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Monica McGee
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Practice Areas
Education
  • Clemson University, 1990, B.S.
  • University of South Carolina School of Law, 1998, J.D.
Memberships & Admissions
  • Member, American Bar Association (Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections, Copyright Litigation Committee)
  • Member, South Carolina Bar
  • Member, Richland County Bar Association
  • Member, South Carolina Bankers Association
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (Registered Patent Attorney)
  • United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Wesley D. Few
Shareholder

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, financial fraud schemes, banking operations, loan servicing disputes, 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.  He represents clients in distribution and franchise disputes.  He has defended and prosecuted insurance coverage related claims, including professional liability matters.  A registered patent attorney, he keeps and active practice in patent, trademark and copyright litigation.  Wesley also 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
  • Representation of financial institutions in multi-million dollar contract disputes, including representation and warranty cases  
  • Deposit banking operational issues and all types of conventional loan servicing matters
  • Commercial foreclosures, lease disputes, and collections matters
  • 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
  • Business formation and disassociation matters, and shareholder rights issues
  • Protecting trade secret and other confidential and proprietary information

Most recently, in March of 2008, Wesley was an invited speaker on the TILA, RESPA and FIRREA in Atlanta, Georgia, and how those laws come into play in the mortgage fraud context. 

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 kids baseball and serves as on the boards of local non-profit organizations related to literacy and substance abuse recovery.

Articles by Wesley Few

Conferences / Seminars where Wesley Few is Speaker