Robert Fredrick Goings

Over two decades of practicing law, Robert F. Goings has earned a reputation as one of the leading trial lawyers in South Carolina, known for taking on major corporations, insurance companies, and hospitals on behalf of seriously injured clients and families. Robert has secured some of the largest jury verdicts in South Carolina history, including one of the highest non-fatal injury verdicts in Richland County history—a $13.5 million jury verdict with punitive damages—and a recent $5 million wrongful-death medical malpractice verdict. Many other results cannot be published due to confidentiality obligations. His results reflect his standing as a highly respected South Carolina personal injury lawyer with the courtroom skill to take high-stakes cases to verdict. Raised on a dairy farm in Union County, Robert brings the values of fairness, honesty, and hard work to every case. His grandfather, a hardworking farmer and a man of the utmost integrity, taught Robert from a young age that treating people “right,” being honest, and doing good by others were nonnegotiables in life. Although Robert was not athletic enough to make it on a varsity team, his love for singing, theater, and the performing arts—and the grit he developed on the farm—became the foundation for his success in the courtroom. For Robert today, as a leading trial lawyer, the courtroom is his stage, and he channels those early skills and values into his work representing victims of catastrophic injuries, trucking accidents, medical malpractice, product defects, and wrongful death cases all across South Carolina. Robert’s record of landmark verdicts, creative advocacy, and unwavering commitment to justice has made him one of the most respected trial lawyers in South Carolina. Robert is known for being trial-ready, meaning he aggressively prepares every case for court and refuses to settle for less than his clients deserve.