James G. Christmas is a senior partner in the law firm of Howell & Christmas, LLC. His practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the injured and their families including representing those hurt by on the job injuries (under the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Act, the Federal Longshoreman and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act), and by automobile, wrongful death and all other accidents where there are victims who suffer injuries caused by the negligence of others. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and his B.A. degree in Government, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina where he received the University Scholars Award for exhibited academic excellence and was on the honor and/or president's roll seven semesters. During law school, Mr. Christmas was a research assistant to Professor John Montgomery, former Dean of the South Carolina School of Law, and worked with him and Professor David G. Owen, co-author of Prosser and Keeton on Torts, on their case book Products Liability & Safety (3rd ed.). He also worked as a research assistant for Professor Jon P. Thames on his book South Carolina Criminal Defense (3rd ed.) and received the American Jurisprudence Award for Damages and for Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling. He is a member of the American Association of Justice, the South Carolina Association of Justice, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Education Association and the South Carolina Injured Workers' Advocates where he serves on the Executive Committee and serves as Co-Chairman of the Brief Bank Committee for the IWA. He is also a member of the South Carolina and Charleston County Bar Associations. Mr. Christmas is admitted to practice law before the South Carolina Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. He has tried more than 150 workers' compensation cases, concentrating on legally complex issues, and has represented numerous clients in appellate practice including several appearances before the South Carolina Court of Appeals. Appellate decisions include: Lance v. Hawke v. Pat Mellen and Hurricane Restoration Fund, Employer, and South Carolina Uninsured Employers' Fund, (Ct. App. 1998, Unpublished); Jennifer Lynn Christmas and Jay Christmas v. Dale Eugene Enos, Jr, and A Rainbow of Carpets, Inc., (Ct. App. 2008, Unpublished); and Regina Rainey v. Nestle Frozen Foods and Constitution State Service Company, (S.C. Circuit Court 2003). The Rainey case was cited as one of the fifty most important court decisions for 2003 by Lawyers Weekly Newspaper.