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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Offices
MERIDIAN, 17TH FLOOR
1320 MAIN STREET
COLUMBIA, SC 29201
SOUTH CAROLINA
United States
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Heyward Bonyata
Position
Partner
Career
Heyward Bonyata practices in the areas of electronic discovery, information management, business litigation, antitrust litigation, and pharmaceutical and medical device litigation.
Languages
English
Memberships
Memberships:
- The Sedona Conference
- Member, working group on electronic document retention & production
- DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar
- Past Editor-in-Chief, E-discovery Connection
- South Carolina Bar
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Richland County Bar Association
Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, JD magna cum laude (2007), University of South Carolina, BS, magna cum laude (2004)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > E-discovery
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP offers comprehensive coverage of the e-discovery practice area, with expertise extending from data collection to the courtroom. The team is praised for being ‘led by real litigators who know how to add value to the case‘, and has experience across a broad range of areas, including trade secrets, evidence spoliation issues, data privacy, and merger and contract disputes. John Martin, who has a background of high-stakes litigation, and a strong record of multi-district disputes and government investigations, leads the team, which is primarily based in Columbia, S.C. Core team members include Heyward Bonyata , who acts as discovery counsel for clients in multiple litigation proceedings, and Lucie Cohen who has experience acting for clients facing interrelated litigation and government inquiries. Julie Flaming is key for pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, and business litigation. Jarrett Coco, who is particularly active in the health insurance space, and the Charlotte, N.C.-based Travis Bustamante are prominent names at the more junior level.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Education
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Government > Government relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Real estate > Real estate
- Healthcare > Service providers
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate