John W. Rabb

With more than 40 years of experience, John Rabb is Special Counsel in the firm’s Columbia office. He focuses on workers’ compensation defense for employers, insurance carriers, third-party administrators (TPAs), and self-insured employers across industries including healthcare, hospitality, trucking, nursing homes, manufacturing, and construction.

Workers’ compensation claims involve many stakeholders, and John has built a reputation for cultivating strong relationships with all of them. From South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commissioners, plaintiff’s counsel, claims professionals, supervisors, and medical providers, the credibility that he has built across the state helps him resolve claims efficiently and cost-effectively.

John has appeared hundreds of times before the Workers’ Compensation Commission (including the Appellate Panel), and in administrative hearings. He also has experience handling appeals before the South Carolina Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court.

John received his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Before law school, he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Wofford College where he was a four-year letterman in tennis.

John served as a law clerk to the Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives and to the House Judiciary Committee. After law school, he also served as a law clerk for the Honorable John Hamilton Smith of the South Carolina Circuit Court (Fifth Judicial Circuit).

Outside his practice, John is an avid tennis player, a four-time USTA League state champion, and a member of the 2005 National Championship team. He is married to Margaret “Scottie” Rabb, and they have one son who works as an attorney in Greenville, South Carolina.