Trip Riesen grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and has spent his legal career fighting for individuals and families across the Lowcountry and throughout the state. He earned his undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston and his law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California. As a third-year law student, he was selected into the honors program with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he tried cases in the drugs, guns, and explosives unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco. Before returning to South Carolina, he also worked at Siebel Systems, Inc. in Silicon Valley, negotiating multimillion-dollar software licensing agreements.
After passing the South Carolina Bar, Trip served as a Managing Assistant Solicitor with the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office in Charleston, prosecuting serious felonies—including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and drug trafficking—along with a broad range of other criminal matters.
Trip co-founded Riesen DuRant, LLC in 2017 and today concentrates his practice on personal injury litigation and workers’ compensation, representing injured individuals against insurance companies and corporate defendants. He has handled cases involving motor vehicle collisions, insurance bad faith, coverage disputes, and uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Trip has taught Criminal Law and Evidence at Trident Technical College and volunteered as a coach for Wando High School students competing in the national “We the People” mock debate in Washington, D.C. He previously served six years on the Board of Governors for the South Carolina Association of Justice, representing the interests of approximately 260 members across Charleston and Berkeley County.
Outside the office, Trip is an avid outdoorsman who played college tennis and loves to travel, hike, and snow ski. While living in California, he competed in triathlons, including the Escape from Alcatraz multiple times. During law school, he spent a summer studying abroad in Nairobi, Kenya — an experience that led him to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. He also enjoys watching his son compete in high school and travel baseball.