Colden R. Battey Jr.
843-476-4520
843-524-6401
Colden R. Battey, Jr., has been a member of the firm since 1963. He has a diverse practice with emphasis on personal injury, large commercial litigation and administrative proceedings. Colden served as Chairman of Beaufort County Council for 8 years and was Chairman of the Board of FirstBank, a federally chartered bank, from its inception in 1986, until it merged with First National Bank in 1999.
Areas of Practice
- Tort and Personal Injury
- General Civil Litigation
- Administrative Law
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1963
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1963
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1971
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- LL.B. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1963
- Honors: Wig and Robe
- Honors: National Moot Court
- Law Journal: South Carolina Law Quarterly, Editor-in-Chief, 1962 - 1963
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
- B.S. - 1956
Representative Cases
Representative Clients
- First National Bank
- Citizens and Southern National Bank
- Lobeco Products
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- South Carolina Bar Association, Member
- Beaufort County Bar Association, Member
- Beaufort County Bar Association, President, 1982
- South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Nemours Wildlife Foundation, Trustee, 1995 - Present
- Beaufort Water Festival, President, 1966
- United Fund, Chairman
- Sertoma Club, President
Past Employment Positions
- United States Navy, Lieutenant, 1956 - 1960








