Carl L. Solomon is a native of Columbia, South Carolina where he attended W.J. Keenan High School (87). Carl’s passion for serving the community propelled him into the practice of personal injury law. To further his service, Carl founded the Solomon Law Group, LLC (2010). He is a graduate of Florida State University (B.S. Economics) and the University of South Carolina School of Law. While in college and law school, Carl served in several positions, including President of the Black Student Union (FSU), Director of Off-Campus Housing (FSU), Chief of Staff – Student Government (FSU), Student Senate (USC), President of Black Law Student Association (USC), Student Senate (USC), and Student Body President (USC).

After his graduation from law school in 1994, he practiced law with the firm Bryan, Bahnmuller, Goldman and McElveen in Sumter, South Carolina, concentrating on civil litigation, product liability, and criminal law. Mr. Solomon joined Gergel, Nickles &Grant, P.A. in April 1997 and became a shareholder in what then became Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, P.A. in 1999. Carl concentrates his practice in areas of complex litigation, including catastrophic injury, pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, wrongful death, and mass torts.

Carl previously served as President of the South Carolina Bar (2010–2011), the Pro Bono Criminal Domestic Violence Prosecutor for the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office (2008–2011), and a City of Columbia Municipal Judge (2011–2015). He has provided presentations at the state level (South Carolina Bar, South Carolina Black Lawyers Association, South Carolina Association of Justice, Arkansas Association of Justice, New Jersey Association of Justice) and at the national level (American Association of Justice). Carl’s American Association for Justice (AAJ) presentations and teachings include Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion, Advanced Deposition College, Rules of the Road for Depositions, Discovery, Mediations at La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe, NM, and multiple other presentations at various AAJ Conventions.

Carl has been involved in several notable cases in South Carolina, including delivering the closing arguments in Johnson v. Collins (video poker case), McBride et. al. v. Davidson et. al. (Marlboro County multiple death case), and participation in Shell v. Richland One and Graham v. State Farm that were both successfully argued before the South Carolina Supreme Court. He has also represented families of the Charleston Nine (Firefighters tragically killed in the Sofa Super Store fire). Excerpts of Carl’s closing argument in Johnson v. Collins were included in The Lost Art, An Advocate’s Guide to Effective Closing Arguments, 2^nd Edition (Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.).