Thomas M. White

Tom White grew up in the textile-producing Upstate of South Carolina working third shift in the cotton mills.That experience shaped his desire to help working people. He graduated from the University of Virginia with distinction, he then graduated in the top of his class at the South Carolina School of Law in 1977 and was admitted to the SC Bar in 1978. Tom began his law career as a public defender and joined the Steinberg Law Firm in 1980. He is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association and the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. For the past twenty years, Tom has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers For Workers’ Compensation. Tom exclusively handles work injury cases with many cases paid to the injured workers in excess of a million dollars. Tom has served on the Charleston County Common Pleas Liaison Committee and the Charleston County Grievance Committee. He is a former municipal judge in Goose Creek and is a member of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ Association. Tom lives in Charleston with his wife and has three children and three grandchildren. First Year Recognized in Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants: 2011 / Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007 Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Thomas M. White included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers In America, 2007 - 2023 Super Lawyers For Workers’ Compensation, 2013 - 2023 Elite Lawyer, 2021 - 2022 AV Preeminent-Martindale-Hubbell, 2020 - Present Other Sources of Feedback About Thomas M. White 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 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2012 South Carolina Super Lawyers list 2011 South Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Attorney & Partner

• Former municipal judge in Goose Creek
• Languages
• English (Primary)
• Spanish

• South Carolina, 1978

• South Carolina Bar Association (Member)
• South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Charleston County Common Pleas Liaison Committee
• Charleston County Grievance Committee
• South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Claimants’ Association. (Member)
• Charleston County Bar Association (Member)