Badge Humphries

Trial Lawyer

Phone (843) 883-7424
Fax (843) 883-7462
Email bhumphries@griffinhumphries.com

Who We Are

Biography

Badge Humphries is a trial lawyer and the managing partner of the Charleston office of Griffin Humphries. He represents the families and estates of people killed by the conduct of others, people who have suffered catastrophic injuries, individual and institutional investors in securities fraud and shareholder litigation, landowners in eminent domain and land-use cases, and parties engaged in business disputes.

Badge began his career at Motley Rice LLC representing men and women diagnosed with mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer, along with the estates and families of those who died from those diseases. That work required him to prosecute survival actions on behalf of decedents’ estates and wrongful death actions on behalf of surviving family members. At Griffin Humphries he continues to handle catastrophic injury and death cases arising from defective products, professional malpractice, and other negligent conduct.

Badge has also served as lead counsel for investors in public companies in cases alleging securities fraud or breach of fiduciary duty against defendants in the financial, pharmaceutical and medical device, healthcare, mining, and consumer retail sectors. He represents landowners in eminent domain and other property rights matters and represents parties on both sides of business disputes. He previously represented property owners in claims arising from the October 2015 floods in Columbia, South Carolina.

Badge’s training as a lawyer began in Texas. During law school he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Lee Yeakel of the Texas Third Court of Appeals in the summer of 1999. In 2000 he worked as a summer associate with Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston and with Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Austin. After graduating from law school he clerked for the Honorable Thad Heartfield of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Badge has been an invited speaker at conferences across the country and has been consulted on legal matters by news outlets and publications. He formerly served on the Board of Governors of the South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) and received the SCAJ President’s Award for his service to the organization. A native of Columbia and a graduate of Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, he is licensed to practice in South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, and Kentucky.

The University of Texas School of Law, 2001

J.D. with honors
Texas Law Review

Tulane University, 1996

B.A. summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Texas, 2001
South Carolina, 2004
Kentucky, 2009
West Virginia, 2011 (inactive)
Georgia, 2014
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2010
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 2002
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2005
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2009
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2010
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (General Bar), 2013
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 2014
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2014
James L. Petigru American Inn of Court
South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ)
- Ninth Judicial Circuit Representative to the Board of Governors, 2018 to present
- Consumer and Securities Law Section Chair, 2011-2017
- Board of Governors 2014 President’s Award Recipient
Charleston County Bar Association
Richland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Council Member, South Carolina Bar Trial and Appellate Advocacy Section
Member, South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Committee
Member, South Carolina Bar Professional Responsibility Committee
Member, South Carolina Bar Technology, Innovation and Intellectual Property Committee
South Carolina Bar, House of Delegates, Delegate-TIPS, July 2022-June 2024
South Carolina Bar, Torts and Insurance Practices Section, Chair, July 2020-July 2021
Member, South Carolina Bar Artificial Intelligence Task Force, August 2026-present
Friends of Sullivan’s Island Elementary, Board Member

Partner, Lewis Babcock L.L.P., 2016-2019
Partner, Lewis, Babcock & Griffin L.L.P., 2014-2016
Attorney, Motley Rice LLC, 2002-2005, 2007-2014
Director of Land Protection, South Atlantic Region, Ducks Unlimited, 2005-2007
Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Honorable Thad Heartfield, 2001-2002

1/21 – South Carolina Bar, Torts and Insurance Practices Section Seminar, Advanced Deposition Tactics, Moderator (virtual, Jan. 21, 2021)
12/20 – SCAJ Advanced Trial Lawyers College (Auto Torts XLIII) – 30(b)(6) Strategies (virtual Dec. 3, 2020)
Ponzi Victims’ Third-Party Claims: Law and Practice, The Justice Bulletin, Summer 2014
8/14 – SCAJ Annual Convention – Halliburton and Chadbourne: All You Need To Know (Hilton Head, SC Aug. 7, 2014)
1/13 – Opal Financial Group, Public Funds Summit – Panelist, Legal Issues Facing Public Pensions (Scottsdale, AZ Jan. 9, 2013)
8/13 – SCAJ Annual Convention – Moderator, Arbitrate This: A Compelling Panel Discussion (with Senior U.S. District Judge Norton, S.C. Circuit Judge Newman, Bill Narwold, Brian Boger, and Stephen Suggs) (Hilton Head, SC Aug. 1, 2013)
3/12 – Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS) Annual Conference – Panelist, The Importance of Litigation in Protecting Plan Assets (Corpus Christi, TX Mar. 27, 2012)
8/12 – Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association, Annual Conference 2012 – Asbestos and Securities Litigation Developments (San Diego, CA Aug. 23, 2011)
8/12 – SCAJ Annual Convention – Moderator, Fee Awards: Ethics and Practice (with Senior U.S. District Judge Duffy, Chief Judge Few of the S.C. Court of Appeals, Cam Lewis, Jim Griffin, and William Applegate) (Hilton Head, SC Aug. 2, 2012)
6/11 – National Summit on the Future of Fiduciary Responsibility – Panelist, Fiduciary Responsibilities: The New Role of Institutional Investors as Private Regulators and Agents of Change (New York, NY – June 9, 2011)
2/11 – Opal Financial Group’s Investment Education Symposium in Conjunction with the Louisiana Trustee Education Council (LATEC) – Legal Issues in Equity Investing (New Orleans, LA Feb. 28, 2011)

South Carolina Public Interest Foundation et al. v. Alan Wilson, Attorney General for the State of South Carolina et al., Case No. 2020-CP-40-04603 (Richland Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl.)
California State Teachers’ Retirement System v. Blankenship, No. 10-C-715 (W. Va. Cir. Ct.); and Manville Personal Injury Trust v. Blankenship, No. 07-C- 1333 (W. Va. Cir. Ct.) (regarding Massey Energy Co.).
Hill v. State Street Corp., C/A No. 1:09-cv-12146-NG, 2011 WL 3420439 (D. Mass. Aug. 3, 2011) (order denying MTD); (case settled for $60 million in July 2014).
City of Sterling Heights General Employees’ Retirement System v. Hospira, No. 11-C-8332, 2013 WL 566805 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 13, 2013) (order re MTD) (case settled for $60 million in March 2014)
Brown v. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., C/A No. 2:07-cv-03852-DCN, 2009 WL 4809426 (D.S.C. Dec. 9, 2009) amended, C/A No. 2:07-CV-03852DCN, 2010 WL 424031 (D.S.C. Feb. 1, 2010) (class cert order) (Non-ETC Subclass settled Sept. 17, 2010, order entered Nov. 9, 2010; ETC Subclass settled June 1, 2011, order entered July 27, 2011)
Hays v. Pearlman, C/A No. 2:10-cv-01135-DCN (D.S.C.), 2010 WL 4510956 (D.S.C. Nov. 2, 2010) (order denying MTD); (case settled June 1, 2011; order entered Oct. 24, 2011)
Beard v. Dixon Hughes, PLLC, No. 2010-CP-08-0776 (Berkeley Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl., 9th Judicial Cir. Aug. 2, 2011)
Stevenson v. Kavanaugh (regarding Force Protection, Inc. shareholder derivative action), No. 2008-CP-10-1735, (Charleston Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl., Bus. Ct. Feb. 10, 2009), order available at https://www.judicial.state.sc.us/courtOrders/displayOrder.cfm?orderNo=2009-02-10-01
Mercier v. Whittle (regarding The South Financial Group, Inc. shareholder derivative action), No. 2008-CP-23-8395 (Greenville Cnty. Ct. Com. Pl., Bus. Ct.)
In re Lear Corp. Shareholder Litigation, No. 2728-N, 926 A.2d 94 (Del. Ch. 2007)