Frank S. Stern

Frank is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Employment & Labor practice group. He represents employers in a wide range of workplace law matters, including preventive advice and counseling. He has significant trial experience representing clients before judges, juries, and arbitrators, and he leverages that experience to achieve favorable outcomes for his clients. 

Prior to joining Maynard Nexsen, Frank served as a principal at a national labor and employment law firm, where he gained broad litigation experience prosecuting and defending actions involving noncompetition agreements, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and single-plaintiff litigation. He continues to bring the skills and expertise he developed in that role to his current practice. 

Frank received his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law and holds his B.S. from Clemson University. 

Community & Professional

• Greenville County Bar Association
• South Carolina State Bar Association
• Upstate South Carolina American Inn of Court
• Leadership Greenville Class of 49
• TreesUpstate, Board of Directors (2017-2023)

• Successfully defended clients in nineteen jury trials across South Carolina
• Achieved complete defense verdict in FINRA Arbitration on behalf of international bank
• Received TRO and Injunction for national healthcare client preventing improper solicitation by former employee
• Obtained TRO and Injunction for international chemical company to protect trade secrets and confidential information
• Received summary judgment on Title VII and ADA claims for national security company
• Obtained summary judgment on 1981 and Title VII claims for local client
• Achieved TRO and Injunction to stop unfair competition by a former employee for a national software company
• Obtained TRO and Injunction ending improper solicitation of major customer for national water management client

Recognition

• Best Lawyers in America®, "Employment Law - Management" and "Litigation - Labor and Employment" (2026)
• Greenville Business Magazine, "Legal Elite in Employment - Defendant," "Legal Elite in Labor" (2022)
• Best Lawyers in America®, "Ones to Watch: Labor and Employment Law - Management" and "Ones to Watch: Litigation - Labor and Employment" (2021-2025)
• Greenville Business Magazine, "Legal Elite of the Upstate" (2020, 2021)
• Greenville Business Magazine, "Best & Brightest 35 and Under" (2021)