History
A Solid Background Forms a Solid Backbone for the Pursuit of Justice.
Beattie B. Ashmore has practiced law in South Carolina for more than 40 years. He had the good fortune to be born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, as did his parents and grandparents. His grandfather was a pharmacist in downtown Greenville, and his parents were high school sweethearts. His other grandfather owned the Balentine Packing Company, a meat packing plant which operated for generations in downtown Greenville. He saw in his upbringing many important values and a reason to let his roots settle in Greenville.
After graduating from the College of Charleston in 1981 and the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1986, Ashmore clerked for bankruptcy judges for four years before becoming a Federal prosecutor for six years. He has been in private practice since 1996.
Federal Experience
From 1990 through 1996, Ashmore was a Federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina. He spent the first three years in the civil division defending the United States and its agencies in all areas of civil litigation and trials, including wrongful death, medical malpractice, various tort actions, and asset forfeiture. During the three years that followed, Ashmore served in the criminal division, where he prosecuted hundreds of cases, including bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and drug conspiracies.
He received a special commendation from the Director of the FBI in 1993 for the successful conviction at the trial of two defendants in a multimillion-dollar white-collar fraud case. In his last year as Assistant United States Attorney, Ashmore had the highest number of convictions in the State of South Carolina with more than 160 convictions.
At Trial
Ashmore has represented hundreds of individuals in State and Federal criminal courts in cases ranging from DUI to murder. He has significant experience in white-collar crimes, including securities fraud, healthcare fraud, investment schemes, environmental crimes, and long-term government investigations of individuals and corporations. In 2009, his client, accused of a $12 million mail fraud scheme, was found not guilty on all six counts after a four-day jury trial in Federal court in Anderson, South Carolina.
Ashmore has argued before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the State of South Carolina Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. He obtained a reversal of a voluntary manslaughter charge in the State of South Carolina Supreme Court and was lead counsel in the underlying murder trial.
Beattie Ashmore has had numerous not guilty verdicts and cases dismissed prior to trial, including a two day suppression hearing in Federal court which dealt with an unconstitutional canine search on Interstate 85. The indictment was dismissed.
In the Civil Arena
In 2025, Ashmore was the local counsel for an Austin, Texas law firm and the jury awarded their client $101 million dollars. In 2026, he secured a $9.1 million dollar verdict in actual and punitive damages in state court as lead counsel against five attorneys based upon defamation and abuse of process. Beattie Ashmore has significant civil trial experience in State and Federal court. His experience includes defending an international mining company against 975 individual lawsuits; an oil company that discharged 1 million gallons of diesel fuel into the Reedy River in a class action and related criminal case; and a trucking company in an $18 million settlement in three Federal wrongful death lawsuits. He recently represented an individual in a three-week Federal civil trial involving allegations of healthcare fraud.
A Respected Voice
Mr. Ashmore has been a featured speaker at numerous legal conferences. He has represented clients in several states and has been associated as local counsel on numerous occasions by some of the largest law firms in the nation.
Successful Receiverships
Mr. Ashmore has been appointed by four South Carolina Federal judges to serve as the Receiver in some of the largest criminal pyramid schemes ever prosecuted in Federal court in South Carolina. In that role, he has assembled a staff and brought hundreds of Federal lawsuits. To date, he has disbursed over $55 million dollars to the victims of these fraudulent schemes and has secured some of the largest returns in the nation.
A Leader Among His Peers
In 2006, Mr. Ashmore was appointed by the South Carolina Supreme Court to the Commission on Lawyer Conduct, dealing with disciplinary proceedings against members of the South Carolina Bar. In 2007, he was appointed to the Upstate Citizens Screening Committee, which evaluates judicial candidates for the South Carolina Courts. While he no longer serves on the Commission on Lawyer Conduct, he is now the Chair of the Upstate Citizens Screening Committee.
Areas of Legal Practice
Areas of Legal Practice
More than 40 years of criminal trial experience handling State and Federal court prosecutions from DUI to murder and securities fraud and white collar cases.
Personal Injury
From auto accidents to wrongful death, representing both individuals and families, with significant experience dealing with insurance companies.
Appellate Practice
Handled dozens of State and Federal post-conviction relief cases and appeals. Obtained successful relief through new trials and reversals of convictions.
Civil Litigation
Representing individuals to corporations as plaintiffs and defense counsel in wrongful death, class action, personal injury, contract disputes, and much more.
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