Kathryn Williams

Kathryn Williams has served residents of the greater Greenville area and the surrounding counties of Upstate South Carolina since 1983. She is known as a tenacious fighter representing injured workers in Workers’ Compensation claims. Kathryn has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America" in the practice area of Workers' Compensation in South Carolina every year since 2007. She has practiced law for thirty years and has a stellar reputation as a compassionate and aggressive advocate. Because she has spent countless hours in the courtroom fighting for those injured on the job, it is no wonder her name has appeared in several reported cases, influencing the development of her chosen practice area. Ms. Williams’ expansive network of legal colleagues play a part in her success and the positive results she garners for her clients. As well as being a Past President of the South Carolina Association for Justice, she was President of the Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers’ Compensation from 1995 to 1997. For the past five years, she has been involved as a member of the Board of Directors of the Work Place Injury Litigation Group. She is also a member of the South Carolina and American Bar Associations and belongs to the American Association for Justice. After graduating from the University of South Carolina with her law degree in 1982, Ms. Williams went on to serve as a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Julius B. Ness and later for U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Kathryn Williams included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Named the Best Lawyers' 2013 Greenville Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants Lawyer of the Year Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Workers' Compensation Law in South Carolina Kathryn Williams has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for Workers' Compensation attorneys in South Carolina every year for 10 consecutive years Greenville Business Magazine - Legal Elite Of The Upstate Workers’ Compensation Law, 2018 Best Lawyers Greenville Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants Lawyer of the Year, 2013 State Of South Carolina, Order of the Palmetto, 2003 Other Sources of Feedback About Kathryn Williams 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 2011 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2010 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2009 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2008 South Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney

• Associate Justice Julius B. Ness, Law Clerk
• U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr., Law Clerk

• Nicholson v S.C. Dep’t of Social Serv., 411 S.C. 381, 769 S.E.2d 1 (2015)
• Hieronymus v Hamrick, DMD, 385 S.C. 1, 682 S.E.2d 512 (Ct. App. 2009)
• Pearson v JPS Converter & Indus. Corp., 327 S.C. 393, 489 S.E.2d 219 (Ct. App. 1997)

• South Carolina, 1983
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992

• The Association of South Carolina Claimant Attorneys for Workers Compensation, 1995 - 1997 (Past President)
• Work Place Injury Litigation Group (Member, Board of Directors)
• South Carolina Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• The National Trial Lawyers
• South Carolina Association for Justice (President)
• Injured Workers’ Advocates, 1995 - 1997 (President)
• Injured Workers' Advocates (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ASSOC. OF S.C. CLAIMANT ATTYS. FOR WORKERS’ COMP.) Past President, 1995–1997
• South Carolina Association For Justice (FORMERLY KNOWN AS S.C. TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION), 2002 - Present (Past President)
• South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association (Member)
• American Bar Association