Nosizi Ralephata
South Carolina trial attorney and partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP who serves as lead civil defense counsel for Patrick Bryant in Berg v. Bryant.
Nosizi Ralephata is a partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP (GRSM), resident in the firm's Charleston, South Carolina office. She holds a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law and an LLB (Hons.) from the University of East London, UK. Ralephata studied law in England before relocating to South Carolina in 1999. She briefly taught transnational dispute resolution in London and completed a fellowship with the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee. She is admitted to practice in South Carolina, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She carries an AV-rating (Martindale-Hubbell) and has received Super Lawyers recognition. Her SC Bar number is 72484.
Her practice spans commercial litigation, employment law, professional liability defense, construction, insurance, and appellate work.
Connection to the record
Ralephata appears as lead civil defense counsel for Patrick Bryant in Berg v. Bryant (Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, Case No. 2025-CP-10-03124), alongside co-counsel Matthew P. Gallo and William J. Blount. She also appears in related filings in ADW v. Berg (Case No. 2025-CP-10-2671). In that capacity she co-authored a cease-and-desist letter to Rep. Nancy Mace dated November 12, 2025, and filed an Answer to the Amended Complaint and a Motion for Protective Order on November 5, 2025.
On January 15, 2026, Ralephata and Gallo filed a Motion for Sanctions against opposing counsel D. Craig Brown, alleging more than 85 fabricated case citations in violation of Rule 11 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. That motion is pending. All claims and allegations in the litigation are contested; Bryant denies wrongdoing, and the litigation remains ongoing.
Office contact
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
- Charleston: 677 King Street, Suite 450, Charleston, SC 29403
- Phone: (843) 714-2504
- Email: nralephata@grsm.com
- Web: grsm.com
Sources
- GRSM: Nosizi Ralephata attorney profile
- Berg v. Bryant, Case No. 2025-CP-10-03124, Answer to Amended Complaint (Nov. 5, 2025); Motion for Protective Order (Nov. 5, 2025); Motion for Sanctions (Jan. 15, 2026)
- ADW v. Berg, Case No. 2025-CP-10-2671, related filings (signature blocks)