar Associations, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. His areas of practice include admiralty, negligence, personal injury, products liability, construction litigation, medical malpractice, insurance coverage cases, and general civil and commercial litigation. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees James Bernard Hood included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers in America, 2014 - 2019 South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2018 Rising Star, 2012 - 2013 Chambers USA, 2012 - 2018 Who’s Who Legal AV Preeminent Peer Review Ratings by Martindale-Hubbell Other Sources of Feedback About James Bernard Hood Included on the 2026South Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2018 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2017 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2014 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers list

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• Widows and Orphans Society of the Charleston Medical Society
• Propeller Club
• Huguenot Society of South Carolina
• St. Andrew’s Society
• Hibernian Society

• South Carolina, 2003
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 2003

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney's Association (Member)
• Charleston County Association (Member)
• South Carolina Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Defense Research Institute
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• Network of Trial Law Firms