About
Trip become born and raised in Charleston, SC. He graduated from the College of Charleston (B.A., 1992) and from Golden Gate University School of Law in California (J.D., 1999).
In 1998, Trip was selected into the Honors Program with the Department of Justice as a 3rd yr regulation scholar wherein he labored for the U.S. Lawyerâs Office in San Francisco and had the particular possibility to prosecute instances in the drugs, guns and explosives unit.
After commencement and upon passing the California Bar, Trip labored inside the legal department of Siebel Systems, Inc. in Silicon Valley wherein he negotiated and controlled multi-million greenback software program license contracts and treated highbrow property and litigation matters concerning S&P 500 organizations.
Upon returning to South Carolina in 2003 and passing the South Carolina Bar, Trip joined the Riesen Law Office, LLP wherein he spent the next five (five) years coping with Auto Accident instances, Workers Compensation and Family Law.
Trip also won precious firsthand revel in in eminent area law after a personal enjoy whilst the Town of Mount Pleasant decided to fill in a portion of his community s lake to build a road. Trip successfully negotiated a compromise with the Town and developers, and the road became re-routed faraway from his community s lake. If a government company is both bodily taking your own home or re-zoning or regulating your home which adversely influences the fee of your property please touch Trip Riesen.
In 2008, Trip took action to significantly enlarge his legal competencies. For the next 3 years, he targeted his electricity on criminal regulation and went to work for the Ninth Circuit Solicitorâs Office in Charleston. As a Managing Assistant Solicitor, he prosecuted a wide collection of instances, from extreme felonies together with murder, armed theft, kidnapping, drug trafficking etcâ¦to less intense cases which include fraud, easy attacks, simple ownership of medicine and DUI s.
Trip changed into a tough but truthful prosecutor who no longer handiest secured masses of guilty pleas however also spent sizable time in court docket attempting instances. In 2010, out of 31 Assistant Solicitors, Trip had the maximum cases known as for trial. Trip s enjoy as a prosecutor has given him a completely unique insight into how the system works thru the "prosecutor s eyes." This revel in is a incredible asset to his clients in representing defendants in all types of criminal prosecutions.
Trip is now again on the Riesen Law Office LLP practising in all areas of crook defense, plaintiff s non-public injury, people repayment, family regulation and eminent domain/condemnation land use law.
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Car Accidents
- General Civil
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Experience
- Lawyer
Riesen Law Office LLP
2011 - Managing Assistant Solicitor (Prosecutor)
Ninth Circuit Solicitor s Office
2008 - Lawyer
Riesen Law Office LLP
2003 - Software License Contracts Negotiator
Siebel Systems, Inc
2000
