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Surgery Checklist Implemented in South Carolina Hospitals

By Trey Mills on September 23, 2010

South Carolina hospitals are addressing an issue that may save hundreds of lives by simply looking over a checklist after surgery. Much like a pilot does prior to take-off, surgeons would have a checklist devised by an international patient safety guru, Dr. Atul Gawande. It appears Dr. Gawande has even written a book entitled…

Anderson, South Carolina: Traffic Citations Equal Big Money

By Trey Mills on July 29, 2010

Posted in Local News

After reading Rick Spruill’s article in the Anderson Independent about the revenue brought in from traffic citations in Anderson, a line from the song in The Dukes of Hazzard, came quickly to mind:

"Making their way the only way they know how but that’s just a little bit more than the law will

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If You Are Injured After a Wreck, Dog Bite, Slip & Fall or _______:Seek Medical Attention

By Trey Mills on June 29, 2010

Posted in Local News

It sounds so simple but so many people I interact with from Greenville, Anderson, Oconee, Seneca, Clemson, and the remainder of South Carolina, have a hard time understanding that lawyers are not doctors.

If you are hurt, hurting, in pain, or otherwise not in the same physical, mental, or…

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s South Carolina Man & Woman of the Year!

By Trey Mills on May 22, 2010

Posted in Local News

Now-a-days people always talk about everyone being a winner and I am not someone that subscribes to that theory. In competition, not everyone can be a winner. However, participating in The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society South Carolina Man & Woman of the Year Fundraiser may be a more appropriate time to indicate everyone as winners.…

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year Fundraiser

By Trey Mills on March 15, 2010

Posted in Local News

Every 4 minutes one person is diagnosed with a blood cancer.

I was one of those people 14 years ago and as of March 13, 2010, I am embarking upon a ten (10) week fundraising effort to raise $15,000.00 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Every dollar counts as one vote, and the titles…

Felony DUI in Anderson Car Wreck Leaves More than Injuries

By Trey Mills on March 12, 2010

Posted in Local News

The Anderson Independent was reporting that a young lady, Julie George, was charged with one count of felony driving under the influence involving a death for an accident that occurred in Anderson County on Friday, March 5, 2010.

According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, this was the tenth death in a…

St. Francis of Greenville Emergency Room Visit

By Trey Mills on March 10, 2010

Posted in Local News

I was stepping out of my car onto a curb the other day in downtown Greenville, South Carolina and heard my left foot "pop" three quarters of the way up the foot on my left side. I immediately felt pain and could not put weight on my foot. I went straight to the nearest emergency room…

Drunk Driving Kills People and Puts Drunk Drivers in Jail

By Trey Mills on October 18, 2009

Posted in Local News

An interesting thing happened while I was sitting and enjoying live music by Swift Robinson at the Esso Club in Clemson, SC after the Clemson vs. Wake Forest game; a girl at our table pulled out a breathalyzer to test everyone’s alcohol level. Several people at the table registered double the legal limit and…

Joel Bieber Law Firm Cleared on Questionable Advertisement

By Trey Mills on October 14, 2009

Posted in Local News

The Greenville News reported:

The South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed disciplinary charges Monday against an Upstate personal injury lawyer known for his catchy television ads, putting an end to a years-long legal battle over whether one of the attorney’s ads aired years ago made misleading promises about protecting jobs.

This investigation arose out of a…

Charity Events Don’t Just Help the Cause-They Help the Contributor

By Trey Mills on October 8, 2009

Posted in Local News

At some point every male that participated in the Outstanding Men of Greenville Bachelor Auction last night was propositioned, pinned, cajoled, and otherwise guilt tripped into helping out for a good cause by Shay Hewitt. I got caught when I was hanging out at the bar at Rick Erwin’s after a sales pitch by…

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Floyd S. “Trey” Mills III knows that suffering a personal injury through no fault of your own can be a nightmare for the victim and…

Floyd S. “Trey” Mills III knows that suffering a personal injury through no fault of your own can be a nightmare for the victim and his or her family

Mr. Mills was born on April 24, 1978. His parents, Floyd S. “Butch” Mills, Jr. and Patricia Yarborough Mills, were originally from Newberry, South Carolina, and soon after the birth of Mr. Mills, his parents brought him back to be raised in the same county they grew up in.

Education

Mr. Mills attended Newberry Academy from grades K-3, Gallman Elementary 4th grade, Rikard Elementary 5-6th grade, Mid-Carolina Middle School 7-8th grades, Mid-Carolina High School from 9-12th grades, Clemson University, and Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.

Health Crisis

While Mr. Mills was a junior in high school he was chosen by his school to be a representative to Boys State. This was a great honor and would have been an even better experience except, while at Boys State, Mr. Mills became unusually ill with blackouts, night sweats, and back pain. Fortunately for Mr. Mills, his mother was an ER nurse at Lexington Medical Center, but unfortunately, for Mr. Mills that did not change his diagnosis of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. Along with his diagnosis, Mr. Mills received a prognosis of two weeks.

Obviously, Mr. Mills has been blessed with his second chance at life and those who have been wronged by health care insurance companies and other types of insurance companies can feel confident in knowing that Mr. Mills can not only empathize with them but fight fervently for their side. Mr. Mills’ cancer experience and his mother’s arduous yet unsuccessful battle against lung cancer were very trying times. However, those real-world battles and experiences were nothing compared to the administrative and billing wars he had to encounter with Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance. It seems BCBS would deny any charge over $1,000 without rational reasoning therefore prompting Mr. Mills to go to law school and carry the torch for those that were too ill to fight for themselves while the school yard bully beat them down.

College

Mr. Mills went on to Clemson University where he was very active in student activities along with academic accomplishments. Mr. Mills was invited to join Calhoun Honor’s College, Sigma Pi fraternity, Golden Key National Honor Society, Student Government, IPTAY Student Advisory Board, and Tiger Brotherhood. Mr. Mills also worked as a student employee with IPTAY Scholarship Fund under the direction of Bert Henderson, formerly the Associate Athletic Director of Planned Giving at Clemson University.

Early Life

Mr. Mills was unsure of where his hard work and life experiences would best provide an adequate return to the outpouring of kindness he received during his cancer experience. Having received many blessings from the American Red Cross, Mr. Mills went on to be an Apheresis Donor Recruiter under the supervision of Barry Pollard at the American Red Cross Blood Donor Services in Columbia, SC after graduating Clemson University.

Running from his true calling, Mr. Mills fled to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Teach English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Having spent a semester of college in Madrid, Spain, Mr. Mills thought he should be assisting foreign countries. Mr. Mills was certified by the Vancouver Language Centre in Guadalajara for his TEFL training. Mr. Mills was in Guadalajara only a few months when September 11, 2001 occurred and helped him focus on his life priorities.

Law School

Mr. Mills went on to law school at Mercer University and clerked each summer trying to determine how he could best serve those less fortunate. The corporate law firms never truly provided him with that personal feeling of assisting the common person in need. It wasn’t until Mr. Mills became the first law clerk of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association under the supervision of Linda Franklin and lobbyist Michael Gunn that he realized where his education, life experience, drive, and hard work could truly benefit those who have been personally and directly affected by the negligence of another. Mr. Mills wanted to be a coveted and much needed plaintiff’s trial attorney. More importantly Mr. Mills realized the power of the faceless insurance companies, misinformed legislative members, and the true power of money and lobbyist in dictating laws.

What’s the one service you pay for all your life but you are actually penalized if you ever have to use it? Insurance.

Trammell & Mills

Mr. Ernie Trammell gave Mr. Mills his big break at leveling the playing field against the faceless and heartless insurance companies. Mr. Mills works tirelessly every day in an effort to bring justice to those who have been wronged. Mr. Mills has worked on both sides of the law and has been through some harrowing life experiences. Mr. Mills has been tested and tried by many of the more traumatic events that life has to offer and now provides his services to the public.

Who would you rather have on your side? Someone whose resolve has been tested and tried? Or someone who has intertwined their morality and greed in such a way that they can’t tell one from the other?

Why haven’t you hired Mr. Mills to be your attorney yet?

Would you listen to the devil on how to get to Heaven? Then why listen to insurance adjusters?

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Local News

Surgery Checklist Implemented in South Carolina Hospitals

Anderson, South Carolina: Traffic Citations Equal Big Money

If You Are Injured After a Wreck, Dog Bite, Slip & Fall or _______:Seek Medical Attention

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s South Carolina Man & Woman of the Year!

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year Fundraiser

Felony DUI in Anderson Car Wreck Leaves More than Injuries

St. Francis of Greenville Emergency Room Visit

Drunk Driving Kills People and Puts Drunk Drivers in Jail

Joel Bieber Law Firm Cleared on Questionable Advertisement

Charity Events Don’t Just Help the Cause-They Help the Contributor

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Health Crisis

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