Press

News and results


What newspapers, wire services, and the courts said — not slogans. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Criminal · 2008–2010

State v. Harry Chris Battle

Client charged with attempted murder in the Bluffton beating of Brian Lanese. The firm tried the case and showed the wrong person had been charged. The jury found Battle not guilty. Contemporaneous Island Packet headlines and later Bluffton Today and Post and Courier reports are collected on the case page.

Read the Battle coverage →

Class action · November 2018

SCE&G / SCANA V.C. Summer settlement

PR Newswire named Gregory Galvin of Galvin Law Group among class counsel for plaintiffs Richard Lightsey, LeBrian Cleckley, and Phillip Cooper. Attorney General Alan Wilson described the settlement as more than $2 billion in benefits — the largest of its kind in South Carolina history.

PR Newswire release →

Class action · July 2020

Cook v. Santee Cooper

The court appointed Galvin Law Group, LLC as class counsel. The approved settlement was a $520 million common-benefit fund plus a multi-year rate freeze. The Post and Courier reported final approval by former Chief Justice Jean Toal.

Official class notice (counsel list) →

Class action · Ohio · 2020–2022

FirstEnergy / Householder / HB 6

Gregory M. Galvin, Ohio Bar No. 0075612, is counsel of record on the second amended class complaint in Emmons v. FirstEnergy Corp., Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, CV 20 935557. The related federal case Smith v. FirstEnergy produced a $49 million cash settlement for Ohio ratepayers.

Ohio electricity litigation site →

Local · August 2015

Solar at Rose Hill

Bluffton Today reported that Greg Galvin and his wife installed solar panels on their Rose Hill home — described as the first such installation in that community — and wrote about county solar incentives.

Bluffton Today →

Practice

Class actions and federal work

The practice pages collect the court record and the public settlement figures. Call if a matter looks like one of these files.

Class-action practice →

Figures and quotes are taken from the linked outlets and court papers. Class counsel works with co-counsel. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.