Columbia Goings Law Firm LLC Legal Blog Archives

This month, our attorney Jessica L. O’Neill Gooding celebrates her two year anniversary with Goings Law Firm. We absolutely love having her on our team! She’s a dedicated attorney who works incredibly hard for and is dedicated to each one of her clients. “My favorite thing about working here is just working with the clients,”… Read More

Meet Chris Pascal, who has been working with Goings Law Firm this summer and will continue with us into the fall as he begins his 2L year at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Chris attended undergraduate at Wofford University and he graduated  in May 2017. When he arrived at Wofford as a… Read More

The Goings Law Firm, LLC has been featured in the Summer 2018 issue of Fig Magazine. Fig is a local publication that explores “shopping, dining, arts, history and community in Columbia.” The current issue focuses on food and drink. You can see the issue at https://issuu.com/figindustries/docs/figcolumbia_summer2018.pdf. Past issues are also available to view free on… Read More

The Goings Law Firm is excited to have Mallory Haber back with the firm. Mallory helped with the start of the Goings Law Firm in 2011! We are so lucky to have her back!! Mallory attended the University of South Carolina and graduated in 2005. Upon graduation, Mallory began working as a legal assistant at… Read More

one manual worker man falling from ladder in silhouette on white background On August 9, 2017, the South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed an Order of the Workers Compensation Commission in the matter of Sellers v. Tech Service, Inc., Op. No. 5508 (S.C. Ct. App. filed August 9, 2017) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 30 at… Read More

The Goings Law Firm, LLC is pleased to announce that Columbia Workers Compensation attorney, Christian Boesl has joined the firm as Counsel.  Christian will be managing the expanding workers’ compensation practice at the Goings Law Firm, LLC.  We are blessed to have him as a valuable member of the team.  More to come about Christian… Read More

The entire team at Goings Law Firm is proud to announce that managing partner and founder Robert Goings was named the “Top Attorney for Personal Injury Litigation” for the 2017 edition of the Legal Elite of the Midlands by Columbia Business Monthly. The article includes an interview with attorney Goings and discusses his passion for… Read More

Columbia trial attorney Robert Goings successfully secured a $750,000 verdict on behalf of a law clerk who was injured when he fell on an excessively slippery staircase inside the U.S. Bankruptcy Court building in downtown Columbia. The individual, a law clerk for a federal bankruptcy judge, suffered a herniated disk and accrued $40,000 in medical… Read More

Jess Gooding is one of the newest members of the Richland County Bar Association’s  Newsletter Editorial Board, and she has been charged with the Newsletter’s pop culture column. “Bar Bites” is a column featuring tidbits on what local attorneys are interested in; it includes reviews on restaurants, bars, television shows, podcasts, and more!  This fall,… Read More

Lawsuits brought against bars and restaurants who have over-served their customers are on the rise according to a report in The State Newspaper. South Carolina law makes it illegal for a bar to knowingly serve alcohol to an intoxicated person. Dram shop cases, as they are known, seem to be increasing in frequency in South Carolina, and… Read More