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Free Consultation | Columbia(803) 973-0304 | Charleston(843) 388-3368 | Summerville (By appointment only)(843) 388-3368
Education
Wake Forest University School of Law
J.D.
University of South Carolina
B.A.
Licensed
Ramie is licensed to practice law in state and federal courts in South Carolina.
Awards and Distinctions
2022, 2023 Super Lawyers - Rising Star
2025 Super Lawyers
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Best Lawyers in America for Workers' Compensation Law – Claimant's
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Legal Elites for the Midlands for Personal Injury
2024 Legal Elites for the Upstate for Personal Injury
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Legal Elites for the Midlands for Workers’ Compensation
Ramie Shalabi practices personal injury and workers’ compensation law. He was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina by a textile mill worker and a seamstress. He began working at a local grocery store at the age of 14 and has not stopped working since. He later attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC where he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science while minoring in Business Administration.
Upon graduation, Ramie attended and earned his Juris Doctorate from one of the top law schools in the southeast – Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, Ramie was an editor for the Wake Forest University School of Law Journal of Law and Policy, which is still in publication today. Ramie began his legal career interning at the Richland County Solicitor’s Office before going on to intern at BB&T’s in-house legal department as well as the Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina.
After earning his law degree, Ramie began working as a full-time prosecutor at the Richland County Solicitor’s Office where he met his current law partner, Curtis Dayson. Ramie spent hundreds of hours before judges in the courtroom prosecuting cases that ranged from property crimes to attempted murder. Ramie’s jury trial skills and confidence in the courtroom were developed as a prosecutor and carries those skills in confidence with him today as he takes on billion dollar insurance companies.
Ramie later began practicing at a local prominent insurance defense law firm representing some of the largest insurance companies in the world. His job used to be to pay as little to injured people as possible to save the insurance company money. He now uses everything he learned from his last job to fight against them to get every penny his injured clients are entitled to under the law.
Ramie stopped representing insurance companies and began representing people that were injured on the job or in motor vehicle accidents for a large law firm in South Carolina before starting his own law firm, Dayson & Shalabi Law Firm. Ramie has recovered millions of dollars for his clients since he began representing people instead of insurance companies. For Ramie, there is no greater feeling than helping a person in need of help. It is his calling in life and he works hard every day to achieve that. There is no greater feeling for Ramie than seeing his clients in a much better position at the end of the case than they were at the beginning.
Ramie currently represents injured individuals from all kinds of different industries – anywhere from construction workers to nurses and teachers – for their car accident cases or workers’ compensation claims.
Ramie primarily handles both personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. He has represented clients who have been injured in car accidents, those who have been injured on a business’s property due to hazard conditions and/or negligence as well as those who have been injured on the job. He’s represented people from all walks of life – construction workers, teachers, and even surgeons for their injury claims.
Ramie has been practicing law for over twelve years. He started out as a prosecutor for Richland County before working at an insurance defense firm. He decided to “switch sides” and began representing injured people in 2018. He has experience in state and federal court and has appeared before numerous judges and commissioners.
To Ramie, client communication is one of his most important duties as an attorney. He not only likes to communicate to keep clients updated throughout the legal process but also learn more about his clients so he can represent them more personally and effectively.
Ramie offers free consultations to everyone. He gives each potential client time to ask questions and determine whether he is able to assist them with their case.
There are many talented attorneys in South Carolina. What sets Ramie apart from many other attorneys is his previous experience as both a prosecutor and an insurance defense attorney. Additionally, Ramie’s older brother suffered a serious work injury that required spine surgery. He’s personally lived through the process of having his brother navigate the workers’ compensation and court system so he is able to emphasize with his clients more than most attorneys.
Ramie has received numerous awards over the years. He was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers earlier in his career, which is an award that only the top 5% of lawyers in South Carolina receive. Since then, he has been named as a Super Lawyer in South Carolina as well as in the Legal Elite in the Upstate and Midlands of South Carolina every year since 2020. He has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America list every year since 2021.
You can expect Ramie to listen to you intently with compassion and empathy. Once Ramie learns about what you have gone through, he will likely tell you his preliminary plan of action for the immediate first steps he would take to give you an understanding of what to expect.
