Dale Akins is an experienced, skilled trial lawyer and is licensed in all State and Federal Courts in South Carolina and Georgia. He provides aggressive legal representation mainly in the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire and has done so for over 27 years. He has earned a reputation for excellence and integrity amongst his colleagues.
Mr. Akins maintains a dynamic practice in the heart of Old Town Bluffton in Bluffton Village, focusing on serious personal injury, wrongful death and bad faith insurance cases. He has handled hundreds of cases and has a great deal of experience and skill both in and out of the courtroom. The Akins Law Firm offers its clients rigorous representation and personalized focus and attention. He believes it is of paramount importance in any case to keep the client’s best interest at the forefront through innovative and ethical means, and he persistently advocates for his clients to ensure that they receive maximum recovery and the compensation they deserve.
Mr. Akins graduated from Furman University in 1988 and earned his law degree from Mercer University in 1991. He has practiced in Beaufort County since that time. He and his wife, Sally, have lived in Rose Hill since 1994. She is also an attorney who practices in Savannah, Georgia.
Mr. Akins is very active in various Bar Associations, both statewide and nationally. He is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell, which indicates he possesses the highest level of skill and ethics as determined by his colleagues and peers. He has also been selected as a South Carolina Super Lawyer in the Plaintiff’s counsel category, and he has lectured on several occasions as part of continuing legal education programs. He is a South Carolina certified mediator. He is an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates after having been found to “possess the requisite skill, integrity and experience in the special art of advocacy to qualify for this rank.” He is on the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell list of Top Lawyers in South Carolina.
If you find yourself in times of trial, consider the Akins Law Firm.