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Cheryl Forest Perkins

Whetstone Perkins & Fulda are dedicated to helping traumatic injury and accident victims across Columbia and throughout South Carolina recover for their car accident, truck accident, and serious injury claims.

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Cheryl focuses her practice on serious personal injury claims, trucking and automobile accidents, traumatic brain injuries, burn injuries, and wrongful death claims. She also pursues medical malpractice and nursing home abuse and neglect cases, as well as claims against behavioral health facilities. Her attention to detail and strong advocacy for injured victims has secured life-changing results.

Cheryl’s early years as a lawyer were devoted to First Amendment and public interest issues. She was awarded the Reid Montgomery First Amendment/Freedom of Information Award by the South Carolina Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in 1986. She went on to practice appellate procedure for a number of years before focusing on catastrophic injury cases.

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Bar Admissions

  • South Carolina, 1980
  • U.S. District Court (S.C.), 1982
  • U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Cir.), 1993

Honors and Awards

  • S.C. Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists, Reid Montgomery First Amendment/FOI Award, 1986
  • S.C. Super Lawyers, 2008 – present
  • Lawdragon Top 500 Plaintiffs Lawyers
  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers SC
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV Rating
  • Fellows of American Bar Foundation
  • 2024 Inductee Lawdragon Hall of Fame

Published Works

  • Contributor, South Carolina Damages (2004, 2009 eds.)

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Association for Justice
  • National College of Advocacy
  • The National Trial Lawyers
  • South Carolina Association for Justice
  • Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar Association
  • Richland County Bar Association

Education

  • University of South Carolina
    • J.D. – 1980
    • Honors: Phi Delta Phi Co-President
  • Clemson University
    • B.A. (summa cum laude) – 1977
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Angel Flight
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During your free consultation, we encourage you to ask the questions you have on your mind, so that you can decide whether to move forward with a case represented by our experienced attorneys. Examples of questions you may want to ask include:

  • Do you think I have a case?
  • How much compensation do you think I might be able to recover?
  • How long do you think it will take to resolve my case?
  • What will be required of me during the process?
  • Do you think my case will go to trial?

Because of our attorneys’ years of experience in the courtroom, we can pursue all avenues of recovering compensation. We will not rest until we get the best possible results for you.

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