John F. Kuppens of South Carolina named President-Elect of 22,000-Member DRI
October 27, 2016
Partner in Firm of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
On October 22nd, John F. Kuppens of Columbia, SC became President-Elect of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar at the organization’s Annual Meeting in Boston. With 22,000 members, the 56-year-old DRI is one of the three most prominent professional organizations for attorneys in the country and the largest to exclusively represent defense bar attorneys. Mr. Kuppens is a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia, SC office.
Mr. Kuppens has been a member of DRI for twenty-four years and recently served as a Board Liaison to the Corporate Counsel Roundtable and the Center for Law and Public Policy’s Jury Preservation Task Force. He is a past chair of DRI’s Product Liability, Young Lawyers, and Membership Committees. Mr. Kuppens has served on the DRI Board of Directors since 2011 and will ascend to the organization’s presidency in October 2017.
He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and served on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association from 2009-2014. He has been listed in Thomson Reuters’ South Carolina “Super Lawyers” since 2009. Mr. Kuppens has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for his defense work in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation since2009 and in 2013 was named “Lawyer of the Year” in Columbia, SC for defending product liability litigation.
He graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree and received his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
He resides in Columbia, SC with his wife Jill.
About DRI – The Voice of the Defense Bar
For more than fift-five years, DRI has been the voice of the defense bar, advocating for 22,000 defense attorneys, commercial trial attorneys, and corporate counsel and working to defend the integrity of the civil judiciary. A thought leader, DRI provides world-class legal education, deep expertise for policy-makers, legal resources, and networking opportunities to facilitate career and law firm growth. For more information, log on to www.dri.org.
