Kevin Mims is a founding equity Partner of Luzuriaga Mims, LLP.  A cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina in 1998 and a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2001, Kevin co-founded our firm in 2011 after almost a decade in private practice in Charleston, SC.  The firm has been recognized nationally as a “Best Law Firm” by US News and World Report annually since 2013. Kevin is our firm managing partner and chairs the Civil Litigation practice group.  Licensed to practice in the State of South Carolina since 2001, Kevin focuses on complex commercial and construction litigation along with personal injury, HOA liability, premises liability, products liability, mechanics’ liens, condemnation actions, insurance coverage and general civil litigation matters.  He has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with an AV preeminent peer review rating (2013 to present) and by Super Lawyers (2019 to present; Rising Stars 2014, 2016). Kevin is a certified Circuit Court Mediator by the South Carolina Supreme Court. His memberships include the Claims Litigation and Management Alliance (CLM), the Defense Research Institute, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association, the Charleston County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, including its Tort & Insurance and Construction Law practice sections, and the American Bar Association.   He has previously served on the Insurance Coverage Committee of the CLM and as the Ninth Circuit Representative of the Young Lawyers’ Division of the South Carolina Bar Association.  Kevin was a featured speaker at the 64th Annual Convention of the South Carolina Association for Justice on the topic of “Complex Litigation and ADR: A Panel Discussion.” Kevin also presented “Reptilian Tactics in Construction Claims”  as part of a panel discussion at the 2021 CLM Construction Conference in San Diego, California.