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Thomas W. Traxler

Attorney at Law

Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler P.A.

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Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler P.A.

900 East North Street, Suite 100

Greenville, SC 29601

Telephone: (864) 414-3288

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Trial attorney for more than 45 years focusing on complex commercial and general litigation across multiple areas of expertise, but now dedicated to mediation and arbitration of complex litigation.

Practice Areas

Mediation and Arbitration

Trial Career:

Complex Commercial Litigation
Probate Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Financially Complex Divorce Litigation
Eminent Domain
Personal Injury
General Litigation

Background

Born: Greenville, South Carolina, 1952

Education:

Davidson College, B.A. in German, 1974
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1979
Articles Editor, South Carolina Law Review (1978–1979)

Position & Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Past Member, South Carolina Chapter of ABOTA
Master Member, Upstate South Carolina Inn of Court
Past Member, South Carolina Association for Justice
South Carolina Judicial Council (2012–2016)
South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners (2001–2009)
Ethics Advisory Committee (1983–1985)
South Carolina Bar House of Delegates (~1983–1985)
President, Greenville County Bar Association (1997)
Adjunct Instructor in Business Law, Furman University (1981–2011)

Recognitions

2009 Greenville County Bar Tommy Thomason Award
2009 South Carolina ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year
2011 USC School of Law Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award

Presently Listed In Best Lawyers in America in 7 areas including:

Commercial Litigation
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Family Law
Personal Injury – Plaintiff
Real Estate Litigation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation – Family Law

Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year"

2009 Greenville Family Law Lawyer of the Year.
2010 Greenville Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year.
2012 Greenville Real Estate Litigator of the Year.
2014 Greenville Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year.
2016 Greenville Family Law Lawyer of the Year.
2018 Greenville Family Law Mediator of the Year.
2020 Greenville Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year.
2021 Greenville Family Law Lawyer of the Year
2024 Greenville Family Law Lawyer of the Year.
2024 Greenville Family Law Mediator of the Year.
2025 Greenville Mediator of the Year.
2025 Greenville Real Estate Litigator of the Year.

Super Lawyers of South Carolina since 2008

Top 10 Lawyers in South Carolina (2014-2019, 2022, 2023)
Top 25 Lawyers in South Carolina (2009-2025)

Greenville Business Magazine Legal Elite – Business Litigation & Family Law
Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell since 1989

Software Developed

Traxler’s Child Support Calculator
Alimony Calculator
Equitable Apportionment Worksheet