Matthew J. Skipper

Matthew J. Skipper is an associate in Turner Padget’s Columbia office and a member of the firm’s Product Liability team. He represents small and midsize businesses and corporate manufacturers throughout South Carolina in product liability and insurance defense matters.

Before joining Turner Padget as an associate, Matthew spent two summers and his final semester of law school as a law clerk with the firm. He also externed for a circuit court judge and gained experience working with the in-house counsel team at a startup consulting firm.

A South Carolina native, Matthew graduated summa cum laude from Francis Marion University with degrees in political science and sociology. He earned his law degree magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law, where he held leadership positions in the First Generation Law Students Association and the Labor and Employment Law Society.

During law school, Matthew received the Knox L. Haynsworth Jr. Labor Law Award and CALI awards in Topics in Insurance Law and Employment Discrimination. He was named to the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Wig and Robe.