Guest & Brady

What Guest & Brady does

Guest & Brady is a privately-held South Carolina law firm (Guest & Brady, LLC) founded in 2004 by partners Russell Guest and Kevin Brady, operating across Upstate South Carolina from five offices in Greenville, Spartanburg, Easley, Travelers Rest, and Fort Mill. The firm runs two practice pillars: (1) Real Estate Legal Services spanning residential closings (purchases, refinances, HELOCs, mobile homes), commercial transactions (contract drafting, negotiation, purchases, refinances), and investment transactions (assignments, bond-for-titles, private lending, LLC/corporation formations); and (2) Personal Injury representation on contingency fee, covering car accidents, motorcycle and tractor trailer accidents, brain injuries, wrongful death, slip and fall, workers compensation, defective products, and social security disability. There is no proprietary software product; the technology stack consists of standard legal practice tools plus an integration with the Earnnest mobile app for secure earnest-money deposits in real estate transactions.

The business model is classic professional services: transactional legal fees for real estate closings and contingency fees for personal injury matters. GTM is sales-led and referral-driven, anchored by realtors, mortgage brokers, and prior clients who direct real estate work to the firm, supplemented by free case evaluations, content marketing (blog, resource pages), and organic social (Facebook, Instagram) for personal injury acquisition. Customer segments are diversified across residential buyers/sellers, real estate investors, commercial property owners, realtors, and individual accident victims.

The firm is led by the two founding partners with a bench of approximately 8-10 additional attorneys — including a Real Estate Managing Attorney (Madison Turner) and a Spartanburg Managing Attorney (Steven Hammett II) — plus a Director of Marketing, an Operations Manager, and a Chaplain/Care Team Manager that reflects the firm's stated Christian, purpose-driven positioning. The firm reports attorney bar admissions in South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. Operating geographies are the Carolinas; no parent company, subsidiaries, outside investors, or M&A activity are reported. Revenue, headcount details, and ownership structure beyond the two named partners are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Guest & Brady

Legal name

Guest & Brady, LLC

Website

https://guestbrady.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Guest & Brady is a privately-held South Carolina law firm providing residential and commercial real estate closings and personal injury litigation across Upstate South Carolina from five offices (Greenville, Spartanburg, Easley, Travelers Rest, Fort Mill), founded in 2004 by partners Russell Guest and Kevin Brady and serving individuals, investors, and businesses via referral-based and contingency-fee engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities (523991)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Document Preparation & Recording Services (Deeds, Liens) (BPAJAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Real Estate Payoff & Lien Release Services (BPAJAOAI), Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE)

Keywords

• Real estate closing services
• Personal injury law
• Residential transactions
• Commercial transactions
• Contingency fee representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Real Estate: Real estate closing services including residential transactions, commercial transactions, and investment property closings. Revenue generated through legal fees for transaction processing, title services, and escrow management.
2. Legal Services - Personal Injury: Personal injury legal representation on contingency fee basis for cases including car accidents, motorcycle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, brain injuries, slip and fall, workers compensation, wrongful death, and defective products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Guest & Brady provides real estate closing and transaction legal services (residential purchases and refinances, HELOCs, mobile homes, commercial contract drafting and negotiations, and investment transactions such as assignments, bond-for-titles, master-in-equity purchases, private lending, and LLC/corporation formation) alongside personal injury plaintiff representation covering car, motorcycle, tractor trailer, brain injury, slip and fall, workers' compensation, wrongful death, defective product, and social security disability cases. Services are delivered through five Upstate South Carolina offices with bilingual paralegal support.

Product overview

Guest & Brady is a law firm offering legal services in two primary practice areas: Real Estate Legal Services and Personal Injury Legal Services. The Real Estate practice provides residential transactions, commercial transactions, and investment transaction services across offices in Greenville, Spartanburg, Easley, Travelers Rest, and Fort Mill, SC. The Personal Injury practice handles car accidents, motorcycle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, serious brain injuries, slip and fall, wrongful death, workers compensation, defective products, and social security disability cases. The firm also offers earnest money payment processing for real estate transactions through multiple payment methods including wire transfer, Earnnest app, paper check, and secure Dropbox.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Legal Services Comprehensive real estate legal services including residential transactions (purchases, refinances, HELOCs, mobile homes), commercial transactions (contract drafting, negotiations, purchases, refinances), and investment transactions (assignment purchases, bond-for-titles, master-in-equity purchases, private lending, LLC and corporation formation) executed through five Upstate South Carolina offices.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Contingency-fee personal injury representation covering car accidents, motorcycle accidents, serious brain injuries, tractor trailer accidents, workers' compensation, slip and fall, wrongful death, defective products, and social security disability claims for individuals throughout Upstate South Carolina.

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.4 Million recovered for Interstate-85 tractor trailer accident with wrongful death and survivorship claims
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Nexsen Pruet, LLC: Largest South Carolina-headquartered law firm with full-service real estate and litigation/PI capabilities across the Carolinas. A clear broad incumbent Guest & Brady competes against for both closing work and personal injury matters, though Nexsen Pruet serves enterprise and complex matters well beyond Guest & Brady's regional focus.
• Burr & Forman LLP: Southeast-based full-service firm with deep real estate, commercial transactions, and litigation practices. Operates in South Carolina and competes for the same commercial real estate and referral-driven residential work, but at a substantially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Wyche, P.A. Greenville, SC-based law firm with a long-standing real estate transactions practice and broader litigation capabilities, serving the same Upstate client base as Guest & Brady. One of the closest direct competitors for both residential/commercial closings and litigation referrals in Greenville.
• Grimes Teich Anderson LLP: Upstate South Carolina personal injury firm with offices across the region (including Greenville/Spartanburg), competing head-to-head for the same car accident, tractor-trailer, and wrongful death caseload that Russell Guest anchors at Guest & Brady.
• Fisher Stark, P.A. Asheville, NC-based law firm combining real estate closings and personal injury representation, serving the Western NC/Upstate SC corridor. Highly comparable dual-practice model in an adjacent geography, competing for the same Carolinas referral networks.
• Mickelsen Law Firm: Greenville, SC personal injury firm with a regional footprint that competes for the same accident, workers' compensation, and wrongful death matters that Guest & Brady's PI team handles across the Upstate.
• McDonough Law Firm: Upstate South Carolina-based plaintiff-side personal injury firm (Greenville/Spartanburg) competing for the same auto, truck, and wrongful death caseload that Russell Guest's team pursues. A direct same-market peer on the PI side.
• Smith Simpson Law, LLC: South Carolina-based real estate closing and transaction firm, with comparable residential, commercial, and investment closing capabilities. A direct competitor in the Carolinas closing market where Guest & Brady's five-office footprint operates.

Regional players

• Elliott Frazier Law Firm, LLC: South Carolina-based firm with a real estate and estate planning practice. Comparable in transaction-style legal work for residential and investment real estate, serving a regional Carolinas client base.

Others

• Earnnest: Technology partner integrated into Guest & Brady's closing workflow for secure earnest money submission. Adjacent ecosystem participant enabling a more modern closing experience rather than a direct competitor for legal services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/guestbradylaw
• Instagraminstagram.com/guestandbrady
• Xx.com/guestbradylaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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