Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A.: Wesley Few

Wesley D. Few

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Wesley Few is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. His practice is focused on complex business litigation, including mortgage and banking litigation, shareholder and partnership and small business disputes, financial fraud schemes, banking operations, loan servicing disputes, commercial foreclosures and collections, distribution and franchise matters, professional malpractice, employment termination disputes, intellectual property and trade secret disputes, and counseling clients regarding intellectual property matters, business opportunities, and lending issues.

He represents local and national lending clients and speaks nationally on issues related to recovering and mitigating losses from financial frauds. A registered patent attorney, Wesley counsels clients on intellectual property, protection and development strategies, assists with developing and managing patent portfolios, and analyzes patents for validity and infringement. His experience includes developing strategies for protecting trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information amongst employers and employees. Mr. Few also advises clients on business opportunities, contracts, and other financial and lending matters.

Some of Wesley’s cases have included:

Representation of local and national financial institutions in complex multi-million dollar frauds, involving insurance coverage issues, sureties, and federal restitution orders
Business formation and disassociation matters, shareholder and partnership rights issues
Representation of financial institutions in multi-million dollar contract disputes, including representation and warranty cases, and loan repurchases
Deposit banking operational issues and all types of conventional loan servicing matters
Complex commercial workouts and foreclosures, including multimillion dollar equipment loans, leasehold mortgages and tax incentive based properties
Title issues and title insurance litigation, including closing protection letter disputes
Representation of large and small clients in distribution and franchise disputes involving trademark rights and other intellectual property matters
Counseling clients on intellectual property protection and development strategies, including obtaining trademarks and patents
Representing employers and employees regarding covenants not to compete, non-solicitation and other related post-employment provisions
Counseling financial institutions regarding lending issues, agreements, commercial foreclosures, loss mitigation, lender liability, and related matters
Protecting trade secret and other confidential and proprietary information

Wesley’s perspective includes his service in the federal courts as a judicial law clerk to U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr. of South Carolina. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Few spent four years as a civil and environmental engineering consultant to private sector clients and to the Department of Energy with emphasis on environmental regulatory compliance issues, including Clean Air Act Title V permitting.

Active in the community, Wesley and his family are involved in their church, its youth missions, Scouts and Cub Scouts. He coaches recreational and travel youth baseball and serves as on the boards of local non-profit organizations related to literacy and substance abuse recovery.

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