Matthew P. Gallo
South Carolina trial attorney and partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP who serves as co-counsel for Patrick Bryant alongside Nosizi Ralephata in Berg v. Bryant and ADW v. Berg.

Matthew P. Gallo is a partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP (GRSM), based in the firm's Charleston, South Carolina office. He holds a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law (recipient of the Appellate Advocacy award) and a B.A. from the University of Delaware (Dean's List). Gallo is admitted to practice in South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, as well as several federal courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. His SC Bar number is 107318 and federal bar number is 14606. He has received Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognition from 2017-2018 and 2020-2025.
His practice covers commercial litigation, employment and labor law (wage-and-hour, discrimination, harassment, retaliation), franchise, insurance, and transportation matters.
Connection to the record
Gallo appears as co-counsel for Patrick Bryant alongside lead counsel Nosizi Ralephata in Berg v. Bryant (Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2025-CP-10-03124) and in related proceedings in ADW v. Berg (Case No. 2025-CP-10-2671).
With Ralephata, Gallo is among the counsel listed on the January 15, 2026 Motion for Sanctions filed against opposing counsel D. Craig Brown over allegedly fabricated case citations under Rule 11 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. He has also appeared in the confidentiality-order show-cause proceedings that arose from a December 2025 motion in the related cases. Those matters are pending and contested; Bryant denies wrongdoing, and the underlying litigation remains ongoing.
Office contact
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
- Charleston: 677 King Street, Suite 450, Charleston, SC 29403
- Phone: (843) 712-7906
- Email: mgallo@grsm.com
- Web: grsm.com
Sources
- GRSM: Matthew P. Gallo attorney profile
- Berg v. Bryant, Case No. 2025-CP-10-03124, co-counsel signature blocks; Motion for Sanctions (Jan. 15, 2026)
- ADW v. Berg, Case No. 2025-CP-10-2671, counsel signature blocks