James
G.
Biggart

Jim Biggart makes it a priority to ensure that every client is represented like he would want his own family member represented.

James G. Biggart II is the Managing Partner of Morgan & Morgan South Carolina and one of the firm’s designated Trial Partners. In his statewide leadership role, Jim is responsible for Morgan & Morgan’s offices in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, and Hilton Head. He also leads the firm’s Trucking Litigation Group in South Carolina.

Jim’s practice is devoted exclusively to catastrophic automobile and commercial-trucking collision cases, including wrongful-death claims arising from those crashes. This focused practice allows him to concentrate his experience and resources on cases involving the most serious injuries and the greatest consequences for clients and their families.

As a designated Trial Partner, Jim is called upon to work alongside Morgan & Morgan attorneys in significant cases throughout the country. He is prepared to go wherever he is needed to help try complex, high-stakes cases before a jury.

Jim has obtained multiple jury verdicts exceeding $1 million in both Florida and South Carolina, as well as numerous substantial settlements. Collectively, his verdicts and settlements have resulted in recoveries exceeding $100 million for injured clients and their families. He approaches every case with the preparation, resources, and determination necessary to hold powerful corporations, insurance companies, and negligent defendants accountable.

Jim is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only national association of accomplished plaintiff and defense civil trial lawyers and judges. Membership requires substantial courtroom experience, including serving as lead counsel in civil jury trials taken to verdict, together with demonstrated character, civility, integrity, and professionalism. ABOTA is dedicated to preserving the Seventh Amendment right to a civil jury trial and improving the ethical and technical standards of trial advocacy. Jim’s election to ABOTA reflects both his extensive jury-trial experience and his standing within the trial bar.

Jim’s perspective is informed by experience on both sides of the courtroom. He began his legal career in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Naval Base Charleston, where he served as Trial Counsel in courts-martial and represented Naval commanders in administrative proceedings. He subsequently spent 16 years representing defendants in civil litigation and became managing partner of the Tallahassee office of a statewide law firm. That experience provides him with valuable insight into how defendants, insurance companies, and their lawyers evaluate, prepare, and try catastrophic-injury cases.

In 2013, Jim joined Morgan & Morgan to open the firm’s new Tallahassee office. He remained its managing partner until moving to Gainesville to become managing partner of Morgan & Morgan’s Gainesville office. As Morgan & Morgan expanded its national footprint, the firm asked Jim to relocate to South Carolina and assume leadership of its operations throughout the state.

Jim understands that his clients often come to him during the most difficult periods of their lives. He combines relentless advocacy with a deeply personal and empathetic approach, ensuring that every client is heard, informed, and represented with the same care and commitment he would expect for a member of his own family.

Jim earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his law degree from the University of Louisville. He also studied at Oxford University in England during both his undergraduate and law-school years.

Jim and his wife, Stacy, are the proud parents of four sons: Cameron, Jackson, Nathan, and Alex. Outside the courtroom, Jim enjoys traveling, collecting watches, playing golf, and fly fishing.