D. Larry Kristinik III

D. Larry Kristinik III


Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Recognized since 2007

Columbia, South Carolina

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Securities

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D. Larry Kristinik is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in the Columbia office in the areas of business litigation, class action defense, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, defense of investor securities claims, and FINRA broker-dealer arbitrations. Mr. Kristinik is the Chair of the firm's Insurance Industry Practice Group and also serves as the assistant group leader of the firm's Litigation Group. Mr. Kristinik has been admitted pro hac vice in state and federal courts in Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Utah, and West Virginia. He has also appeared in arbitration proceedings in seven states and D.C., and has had arbitration trials in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Massachusetts.

Location
  • Meridian, 17th Floor
    1320 Main Street
    Columbia, SC 29201
Education
  • The University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., graduated 1992
Bar Admissions
  • South Carolina, South Carolina
Affiliations
  • 2018 DRI Life Health Disability and ERISA Conference, Boston - Program Chair
  • American Law Firm Association Insurance Law Practice Group - Former chair
  • Annual CLE conference of the DRI Life Health Disability & ERISA Committee to be held in Boston in April 2018 - Program Chair
  • Insurance Law Practice Group of the American Law Firm Association - Chair (2011-2013)
  • Insurance Law Roundtable for the 2007 ALFA Insurance Law Practice Group Conference in New York - Chair
  • ABA Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Education Pipeline - Member (2015-2017)
  • ABA Section of Litigation - Managing Director (2012-2013)
  • American Bar Foundation - Fellow (2014-present)
  • Association of Life Insurance Counsel - Member (2011-present)
  • Membership and Marketing Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation - Co-chair (2017-present)
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Securities
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Securities, Columbia, SC (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Securities
Special Focus:
  • Breach of Contract
  • Complex Litigation
  • Consumer
  • Contract Disputes
  • COVID-19
  • Fraud
  • Insurance
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers in America® -- Commercial Litigation (2007 - 2018)
  • AV peer review rated by Martindale Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Insurance Law

Publications

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