Wyche P.A.

Rachael Lewis Anna

Rachael Lewis Anna (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM) is a Member of Wyche’s Litigation Team. Her practice focuses on complex business litigation and data protection. She has represented clients in antitrust, trade secret, unfair trade practice, False Claims Act, healthcare, contractual, and professional malpractice disputes. Through her work on bet-the-company cases, and also directing an electronic discovery and information security service business, Rachael has developed a deep understanding of complicated issues facing clients who manage large amounts of data. She regularly advises clients regarding data protection, privacy, information management and security, electronically stored information, and discovery matters. She works with clients and other outside counsel to coordinate discovery across litigation matters and provide consistent, defensible strategies for managing information subject to discovery. She has extensive experience with investigations and litigation that involve forensic examination of electronically stored information. Rachael is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (United States and Europe), a Certified Information Privacy Manager, and a member of The Sedona Conference’s Data Security and Privacy Liability Working Group 11. Rachael’s past cases include class actions and governmental investigations involving numerous industries, from automotive parts and memory chips to hospitals and employee wages. She has defended clients against antitrust claims and in government investigations led by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and state authorities. Rachael advises clients on how to mitigate antitrust risk and on whether transactions will raise issues with federal and state antitrust enforcers. Prior to joining Wyche, Rachael practiced with firms in Greenville, SC, Washington, DC, and Chicago, IL. Rachael earned a Bachelor of Arts and a law degree from Wake Forest University. She is based in Wyche’s Greenville office.

Eric K. Graben

Eric represents both public and private company clients in corporate and securities law matters and complex transactions. He advises clients on a full range of corporate and commercial matters, including company formation and choice of entity, raising angel and venture capital, negotiating complex contracts, director and officer fiduciary duties, going public, and public company strategic transactions including mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests, corporate reorganizations, securities offerings, and managing complex commercial relationships.

Jack Heron

Jack is a seasoned litigator who focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country. He also assists his clients with internal investigations, government investigations, corporate governance issues, and post-merger disputes. No matter the legal issue, Jack’s clients trust him to provide zealous advocacy and candid legal advice throughout every stage of the litigation process—from inception through appeal. Prior to joining Wyche, Jack practiced in the Atlanta office of an international law firm, where he represented clients in federal securities class actions, ERISA litigation, shareholder derivative lawsuits, and matters involving the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. He helped lead litigation strategies for clients in the energy, finance, and healthcare sectors, among others. Before entering private practice, Jack clerked for a federal judge on both the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He also served for over a decade as a Judge Advocate in the United States Marine Corps on active duty and in the reserves. In the reserves, Jack advised military leadership and investigative agencies on criminal matters. On active duty, he defended Marines in felony-level courts-martial and administrative separation proceedings. His service included numerous contested jury trials and earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service.

Meliah Bowers Jefferson

Meliah focuses her practice on mediation and conflict resolution across a broad spectrum of disputes including corporate governance, business litigation, intellectual property, personal injury, and employment matters. As a mediator, Meliah draws on her extensive background as a trial and appellate litigator, having represented plaintiffs and defendants at all stages of the litigation process in both state and federal courts. Meliah combines this with deep experience in organizational and community leadership, offering a unique perspective that facilitates creative solutions that foster consensus among diverse stakeholders. In addition to her work as a mediator, Meliah provides clients with guidance in corporate affairs, conducting internal and Title IX investigations, and evaluating intellectual property considerations within corporate transactions. Prior to her time in private practice, Meliah served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice (Ret.) of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and to the Honorable J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina Moore School of Business, Meliah holds dual degrees in marketing and finance. She earned her law degree at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she served on the Editorial Board of the ABA Real Property, Probate, and Trust Journal, and held the position of President of the Black Law Students Association. A dedicated community advocate, Meliah devotes her time to service on the boards of directors for the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and Greater Good Greenville. She is a member of the Liberty Fellowship, which is a partner of the Aspen Institute and within the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Meliah’s work in promoting tolerance, good will, and common understanding in the community was recognized with the Peacekeeper Award from the Upstate Mediation Center in Greenville, South Carolina. As a trusted advisor to organizations navigating complex organizational and legal challenges, Meliah provides a holistic perspective focused on delivering effective solutions that empower business leaders to concentrate on advancing their business.

Wallace K. Lightsey

Wallace is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, with over 60 jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast, and approximately 100 bench trials, jury trials, and arbitration trials, as well as numerous appeals in the South Carolina appellate courts and the United States Courts of Appeals for the First, Fourth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits. His practice involves complex securities, corporate, and intellectual property cases, as well as news media and First Amendment disputes. In the area of First Amendment litigation, he has represented Facebook Inc., Time Inc., NBC, The New York Times Company, Forbes, The Associated Press, and Pulitzer Broadcasting, as well as many local and state newspapers and broadcasters. He also has deep experience litigating disputes over intellectual property — such as trademark, copyright, and trade secrets — and in recent years has been lead counsel in copyright lawsuits involving close to a billion dollars at issue. In 2004, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of a small percentage of the best trial attorneys in the U.S. and Canada. And in 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the most prestigious group of appellate practitioners in the country. Wallace is actively involved in matters of professional ethics, and served as the Chair of the South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct from 1997 through 2004. Building on his substantial trial and courtroom experience, Wallace has been certified by the American Arbitration Association to its Roster of Neutrals for commercial arbitration, and has served as panel chair, panel member, and sole arbitrator in a number of arbitrations involving large, complex disputes as well as relatively simple ones. Unlike many judges, Wallace likes helping to resolve discovery disputes and is available for appointment as a special discovery master in lawsuits where the parties anticipate having to deal with difficult discovery matters.

Jim May

Jim focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, governmental investigations, and white collar defense. Prior to joining Wyche, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina from 2012 to 2021. He was named Senior Litigation Counsel in 2018 and held that position until his departure. While with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jim handled complex criminal prosecutions of bank, health care, and securities fraud, along with public corruption matters. He coordinated the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s examination of fraudulent Securities and Regulatory filings, made by executives of SCANA and other companies related to the abandonment of construction of a nuclear power plant in South Carolina. This investigation resulted in guilty pleas by the CEO and COO of SCANA and a Vice President of Westinghouse, also he led negotiations of obtaining more than $4 billion of ratepayer relief. Jim also served as the lead and coordinating attorney for prosecutions across 20 federal districts for Operation Brace Yourself, an international health care fraud investigation. He teamed with the Department of Justice’s Healthcare Fraud Taskforce and the FBI to investigate and prosecute the transnational kickback scheme. Operation Brace Yourself was the largest single health care fraud investigation in FBI history, producing more than 150 convictions and over $1 billion in restitution. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s office, Jim was an assistant public defender for the Richland County (SC) Public Defender’s Office from 2007 to 2012, during which time he represented more than 1,800 clients. May obtained not guilty verdicts on numerous trials ranging from murder to drug trafficking to firearms charges.

Alex Nordholm

Alex Nordholm is an experienced M&A and transactional lawyer, and an advisor to private businesses, investment managers, and family offices. As a transactional lawyer, he has extensive experience representing public companies in their strategic acquisition and investment programs, private equity sponsors in platform and roll-up acquisitions and dispositions, and investment managers and family offices in their transactional work. As an advisor, he leverages his unique breadth of experience to provide private businesses, investment managers, and family offices with advice regarding corporate structuring, capital formation, legal and business strategy, and day-to-day operations. To begin his legal career, he practiced with several leading New York law firms, including Kirkland & Ellis’s market-leading private equity practice. He subsequently served as Chief Executive of a significant international family office, which has given him experience with a broad range of investment transactions from both a legal and investor perspective. Before entering legal practice, he worked at a major hedge fund in the New York City area. Alex earned a B.S. from Vanderbilt University and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Virginia Tax Review and a Managing Editor of the Virginia Environmental Law Journal. He earned an MBA at the Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business where he was a Fuqua Scholar (top 10% of the class). He holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) credential and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Jeremiah Program’s New York chapter.

Tally Parham Casey

Tally is the Chair of Wyche’s Executive Committee and a litigator with two decades of experience. A former F-16 fighter pilot, Tally serves her clients with a special blend of tenacity, shrewdness, and creativity. Recently recognized as one of the top 25 lawyers in South Carolina, Tally focuses on complex matters in commercial and securities litigation, health care and qui tam litigation, products liability, insurance, and aerospace law. Admitted to practice in D.C. and Maryland as well as South Carolina, she has represented clients in corporate defense/white collar criminal matters and internal investigations, and she handles appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia School of Law, Lt. Col. Casey was the first female fighter pilot in the South Carolina Air National Guard and is a veteran of three combat tours over Iraq. She is based in our Columbia, SC office.

Henry L. Parr, Jr.

Clients rely on Henry to manage their most serious challenges. He has handled a broad spectrum of high stakes problems, lawsuits, and arbitrations for businesses and individuals for more than thirty years, often for returning clients. Henry has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and also frequently sits as an arbitrator on a wide range of complex business and health care disputes. He has presented cases to juries and has also presented appeals to the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the South Carolina Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. His cases have included class actions involving software, electrical outlets, insurance, securities, and arbitration, as well as individual lawsuits involving a wide range of complex civil litigation matters such as defective products, wrongful termination, commission disputes, conspiracy, patent infringement, slander, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, constitutional law, healthcare, insurance coverage, and contractual disputes. In addition, Henry has represented clients before administrative law judges. He frequently serves as an arbitrator in matters involving claims up to and exceeding $60,000,000, including class actions. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a member of a number of arbitration panels, including the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC), the International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals (CPR), American Health Lawyers Association arbitration panel (AHLA), and the American Arbitration Association’s national large and complex case panel and appellate panels (AAA). Henry also advises clients on antitrust, distribution and trade secret issues and in the preparation of distribution and trade secret agreements. Henry leads our Antitrust and Trade Regulation and Health Care practice groups. He served as an advisor to the American Law Institute project to draft the Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance.

William M. Wilson III

Bill has practiced for over 20 years as a commercial litigator for both plaintiffs and defendants, appellate lawyer, and mediator. He is an experienced courtroom lawyer and has tried numerous cases to verdict. His litigation practice focuses on construction, real estate, torts, product liability, and complex commercial matters, and he routinely represents business owners, developers, contractors, architects, landlords, tenants, and property owners. Recent matters include mass torts (talcum powder litigation), contract disputes, commissions disputes, bad faith insurance claims, commercial foreclosures, mechanic’s liens, shareholder disputes, and collections. Bill’s appellate practice has addressed complex legal issues involving relief from default judgments, the enforceability of personal guaranties, the existence of liability under general partnership law, the adequacy of proof of fraud and unfair trade practices, apportionment of liability among joint tortfeasors, the applicability of arbitration clauses, and the impact of bankruptcy upon ongoing oppression of a minority shareholder. Bill is licensed in South Carolina and North Carolina and has appeared in the state and federal courts in both states. He is a certified Mediator by the South Carolina Supreme Court. He is very involved in the local and state bar associations, serving as President of the Greenville County Bar Association, a founding Director of the Greenville Bar Pro Bono Foundation, and a member of the House of Delegates of the South Carolina Bar. Additionally, Bill is a member of the North Carolina Bar, American Bar Association, Federalist Society, and South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys. Prior to practicing with Wyche, Bill served from 1998 to 2000 as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry M. Herlong, Jr. in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Bill views the practice of law as a high calling and is committed to its traditional standards of honor, integrity, and justice. Bill’s litigation philosophy is that most legal disputes can and should be resolved by the parties without the high cost of protracted litigation, and he earnestly pursues that objective. If resolution is not possible, Bill dedicates himself to prevailing for his clients through aggressive, ethical, and passionate advocacy. When Bill is not practicing law, he most likely can be found with his wife and four children, jogging with an audiobook, or serving at Grace Church Travelers Rest.