Atty. Frederick C. "Fred" Baker
A veteran litigator with strong roots in complex litigation, Fred Baker has worked on a broad range of environmental, medical costs recovery, consumer and products liability cases and holds numerous leadership roles within the firm. Fred represents individuals, institutional investors, and governmental entities in a wide variety of cases.
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Frederick C. "Fred" Baker is a personal injury, class action, and product liability attorney based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, practicing at Motley Rice LLC. They have 32+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1994. Admitted to practice in New York (1994) and South Carolina (1994). Educated at Duke University (J.D. / L.L.M., 1993) and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1985). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in Mount Pleasant, SC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- A veteran litigator with strong roots in complex litigation, Fred Baker has worked on a broad range of environmental, medical costs recovery, consumer and products liability cases and holds numerous leadership roles within the firm
- Fred represents individuals, institutional investors, and governmental entities in a wide variety of cases
- He leads the firm’s tobacco litigation, and was a member of the legal team that litigated the groundbreaking tobacco litigation on behalf of several State Attorneys General
- Fred has also participated in the litigation of individual tobacco cases, entity tobacco cases and a tobacco class action
- In addition to his tobacco casework, Fred is part of the opioid litigation team which represents dozens of states, cities, towns, counties and townships in litigation targeting the alleged misrepresentation of harmful and addictive opioids by manufacturers and distributors
- Fred was also a key member of the firm’s representation of people and businesses in Gulf Coast communities suffering as a result of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- He held a central role in the negotiation process involving the two settlements reached with BP, one of which is the largest civil class action settlement in U.S. history
- In addition, his environmental experience also includes representing a state government in a case against poultry integrators that alleged poultry waste polluted natural resources
- Fred has served as counsel in a number of class actions, including the two class action settlements arising out of the 2005 Graniteville train derailment chlorine spill
- He was also closely involved in the litigation surrounding the statutory direct action settlement reached in the Manville bankruptcy court and a related West Virginia unfair trade practices insurance class action
- Fred began practicing with Motley Rice attorneys in 1994 and chairs the firm’s attorney hiring committee. * Please remember that every case is different
- Any result we achieve for one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in South Carolina
Practicing law in South Carolina. Legal matters in South Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Mount Pleasant are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate South Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in South Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in South Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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