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

Wesley D. Few

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Wes’s practice is focused on complex business litigation, including mortgage and banking litigation, intellectual property and trade secret litigation, injunctions, shareholder and partnership business disputes, pharmaceutical litigation, financial fraud schemes, banking operations issues, loan servicing disputes, commercial foreclosures and collections, distribution and franchise matters, professional malpractice, employment termination disputes, and counseling clients regarding intellectual property matters, business opportunities, and lending issues.

Much of Wes’s practice is in federal court, including complex procedural and jurisdictional matters. 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, Wes counsels clients on intellectual property, protection and development strategies. 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 Wes's cases have included:

Representation of local and national financial institutions in complex multi-million dollar frauds, involving insurance coverage issues, attorney and appraiser malpractice, sureties, and federal restitution orders
Pharmaceutical litigation involving FDA regulatory issues, analysis of grandfathering and other routes for FDA sanctioned approval or marketing of drugs
Business formation and disassociation matters, shareholder and partnership rights issue, including all types of business entities
Representation of financial institutions in multi-million dollar contract disputes, including representation and warranty cases, and loan repurchases
Deposit banking operational issues applying UCC Articles 3 and 4
All types of conventional loan servicing matters
Complex commercial workouts and foreclosures, including multimillion dollar equipment loans, leasehold mortgages, fee-in-lieu and tax incentive based properties
Title issues and title insurance litigation, including closing protection letter disputes
Agency, 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

Wes also served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr. of South Carolina. Prior to attending law school, he worked 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, Wes and his family are involved in their church, its youth missions, and Scouts programs. He coaches recreational and travel youth baseball, church basketball and serves on the boards of local non-profit organizations related to literacy and substance abuse recovery.