Lyndey R. Z. Bryant

Lyndey Bryant is a commercial litigator with more than ten years of experience representing businesses of varying sizes, officers and directors in complex civil litigation, arbitration, appeals and administrative proceedings. Her work spans business disputes across a range of issues, with a particular focus on counseling companies and individuals about the negotiation and enforcement of complex contract provisions. These include employment, non-compete, confidentiality and trade secret agreements. Chambers USA ranks her Up & Coming in Litigation: General Commercial in South Carolina.

Lyndey also represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in disputes involving wealth transfer, including estate, trust, real estate and closely held business matters, as well as questions concerning fiduciary duties. In this work, she counsels clients on the enforcement and modification of estate and trust provisions.

Alongside her practice, Lyndey speaks regularly at conferences and seminars on civil litigation and appeals. She co-authored the 2023 edition of South Carolina Law of Torts, published by the South Carolina Bar. She serves on the South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, belongs to the International Association of Defense Counsel and volunteers as Secretary of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court. She previously spent more than five years as a councilmember of the South Carolina Bar Trial and Appellate Advocacy Council.

At Adams & Reese, Lyndey is a co-Liaison Partner for Associate Development, helping mentor and guide more than 60 associates. She is also the firm’s Pro Bono Coordinator for its Columbia office and works with its HUGS Committee on community service activities in Columbia. The firm has twice named her HUGS Volunteer of the Year. Her commitment to mentoring extends to first-year students at the University of South Carolina School of Law, whom she has mentored for more than a decade, and third-year law students through the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court.

Lyndey has volunteered with United Way of the Midlands for more than a decade. Her roles there have included service on the Board of Directors, the annual Campaign Cabinet, the Executive Committee of Women in Philanthropy and the Executive Committee of the Young Leaders Society.

• University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D. | 2012
• Furman University, B.A. | 2009

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina
• South Carolina

Court Admissions

• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
• United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
• United States District Court, District of South Carolina

• Best Lawyers®  - Commercial Litigation, 2027
• South Carolina Legal Elite – Business Litigation, 2026
• Influential Women of Law - South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
• Legal Elite of the Midlands - Business Litigation, Estate & Trust - Litigation, Columbia Business Monthly
• Best Lawyers® Ones To Watch - Commercial Litigation
• South Carolina Rising Stars® (by Thomson Reuters) - Appellate
• University of South Carolina School of Law - Alumni Council Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Award
• South Carolina Bar - Young Lawyer of the Year
• Columbia Metropolitan Magazine - Capital Young Professionals Award
• South Carolina Bar - Young Lawyers Division President’s Award
• Columbia Business Monthly Magazine - Best and Brightest 35 and Under
• University of South Carolina School of Law - Alumni Council Bronze Compleat Lawyer Award

• "Potential Investment Litigation and Arbitration Trends Arising Out of the COVID-19 Financial Crisis: Two Products that Will Likely Be the Subject of Claims," Adams & Reese Litigation Alert, July 2020
• "Fair Credit Reporting Act: Litigation Trends and Changes in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic," CLE Webinar, July 2020
• "Potential Investment Litigation and Arbitration Trends Arising Out of the Coronavirus Financial Crisis: The Effect of Some Recent Legal Holdings," Adams & Reese Litigation Alert, June 2020
• "ISO's Cloud Privacy Standard: A Guide for Lawyers' Reasonable Efforts to Protect Client Information," published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, February 2015 (subscription required)