Duke R. Highfield

Partner
Email: dhighfield@ycrlaw.com | Phone: 843-720-5456

Duke R. Highfield is a partner at Young Clement Rivers, LLP and serves as chair of the firm’s Trucking and Transportation Practice Group and as chair of its Marketing Committee.

Practice groups

Admitted to practice

  • South Carolina, 1991

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1991
  • Emory University, B.A., 1988

Memberships

  • South Carolina Bar
  • American Bar Association, Litigation Committee, Products Liability Subcommittee, Transportation Committee
  • ALFA International: Board of Directors, Chair of Transportation Practice Group, 2006 - 2007; Member: Transportation Practice Group Steering Committee; Member: Products Liability Steering Committee
    • Past Editor: Transport Update
  • American Trucking Association
  • Transportation Lawyers Association
  • Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
  • Defense Research Institute
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
  • South Carolina Trucking Association

Articles / case studies

  • South Carolina Court Sets Dangerous Precedent in Refusing to Strike Potentially Biased Juror by Duke R. Highfield and Ben A. Traywick
  • Tenant's Lack of Privacy Expectation in Common Area Stymies Suit Against Landlord
  • South Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Restatement’s Negligent Entrustment

Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

To talk to Duke R. Highfield or one of Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s seasoned South Carolina advocates call (843) 577-4000 or contact the firm online.