BACKGROUND
Chip was born in Anderson, South Carolina, on September 23, 1968. He graduated from the University of the South (B.A., 1990), where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, and from the University of South Carolina Law School (J.D., 1994), where he was a member of the Order of Wig and Robe, a winner of the University of South Carolina Trial Competition in 1994, a member of the ABA Trial Competition Team, and a member of the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court. He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1994, the Florida Bar in 1995, the United States District Court, District of South Carolina in 1995, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1995. He is a member of the Charleston County, South Carolina and American Bar Associations. His areas of practice include the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations-Heavy Truck Litigation, personal injury, general negligence, commercial litigation, insurance law, product liability, medical malpractice and other professional liability defense. Chip lives in Mount Pleasant with his wife Florence and their three children.

PRIMARY PRACTICE AREA - TRACTOR-TRAILER/18 WHEELER/HEAVY TRUCK LITIGATION
Chip is the author of Trucking Company Compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, which appeared in the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Journal. He teaches the Continuing Legal Education course Truck Accident Litigation From Start To Finish in SC to other members of the South Carolina Bar. He has appeared on Charleston News Talk 94.3 FM for a program entitled Truck Driver Fatigue and the new DOT Hours of Service Rules.

AV MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LEXIS NEXIS PEER REVIEW RATING
Mr. Sloan has the highest available peer review rating from Martindal-Hubbell. Mr. Sloan is rated Very High to Preeminent for Legal Ability and Very High for Ethical Standards. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating and is a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

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