Ashwin R. Sanzgiri

Ashwin R. Sanzgiri joined Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office as an associate attorney in 2023. Mr. Sanzgiri focuses his practice in General Litigation, with an emphasis on handling insurance defense, premises liability, commercial litigation, dram shop law, toxic torts, appeals, and a variety of other general litigation areas. He represents a variety of clients including small to mid-sized businesses, large corporations, utilities, counties and municipalities, insurance companies, and more.

Ashwin earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, in 2021. During law school, he was a staff editor for the Journal of Law and Education. He was also the recipient of CALI Awards for Tort Law, Income Taxation, and Consumer Law. While earning his undergraduate degree, Ashwin studied abroad in Rome and Florence, focusing on the Study of Political Theory.

Ashwin is no stranger to Richardson Plowden. He served as a law clerk with the Firm during law school and returned as an attorney after spending two years clerking for the Honorable John Cannon Few at the Supreme Court of South Carolina. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar.

Ashwin’s experience includes:

• Representation of South Carolina and transnational entities in South Carolina Asbestos Docket with outright dismissals by agreement in numerous cases

• Assisted in obtaining summary judgment in an arc  ash case involving survival and wrongful death claims;

• Successfully opposed a Petition for Original Jurisdiction before the Supreme Court of South Carolina;

• Representing excess insurer in wrongful death claims and assisting in resolving them prior to trial outside of excess policy limits;

• Obtained dismissals of constitutional claims in United States District Court.