Skip Hardin has over 40 years of legal experience representing clients throughout South Carolina and the Southeast. Skip concentrates his practice in the areas of Automobile Dealer Law, Business Law, Employment Law, and Civil Litigation, He counsels dealers and dealer groups regarding the complex legal issues facing automobile, truck and marine dealers today. Auto dealerships have unique needs in their dealings with consumers, regulatory agencies, manufacturers and the governments. Skip has extensive experience representing clients in the purchase and sale of dealerships, dealership mergers and acquisitions, as well as dealership franchise and point disputes. He provides ongoing legal advice and representation in all areas of day-to-day business operations, from business formation and startup to reviewing and drafting contracts and establishing employee policies and handbooks.

As a litigator and trial attorney, he has handled jury and nonjury trials at all levels of state and federal practice, including trials in municipal, magistrate, state and federal trial courts. He is also a trained mediator and has been actively involved in alternative dispute resolutions for many years. He has handled agency hearings, from local school board hearings, to matters before state and federal administrative agencies.