Focusing on general litigation, Payne handles a variety of cases including insurance defense, general liability, construction litigation, product liability, dram shop, wrongful death, personal injury, appellate court, automobile wrecks, declaratory judgment actions and insurance defense coverage opinions. Prior to joining McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, she practiced insurance defense in Columbia.
A graduate of Florida State University College of Law and the University of South Carolina, Payne is a recipient of the Junior League of Columbia Kinsey Black Jones Memorial Award and has been among Charleston Business Magazine’s Legal Elite of the Lowcountry for Business Litigation (2019-2022) and received the distinction of Top Attorney Vote.
Payne serves her community through the Lutheran Synod Council (board member), Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of South Carolina (former board member). She enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, traveling with friends and family and cheering for the Gamecocks.
Robert H. Brunson | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Elliot Condon | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
James Grimsley, III | Tupper, Grimsley, Dean & Canaday, P.A.
David K. Haller | Haller Law Firm
James D. Myrick | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Lyndey R. Z. Bryant | Adams and Reese LLP
Tally Parham Casey | Wyche, P.A.
Reginald P. Corley | Scott & Corley, P.A.
Derrick Jackson | Tobias G. Ward, Jr. P.A.
Meliah Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
John T. Lay | Gallivan, White & Boyd
James L. McCutchen | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Kathleen McDaniel | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Jake Moore, Sr. | Moore Bradley Myers
Guyton Murrell | Scott & Corley, P.A.
Nekki Shutt | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
W. Andrew Arnold | Law Office of W. Andrew Arnold, P.C.
Bruce “Bo” Campbell | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Jim Cox | Wyche, P.A.
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
James K. Gilliam | Burr & Forman LLP
Wallace Lightsey | Wyche, P.A.
Chris Major | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Hugh McAngus, Jr. | The Carolina Law Group
M. Kevin McCarrell | Fox Rothschild LLP
Randy Moody | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Travis V. Olmert | The Olmert Law Firm, LLC
Henry Parr | Wyche, P.A.
Derrick Quattlebaum | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Kurt M. Rozelsky | Spencer Fane LLP
Jeremy Summerlin | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Thomas W. Traxler | Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler, P.A.
Burl Williams | Burl F. Williams, P.A.
Orvin’s practice includes commercial transactions, real estate development, and real estate and business litigation. With extensive experience developing commercial, industrial, and mixed-use properties, handling zoning matters, drafting and negotiating commercial leases, and guiding companies in the acquisition, development, and sale of apartment and multifamily portfolios, he represents clients in the development and establishment of condominium regimes and other common-interest ownership developments.
He leads a team of attorneys in multiple states and has litigated numerous cases in state and federal court. He has also acted as outside counsel for several title insurance companies. Additionally, he has represented developers, lenders, and loan servicers in complex business-litigation matters.
Orvin has held several leadership positions with the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, including serving on the section’s governing council.
A Charleston native, Orvin earned an undergraduate degree from the UofSC before receiving his J.D. from the university’s School of Law. He credits his father, Thomas Clifton Orvin, as his most influential mentor.
His hobbies include fishing and boating with his family, coaching youth sports, and writing fiction. He most recently began reading “Hyperion,” by Dan Simmons.
Scoopmire provides general corporate and business advice with primary emphasis on commercial real estate transactions and financing. She assists in negotiating purchase and sale agreements, coordinating and reviewing due diligence materials and closing transactions. She advises on title matters, permitting and entitlement, financing, leasing, acquisition, and disposition. She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating real estate transaction documents, including purchase and sale agreements, deeds, mortgages, commercial leases, ground leases, easements, estoppels, and subordination agreements.
For borrowers and commercial lenders, Scoopmire advises and documents all aspects of commercial financing arrangements, including asset-based lending, construction financing, real estate financing and equipment financing. She handles the documenting and negotiation of commercial loans, including government-guaranteed programs such as SBA and USDA.
Scoopmire is an approved attorney and agent for several national title companies and is a designated attorney for the US Small Business Administration Development Co. Loan Program (504).
The Greenville native earned a Bachelor of Arts from Furman University before receiving her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
When not practicing law, Scoopmire enjoys a variety of hobbies, including reading, cooking and gardening.
Guy Dabbs | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Anthony Stith, Jr. | Dodds Hennessy & Stith Law Firm
Jeddie Suddeth | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jennifer Williams | Law Office of Jennifer K. Williams, LLC
Kara Bailey Hamilton | Wyche, P.A.
Thomas Kilpatrick | Murphy and Kilpatrick, P.A.
*William McElveen, Jr. | Adams and Reese LLP
Jake Moore, Sr. | Moore Bradley Myers
Kathleen Muthig | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Matthew E. Rupert | The Dial Firm, LLC
Adam Breaux | Breaux & Callahan, P.A.
Thomas Dugas | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
John Kehl | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Aimee V. Leary | Fox Rothschild LLP
Josh Lonon | Wyche, P.A.
Megan O’Neill | Wyche, P.A.
Bradley K. Richardson | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Seth Swan | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
William B. Swent | Fox Rothschild LLP
James D. Smith Jr.
An attorney with McAngus Goudelock & Courie, Smith has practiced insurance defense and litigation for more than two decades. His practice areas include commercial litigation, adulterated food, premises liability, product liability, construction, and transportation.
Smith represents general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals, and he also defends personal injury matters for individuals and companies.
A graduate of College of Charleston and Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Smith is a native of Charleston. His most influential mentor is attorney Michael Hopewell.
When he’s not working, Smith follows North Carolina State University sports and enjoys spending time with his wife and children. The last book he read was The Bible.
Robert T. “Tom” Strickland
As a co-managing partner of Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson LLP, Strickland has a diversepractice involving litigation and transactional work.
His primary practice areas are construction law, insurance coverage and litigation, and religious and nonprofit law.
Strickland joined the firm in 1984 after graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he served on the South Carolina Law Review.
Gaining extensive experience in insurance coverage and civil litigation during his first 10 years with the firm, he later served as South Carolina coverage counsel for several prominent insurance companies.
Listed multiple times in South Carolina Super Lawyers in the civil litigation-defense category he is also included in the Best Lawyers in America for both construction litigation and insurance litigation.
Currently representing both insureds and insurers, he is a co-author of the South Carolina chapter in “Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law (2014).”
Strickland also counsels churches and charities on legal challenges, helping to draft bylaws and policies, and assisting churches with construction and contract issues.
Powers concentrates his law practice in the areas of design and construction and creditors’ rights.
Before going into the field of law, Powers worked in the construction industry, which gives him insight into the issues faced by construction companies. He often represents contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, equipment rental companies, architects, engineers, and other design professionals.
He has represented clients in matters related to construction and design defects, zoning and land use planning issues, contracts, and payment disputes.
Powers also provides a general business advisory service to contractors, subcontractors and developers in all aspects of construction, including financing, safety, and contract negotiation.
He is member of the Greenville County Zoning Board of Appeals and the MAC Connect Board of the Metropolitan Arts Council.
A Columbia native, Powers earned a Bachelor of Arts from Clemson University and Juris Doctor from University of South Carolina School of Law. His most influential mentor was Art Howson, and Powers’ hobbies including hiking and traveling.
Matthew Byzet | Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A.
Jesse Kirchner | Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A.
Happel Scurry | Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A.
William R. Warnock | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Benjamin C. Bruner | Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
Kyle McGann | Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
Caleb Riser | Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Jason J. Andrighetti | Culbertson Andrighetti LLC
Bruce Campbell | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Tom Coker | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Mason A. Goldsmith Jr. | Elmore Goldsmith Kelley & deHoll, P.A.
Townes B. Johnson III | Townes B. Johnson III, LLC
Bryan P. Kelley | Elmore Goldsmith Kelley & deHoll, P.A.
Jay Matthews | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Nick Nicholson | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Josh Spencer | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Ronald G. Tate, Jr. | Gallivan, White & Boyd
William (Bill) M. Wilson III | Wyche, P.A.
Corporate Law – Business Organizations
Lowcountry
Lauren Starkey
Buxton & Collie LLC
Starkey is an associate attorney at Buxton & Collie LLC, atransactional law firm in Mount Pleasant. Her practice areas include businessorganization, corporate transactions, and private securities offerings. Sheoften represents clients as they work to start new businesses.
A Stevensville, Maryland, native, Starkey earned her Bachelor ofScience in business administration from East Carolina University and her J.D.from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she graduated cumlaude. While in law school, she served as a contracts tutor and the technologyeditor for the ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Journal. She alsoreceived the CALI Award for contract law while attending the UofSC.
Starkey is a member of the South Carolina Bar’s Corporate,Banking and Securities Committee and Women in Law.
She lists among her many hobbies baking, traveling, and reading.She most recently began reading “Where the Crawdads Sing,” a novel by DeliaOwens.
Midlands
James L. McCutchen
McCutchen Lean LLC
The founding partner of McCutchen Lean LLC, James L. McCutchenworks in a variety of legal issues, including tax resolution, complex estateplanning, and probate conflict and administration. In addition, he serves ascorporate counsel for several small- and medium-sized businesses.
He previously served as the privacy officer of the South CarolinaDepartment of Revenue, where he learned about information technology securitylaw and IT contract law, areas in which he continues to practice.
McCutchen holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from College ofCharleston, Juris Doctor from Charleston School of Law, and a Master of Laws inTaxation from Georgetown University Law Center. His most influential mentor wasRobin R. McLean, Esq.
McCutchen and his wife Allison have three children, and he servesas attorney coach for the River Bluff High School Mock Trial Team.
Upstate
Andrew Merline
Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Andy Merline of Merline & Meacham focuses on mergers andacquisitions, business and transactional law, succession planning, estateplanning and estate administration, taxation, LLCs, partnerships, familylimited partnerships and corporations, and asset protection planning.
Merline volunteered at Legal Aid as well as working as a personaltrainer and a strength and conditioning coach after earning an undergraduatedegree from Clemson University.
Initially, Merline wanted to become a litigator and had evenaccepted a job with a litigation firm as he was finishing his law degree. Butbefore graduation, he instead opted to join the firm his grandfather started in1970.
In addition to an undergraduate degree from Clemson, Merlineearned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, andMaster of Laws in Taxation from Boston University.
Merline lists his most influential mentor as his grandfatherDavid Merline, who founded Merline & Meacham in 1970.
Outside of the office, the Greenville native enjoys playingtennis, fishing, classic cars and craft beer. He and wife Erin are active in
the Greenville community, and he’s currently reading the Bible.
Also Recognized:
Lowcountry
Guy Dabbs | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jennifer Williams | Law Office of Jennifer K. Williams, LLC
Midlands
Richard R. Gleissner | Gleissner Law Firm, L.L.C.
George S. King, Jr. | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
W. Verne McGough, Jr. | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
R. William Metzger,Jr. | Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Kimberly Raber | Kimberly A. Raber, P.A.
Samuel C. Waters | Finkel Law Firm LLC
Upstate
David Anna | Anna Law
Courtney C. Atkinson | Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC
Robert E. August | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Bryan De Bruin | De Bruin Law Firm
Gary De Bruin | De Bruin Law Firm
Erika Byrd | Parker Poe
Jim Cassidy | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Andy Coburn | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Matthew Couvillion | Wyche, P.A.
Alex Evins | Parker Poe
Tyler Gilliam | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jordan S. Goewey | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Eric Graben | Wyche, P.A.
Jo Watson Hackl |Wyche, P.A.
Lee Kiser | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Philip Land | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jeff Larson | Wyche, P.A.
Eleanor Nordholm | Wyche, P.A.
Douglas B. O’Neal| Merline & Meacham, P.A.
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
D. Lesesne Phillips | Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Suzanne Massey Schemm | Brown Massey Evans McLeod &Haynsworth LLC
Zach Weaver | Gallivan White & Boyd
Corporate Law – Mergers and Acquisitions
Midlands
W. Verne McGough Jr.
Merline & Meacham, P.A.
McGough serves clients in the areas of estate andbusiness-succession planning for high-net-worth professionals and business owners,mergers and acquisitions, and tax controversy and planning.
He is certified as a specialist in taxation law and in estateplanning and probate law by the South Carolina Supreme Court. He is a member ofnumerous legal organizations, including serving as past chairman of the Tax LawSection of the South Carolina Bar.
McGough presents regularly on estate planning, business law, andtaxation topics to attorneys, CPAs, and public groups.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University,an International MBA from the University of South Carolina, a law degree fromthe University of South Carolina Law School, and a Master of Laws in Taxationfrom Boston University.
A native of Morganton, N.C., McGough lists his most influentialmentor as David A. Merline. He enjoys travel, exercise, and spending time withhis family, and the last book he read was Ron Chernow’s “Washington: A Life.”
(Tie) Lowcountry
Graeme Philp
Graybill, Lansche& Vinzani LLC
Philp is a tax and corporate attorney who represents commercialreal estate developers, investors and sponsors, manufacturers, and othercorporate clients with their tax, economic development, and other legal needs.
He also helps clients with property tax, income tax, sales anduse tax, and business license reporting obligations. In addition, Philp’spractice also includes representing clients with estate-planning needs, such asdrafting wills, trusts, limited liability company operating agreements, andother aspects of planning.
Philp has extensive experience in helping large and small estatesnavigate the South Carolina probate process.
A native of Scotland, Philp is also a North Carolina CertifiedPublic Accountant, and he is licensed to practice law in South Carolina and NewYork.
He earned his Bachelor of Science at University of NorthCarolina-Chapel Hill, an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School ofLaw, and his Juris Doctor from University of South Carolina School of Law. Heenjoys spending time with his three children.
(Tie) Lowcountry
Stephanie Yarbrough
Womble Bond Dickinson(US) LLP
As a partner in Womble Bond Dickinson, Yarbrough works closelywith domestic and international companies seeking to expand or relocateoperations to the Carolinas and the Southeastern United States. Her philosophyis to invest in her clients from the outset to build long-term partnerships forthe future. She has extensive experience advising companies across a wide rangeof industries, including life sciences, retail and consumer, manufacturing, andsoftware and technology.
Yarbrough earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College ofCharleston and a master’s in public administration from the University ofCharleston before receiving her J.D. in 2001 from Southern Methodist UniversitySchool of Law.
Her efforts on behalf of clients have led to the creation ofthousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in new investments. During therecent Covid-19 economic downturn, she worked to help clients stabilize theirbusinesses, including guiding them through the federal PPP loan process.
She is also active in the community: She currently serves onseveral boards, including Upstate Alliance, the S.C. Economic Developer’sAssociation, Charleston Regional Development Alliance, and the S.C. Aquarium.
The Georgia native’s hobbies include Peloton, boating, hiking,and reading.
Upstate
David Merline Jr.
Merline & Meacham, P.A.
A South Carolina Supreme Court-certified specialist in taxationlaw, estate planning and probate law, Merline is also an American College ofTrust and Estate Counsel Fellow and is a member of many estate planningassociations and community groups.
For 38 years, the graduate of University of Miami and Universityof South Carolina School of Law has advised clients in the Greenville area onmergers and acquisitions, business and transactional law, succession planningand family limited partnerships, corporation, and asset protectionplanning.
His many recognitions and honors include being named a 2020TopVote Recipient in the Upstate for Tax & Estate Law and inclusionin Best Lawyers in America in the over 12 fields including corporate law,employee benefits, closely held companies, litigation and family businesslaw.
He is also the co-author of “The Evolution of Legal Malpractice inEstate Planning in South Carolina, SouthCarolina Lawyer (2016),” and twoSouth Carolina Bar Division books.
He and his wife Barby have four children.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Jim Buxton | Buxton & Collie, LLC
Will Dawson | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Carter Grant | Grant & Kuyk
Nathan Johnson | Buxton & Collie, LLC
George Morrison | Burr & Forman LLP
James Wilson | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Benjamin Carlton | Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Jones Dubose | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Mark Knight | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Tyra McBride | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
James L. McCutchen |McCutchen McLean, LLC
Taylor Peace | Harrel, Martin & Peace
Upstate
David Anna | Anna Law
Robert E. August | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Erika Byrd | Parker Poe
Bo Campbell | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Andy Coburn | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Matthew Couvillion | Wyche, P.A.
Frank Davis | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Matthew B. Edwards | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Randy E. Fisher | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
JamieFrancis | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Henry M. Gallivan, Jr. | Fox Rothschild LLP
Eric Graben | Wyche, P.A.
Brooks Haselden | Haselden, LLC
John Jennings | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Chris King | King Kozlarek Law LLC
Lee Kiser | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Philip Land | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jeff Larson | Wyche, P.A.
Adam Lee | Dobson Law Group
Andrew D. Merline | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Brandon Norris | Burr & Forman LLP
Kristin Nowacki | Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Douglas B. O’Neal| Merline & Meacham, P.A.
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Brian Price | Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC
Jake Rea | Burr & Forman LLP
Bo Russell | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Suzanne Massey Schemm | Brown Massey Evans McLeod &Haynsworth LLC
Joel Stoudenmire | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Frank C. Williams III| Fox Rothschild LLP
Corporate Law – Securities
Lowcountry
James T. H. “Jim”Buxton Sr.
Buxton & Collie LLC
Buxton, the founding partner of Buxton & Collie LLC, atransactional law firm in Mount Pleasant, focuses his practice on privatesecurities offerings, business purchase and sale agreements, and deal workinvolving high-net-worth individuals and family-office clients who engage inprivate equity transactions.Buxton & Collie also serves as outsidecorporate counsel for middle-market companies and small businesses, includingclosely held family businesses in a variety of market segments. With respect toprivate securities offerings, Buxton commonly represents issuers in RegulationD, Regulation CF (Crowdfunding), and Regulation A+ offerings.
A native of Charleston, Buxton graduated from PrincetonUniversity and the UofSC School of Law. He has served on the South CarolinaBar’s Judicial Qualification Commission, and currently serves as the vice chairfor the South Carolina Bar’s Corporate, Banking and Securities Committee. Alongwith his law partners, he is a co-author of the 2018 SC Barpublication,“South Carolina Business Law Handbook.”
Buxton is active in the Charleston community, volunteering histime on several boards, foundations, and scholastic athletics.He ismarried to Courtney; the couple have two sons.
Midlands
George "Chip" King
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
King is the senior member of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's corporatesecurities and financial institution regulatory practices.
He has acted as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) counselin dozens of IPOs and registered offerings as well as private placements.
King has also been the lead attorney on more than 50 mergers andacquisitions and has helped form more than 16 national and state banks,including federally and state-chartered savings institutions.
He also advises banks and their holding companies on compliancewith state and federal regulations. A former chair of the Corporate, Bankingand Securities Section of the South Carolina Bar, King is also a life member ofthe American Law Institute and served in the U.S. Air Force as a captain(1964-1969).
Upstate
Bo Russell
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
As a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Russelladvises corporate clients, venture and growth-stage companies, private equityfunds, financial institutions, and real estate development companies oncorporate matters.
He has represented clients in mergers and acquisitionstransactions, private placements, and debt financing. In addition, Russelladvises clients on legal and business matters, including equity formation,capitalization issues, capital-raising considerations, equity compensation alternatives,customer and vendor contracts, and license and supply agreements.
Russell is a member of the South Carolina Education LotteryCommission and serves on the board of directors of the Greenville CommunityFoundation.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in European history from Washingtonand Lee University, and his Juris Doctor from the University of South CarolinaSchool of Law.
His most influential mentors were Dr. H. Earle Russell Jr., DavidH. Wilkins, and Charlie Houser. The last book he read was Erik Larson’s “TheSplendid and the Vile.” Russell’shobbies include tennis and watching his sons play football and tennis.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Brian C. Duffy | Duffy and Young, LLC
Upstate
Eric B. Amstutz |Wyche, P.A.
David Anna | Anna Law
Morgan Arndt | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Eric K. Graben | Wyche, P.A.
Neil Grayson | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Lee Kiser | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Philip Land | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jeff Larson | Wyche, P.A.
Criminal – DUI
Midlands
Judah VanSyckel
Saluda Law,LLC
Sole proprietor Judah VanSyckel focuses on criminal defense andwhistleblower matters. A graduate of Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel beganhis career in York as an assistant public defender, where he tried more than 20cases to a jury verdict. The position gave him exposure to many different kindsof criminal cases.
VanSyckel found that he particularly enjoyed working onwhite-collar crime cases, especially insurance fraud and securities fraud.
Next, he moved to the state attorney general’s office, where hefocused on health care fraud prosecution in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.While there, VanSyckel became familiar with complex investigations and theinterplay between white-collar criminal and whistleblower matters.
Since going into private practice, he has worked mostly oncriminal defense and whistleblower matters but has also taken on a limitednumber of other civil matters.
VanSyckel says his most influential mentor was C. William “Bill”Gambrell. The last book he read was “Gentle and Lowly,” by Dane C. Ortlund. Hishobbies include hunting, fishing, and golf.
In addition to Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel graduated fromthe University of South Carolina.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Scott Bischoff | Adams & Bischoff
*Trey Harrell | Trey Harrell Law Firm
Sean Houseal | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Tim Kulp | Kulp & Elliot
Chris Skipper | Skipper Law Firm LLC
*Jerry Theos | Theos Law Firm, LLC
Paul Thurmond | Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A.
Midlands
Gill Bell | Moore Bradley Myers
Alexandra Benevento | Strom Law Firm
Derek Bush | Aiken Public Defender
Micah Caskey | Caskey & Imgrund
Todd Ellis | Law Office of Todd Ellis, PA
Han Ko | Lexington County Public Defender’s Office
Micah Leddy | Leddy Law Firm, LLC
Victor Li | Li Law Firm, LLC
Neal Lourie | Lourie Law Firm, LLC
Jonathan Milling | Milling Law Firm, LLC
Marion Moses | The Law Offices of Marion M. Moses, LLC
Lori Murray | Law Office of Lori S. Murray
Stanley Myers | Moore Bradley Myers
Dayne C. Phillips | Price Benowitz LLP
Alex Postic | Law Office of Alex Postic
Nick Riley | Moore Bradley Myers
Upstate
Patrick Anderson | Anderson Moore
Mills Ariail | Law Office of R. Mills Ariail Jr.
Beattie Ashmore | Beattie Ashmore, Attorney at Law, PA
Jim Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jenny Barwick |Clawson and Staubes
John Bateman | Bateman Law Firm
Ryan Beasley | Ryan Beasley Law
Christopher D. Brough | Cate & Brough, P.A.
Jennings Byford | Byford Law Firm, LLC
Cindy Crick | Cindy Crick Law
*Frank Eppes | Eppes & Plumblee
Jake Erwin | Jake Erwin Attorney at Law
James (Wally) W. Fayssoux, Jr. | Fayssoux & Landis
Brian Johnson | Law Office of Brian P. Johnson, LLC
Alex Kinlaw, III | Kinlaw & Cunningham, LLC
Alex Kornfeld | Alex Kornfeld, Attorney at Law, LLC
Lucas Marchant | Marchant Law Firm, LLC
Andy Moorman | Moorman Law Firm
E. Powers Price | Price Law Firm, P.A.
James H. Price, IV | Price Law Firm, P.A.
Stuart Sarratt | Greenville County Public Defender’s Office
Steve Sumner | Sumner & Todd, Attorneys at Law
Scott Talley | The Talley Law Firm
Scott Todd | Sumner & Todd, Attorneys at Law
Sam Tooker | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
MarceloTorricos | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Adam Touma | Touma and Fedali, LLP
Asher Watson | Watson Law Attorneys & Counselors
John White | KD Trial Lawyers
Criminal –General
Lowcountry
Christopher Skipper
Skipper Law Firm LLC
Skipper is the sole practitioner of the Skipper Law Firm in MountPleasant, which he began in 2004. Skipper practices criminal defense in federal,state, magistrate, and municipal courts.
Herepresentsinjured workers before the South CarolinaWorkers' Compensation Commissionand has experience in personal injurylaw.
Skipper was born in Georgetown and grew up along the SouthCarolina coast. He began his legal career while a student at the College ofCharleston in 1990.
After graduating from the University of South Carolina School ofLaw in 1996, Skipper returned to the Lowcountry and went to work as anassistant solicitor in the Berkeley County Solicitor's Office. He prosecutedcases for an additional four years in the Charleston County Solicitor's Office.Throughout his time as a prosecutor, Skipper handled hundreds of cases, rangingfrom driving under suspension to murder.
Prior to opening the Skipper Law Firm, he spent time practicingin the area of workers' compensation insurance defense. The experience hegained as an attorney for insurance companies provided excellent insightintohow they handle claims.
Skipper serves as an associate judge for the Folly BeachMunicipal Court and the city prosecutor for Isle of Palms.He and wife Amyreside in Mount Pleasant with their three children.
Midlands
Jonathan “Jeb” Lewis
The Law Office of Jonathan Lewis LLC
With offices in both Columbia and Beaufort, Lewis has dedicatedhis practice to the diligent, fierce, and ethical representation of clientscharged with criminal offenses or dealing with matters in Family Court.
Lewis has served numerous clients and government entitiesthroughout the Palmetto State. He has served as the DUI special prosecutor forLexington County, and as a special assistant solicitor for drug and violentcrimes with the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. He is appointed as counselfor indigent defendants outside of the Public Defender’s Offices, includingstate grand jury cases, and takes private clients throughout the state.
The Charlottesville, Virginia, native attended Norwich University–The Military College of Vermont, where he earned both his Bachelor of Arts instudies in war and peace and his Master of Arts in international diplomacy. Hereceived his J.D. from the UofSC School of Law.
Lewis is a member of the South Carolina Association of CriminalDefense Attorneys and co-chair for the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer’s DivisionPro Bono Committee. He has been twice honored nationally by the American BarAssociation for his pro bono work for active-duty military servicemembers.
Upstate
Nihar Patel
The Carolina Law Group
Prior to joining The Carolina Law Group, Patel worked for theGreenville County Public Defender’s Office, where he handled cases ranging fromlow-level misdemeanors to high-profile murders.
He co-founded The Carolina Law Group in 2011 with Monty D. Desai.The goal was to create a firm centered on the needs of the client rather thanthe law firm.
Patel is a member of Greenville and South Carolina Bars and theSouth Carolina Association for Justice, and he is past president of theGreenville Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He was named a Super LawyersRising Star in 2013 and a National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 for SouthCarolina.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from College ofCharleston and his Juris Doctor from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School inMichigan.
Patel and his wife Olivia have one son. In his free time, heenjoys watching Gamecock sports, listening to live music, and spending timeoutdoors.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Cameron Blazer | Blazer Law Firm
Trey Harrell | Trey Harrell Law Firm
Matthew Hubbell | Duffy and Young, LLC
Tim Kulp | Kulp & Elliot
Nicholas Lewis | Curry Law Firm
Jerry Theos | Theos Law Firm, LLC
Midlands
Deborah Barbier | Deborah Barbier, Attorney at Law
Alexandra Benevento | Strom Law Firm
Jim Griffin | Griffin & Davis, LLC
Alex Imgrund | Caskey & Imgrund, LLC
Han Ko | Lexington County Public Defender’s Office
Chris Leonard | Kendrick & Leonard, P.C.
Neal Lourie | Lourie Law Firm, LLC
Joe McCulloch |McCulloch & Schillaci
Will McKellar | Aiken Public Defender
Jonathan Lewis | The Law Office of Jonathan Lewis
Jonathan Milling | Milling Law Firm, LLC
Marion Moses | The Law Offices of Marion M. Moses, LLC
Lori Murray | Law Office of Lori S. Murray
Stanley Myers | Moore Bradley Myers
Dayne C. Phillips | Price Benowitz LLP
Alex Postic | Law Office of Alex Postic
Jack Swerling | Law Offices of Jack Swerling
Judah VanSyckel | Saluda Law, LLC
Theo Williams | Williams, Stitely, & Brink
Aimee Zmroczek | A.J.Z. Law Firm, LLC
Upstate
Patrick Anderson | Anderson Moore
Beattie Ashmore | Beattie Ashmore, Attorney at Law, PA
Jim Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jenny Barwick |Clawson and Staubes
Ryan Beasley | Ryan Beasley Law
Charles Bondurant | Bondurant Legal LLC
Christopher D. Brough | Cate & Brough, P.A.
Jennings Byford | Byford Law Firm, LLC
Randy Chambers | Chambers Law Firm
Cindy Crick | Cindy Crick Law
Joy Davis | White Davis & White
Perry Buckner DeLoach, Jr. | The Law Offices of Perry B. DeLoach,Jr., LLC
Stephen L. Denton | KD Trial Lawyers
Steve Denton | KD Trial Lawyers
Monty Desai | The Carolina Law Group
Frank Eppes | Eppes & Plumblee
Jake Erwin | Jake Erwin Attorney at Law
James (Wally) W. Fayssoux, Jr. | Fayssoux & Landis
William Grove | Grove Ozment LLC
Christopher L. Jones | Christopher L. Jones, Attorney at Law, LLC
Josh Kendrick | Kendrick & Leonard, P.C.
Alex Kornfeld | Alex Kornfeld, Attorney at Law, LLC
Lucas Marchant | Marchant Law Firm, LLC
Jim May | Wyche, P.A.
Mark Moyer | The Moyer Law Firm, LLC
AnneMarie Haynsworth Odom | Anne Marie Odom Law, LLC
Lauren Davis Price | Anderson County Solicitor’s Office
James H. Price IV | Price Law Firm, P.A.
E. Powers Price | Price Law Firm, P.A.
Scott Talley | The Talley Law Firm
Sam Tooker | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
MarceloTorricos | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Adam Touma | Touma and Fedali, LLP
Billy Wilkins | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Criminal –White Collar
Midlands
Judah VanSyckel
Saluda Law,LLC
Soleproprietor Judah VanSyckel focuses on criminal defense and whistleblowermatters. A graduate of Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel began his career inYork as an assistant public defender, where he tried more than 20 cases to ajury verdict. The position gave him exposure to many different kinds ofcriminal cases.
VanSyckelfound that he particularly enjoyed working on white-collar crime cases,especially insurance fraud and securities fraud.
Next, hemoved to the state attorney general’s office, where he focused on health carefraud prosecution in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. While there, VanSyckelbecame familiar with complex investigations and the interplay betweenwhite-collar criminal and whistleblower matters.
Since goinginto private practice, he has worked mostly on criminal defense andwhistleblower matters but has also taken on a limited number of other civilmatters.
VanSyckel sayshis most influential mentor was C. William “Bill” Gambrell. The last book heread was “Gentle and Lowly,” by Dane C. Ortlund. His hobbies include hunting,fishing, and golf.
In additionto Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel graduated from the University of SouthCarolina.
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Lowcountry
Sean Houseal | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Tim Kulp | Kulp & Elliot
*Jerry Theos | Theos Law Firm, LLC
Midlands
Alexandra Benevento | Strom Law Firm
Jim Griffin | Griffin & Davis, LLC
Han Ko | Lexington County Public Defender’s Office
Neal Lourie | Lourie Law Firm, LLC
Joe McCulloch |McCulloch & Schillaci
Jonathan Milling | Milling Law Firm, LLC
Marion Moses | The Law Offices of Marion M. Moses, LLC
John Moylan | Wyche, P.A.
Lori Murray | Law Office of Lori S. Murray
Dayne C. Phillips | Price Benowitz LLP
Alex Postic | Law Office of Alex Postic
Brianne Steiner | Aiken Public Defender
Jack Swerling | Law Offices of Jack Swerling
Upstate
Beattie Ashmore | Beattie Ashmore, Attorney at Law, PA
Bill Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jim Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jenny Barwick |Clawson and Staubes
Ryan Beasley | Ryan Beasley Law
Charles Bondurant | Bondurant Legal LLC
Cindy Crick | Cindy Crick Law
Joy Davis | White Davis & White
Monty Desai | The Carolina Law Group
KonstantineDiamaduros | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
*Frank Eppes | Eppes & Plumblee
Jake Erwin | Jake Erwin Attorney at Law
James (Wally) W. Fayssoux, Jr. | Fayssoux & Landis
William Grove | Grove Ozment LLC
Christopher L. Jones | Christopher L. Jones, Attorney at Law, LLC
Josh Kendrick | Kendrick & Leonard, P.C.
Alex Kornfeld | Alex Kornfeld, Attorney at Law, LLC
Lucas Marchant | Marchant Law Firm, LLC
Jim May | Wyche, P.A.
Andy Moorman | Moorman Law Firm
AnneMarie Haynsworth Odom | AnneMarie Odom Law, LLC
Nihar Patel | The Carolina Law Group
Stuart Sarratt | Greenville County Public Defender’s Office
Scott Talley | The Talley Law Firm
Sam Tooker | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
MarceloTorricos | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Asher Watson | Watson Law Attorneys & Counselors
Billy Wilkins | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Economic Development
Lowcountry
Stephanie Yarbrough
Womble Bond Dickinson(US) LLP
As a partner in Womble Bond Dickinson, Yarbrough works closelywith domestic and international companies seeking to expand or relocateoperations to the Carolinas and the Southeastern United States. Her philosophyis to invest in her clients from the outset to build long-term partnerships forthe future. She has extensive experience advising companies across a wide rangeof industries, including life sciences, retail and consumer, manufacturing, andsoftware and technology.
Yarbrough earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College ofCharleston and a master’s in public administration from the University ofCharleston before receiving her J.D. in 2001 from Southern Methodist UniversitySchool of Law.
Her efforts on behalf of clients have led to the creation ofthousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in new investments. During therecent Covid-19 economic downturn, she worked to help clients stabilize theirbusinesses, including guiding them through the federal PPP loan process.
She is also active in the community: She currently serves onseveral boards, including Upstate Alliance, the S.C. Economic Developer’sAssociation, Charleston Regional Development Alliance, and the S.C. Aquarium.
The Georgia native’s hobbies include Peloton, boating, hiking,and reading.
Midlands
Will Johnson
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Johnson leads his firm's economic development practice group andconcentrates on economic development, corporate law and tax matters.
He has helped facilitate over $5 billion in domestic and foreigninvestment in South Carolina. Johnson's work in the economic development areaincludes negotiating and drafting fee in lieu of tax agreements, structuringspecial source revenue credit arrangements, and assisting companies withincentives like job development credits, job tax credits, state and localeconomic development grants.
In the corporate area, he provides counsel on matters includingcontract review, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, shareholder andgovernance issues, bankruptcy and franchise law. A Lake City native, Johnson'scommunity involvement includes helping to form a partnership between SpecialOlympics South Carolina and the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division in2010.
He serves on the Special Olympics SC board of directors. Agraduate of New York University's LLM program (Tax) with an undergraduatedegree from Wofford College, Johnson was awarded the Dean's Medallion forgraduating first in his class from the University of South Carolina School ofLaw.
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Lowcountry
Justin Hoyle | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Ric Tapp | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Midlands
J. Michael “Mike”Ey | Burr & Forman LLP
Edward G. Kluiters | Nelson Mullins
Riley & ScarboroughLLP
Upstate
Ryan Beasley | Ryan Beasley Law
Michael Wasson Burns | Burr & Forman LLP
Richard Few | Parker Poe
Michael Kozlarek | King Kozlarek Law LLC
Philip Land | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Josh Lonon | Wyche, P.A.
Kathleen Crum McKinney | Haynsworth
Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Brandon Tyler Norris | Burr & Forman LLP
James K. Price | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Education
Lowcountry
Alice Paylor
Saxton & Stump
Paylor has more than four decades of experience in law,representing businesses, governmental entities, and individuals in complexcommercial litigation, probate and estate litigation, zoning issues, labor andemployment matters, and investigations.
Early in her career, she served as Deputy Corporation Counsel forthe city of Charleston, and she joined a Charleston law firm in 1982.
In the 1980s, she represented the Charleston County SchoolDistrict in one of the last desegregation cases.
Paylor has extensive experience working with school districts, aswell as private schools and charter schools.
She formerly served as president of the National Caucus of StateBar Delegates to the ABA House of Delegates and received the Jean GallowayBissell Award from SCWLA in 2016.
A native of Greenville, Paylor earned a Bachelor of Arts atUniversity of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctor at University ofNorth Carolina School of Law. Her most influential mentor was Morris Rosen, andher hobbies include working out.
Midlands
Joseph Bias
Midlands Technical College
Bias serves as general counsel for Midlands Technical College, apublic technical college with locations in Richland, Lexington, and Fairfieldcounties.
His practice includes handling all legal affairs for MidlandsTech, including labor and employment issues, policy and handbook reviews,federal and state compliance, Title IX, contracts, internal investigations, andmanagement of outside counsel in litigation.
He also chairs the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusionstrategic planning initiatives.
Bias is a member of the school's executive council, tasked withassisting Midlands Technical College President Ron Rhames in the management andoperations of the institution.
A Columbia native, Bias also serves as an adjunct professor atthe University of South Carolina School of Law, where he teaches a civillitigation capstone course.
He lists his most influential mentor as Judge Alison Lee, and hishobbies include coaching high school and college Mock Trial, and fantasyfootball.
Bias earned a bachelor’s degree from Wofford College and a JurisDoctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Upstate
Doug Webb
Greenville County Schools
Webb has served as the general counsel for the Greenville CountySchools, the school district serving the county, since 2009.He overseesall legal aspects of operations for the school district, which has nearly78,000 students and 11,000 employees.
Prior to his employment with the district, Webb was a prosecutorhandling criminal cases ranging from drug trafficking to murder.
He is active in various organizations in the community, and Webbwas selected by the Jefferson Award Foundation as a ChangeMaker for hisdedication to public service. He is also a graduate of LeadershipGreenville.
Webb enjoys teaching current and future school administrators ingraduate programs for Furman University and Clemson University. He has threechildren and spends most of his nonwork hours with his wife at sports and otherkid-related activities.
Webb earned an undergraduate degree in political science fromFurman University and a Juris Doctor from the University of South CarolinaSchool of Law.
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Lowcountry
Mac McQuillin | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Midlands
Samantha Albrecht | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA
Joseph D. Dickey | Dickey Law Group
Allison Hanna | Halligan Mahoney & Williams
Connie Jackson | Halligan Mahoney & Williams
Grant Burnette LeFever | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
David Lyon | Duff Freeman Lyon, L.L.C
Kathy Mahoney | Halligan Mahoney & Williams
Jake Moore, Sr. | Moore Bradley Myers
Andrea White | White & Story, LLC
Upstate
John Bell | Greenville Tech
Ted Gentry | Wyche, P.A.
Jack Griffeth | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Wade Kolb | Wyche, P.A.
Dick Riley | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Inez Tenenbaum | Wyche, P.A.
Eminent Domain
Upstate
Luke Burke
Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC
Burke, a partner at Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey in Greenville,focuses on civil litigation with a primary emphasis on business litigation,eminent domain/right-of-way acquisition, and family law.
A 2011 graduate of the University of South Carolina School ofLaw, he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University ofNotre Dame in 2002. Burke worked as a software engineer and developer forseveral years before entering law school and embarking on a career injurisprudence.
He has been with Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey for nearly 10years, and Burke lists Bill Bannister, the firm’s founding partner, as his mostinfluential mentor.
The Chicago native relocated to Greenville in 2006 afterobserving the exciting revitalization occurring in the Upstate. He and wifeMegan live in Taylors with their daughter.
His most recent reads include “Buckaroo Banzai Against the WorldCrime League, et al.”, by E.M. Rauch, and he counts chess and cooking ashobbies.
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Lowcountry
William E. Applegate IV | Yarborough Applegate Law Firm, LLC
Paul Dominick | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kevin W. Mims | Luzuriaga Mims LLP
Abigail B. Walsh | Williams & Walsh, LLC
Midlands
Keith M. Babcock | Lewis Babcock L.L.P.
*William C. Dillard, Jr. | Belser & Belser, PA
Sean M. Foerster | Rogers Townsend, LLC
David L. Paavola | Lewis Babcock L.L.P.
Upstate
Max T. Hyde, Jr. | Hyde Law Firm, PA
Ryan McCarty | KD Trial Lawyers
Howard “Pat” W Paschal| Howard “Pat” W Paschal PA
Bill Wilson | Wyche, P.A.
Employee Benefits
Midlands
Jack Cohoon
Burnette, Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Cohoon is a partner with Burnette, Shutt & McDaniel inColumbia. His practice focuses on helping clients resolve difficult legalchallenges.
Cohoon’s casesinclude whistleblower cases for government workers, discrimination claims, wagedisputes, administrative appeals, and litigation regarding employee benefits.Cohoon primarily represents employees, but he also serves nonprofits and smallbusinesses.
In addition to employment law, Cohoon has represented clients incases brought under the S.C. Freedom of Information Act to promote governmenttransparency, and he represents clients in civil rights cases.
Cohoon said he has had the benefit of having many great mentorsduring his career, but Malissa Burnette is the most significant. He said thelast book he read was “The Daily Stoic,” by Ryan Holiday.
A native of Augusta, Cohoon earned a bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of Georgia and a law degree from the University of South CarolinaSchool of Law.
Outside of work, he enjoys hiking with his family. He also servesas a scout leader for his sons’ Boy Scout troop.
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Lowcountry
*Amy Y. Jenkins | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Midlands
Palmer Freeman | Whetstone Perkins & Fulda
Shannon Polvi | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Frank Shuler | Turner Padget
Upstate
Ashley Bryan Abel | JacksonLewis P.C.
Nathaniel Bax | Foster Law Firm, LLC
*Thomas M. Christina | Ogletree Deakins
Joel A. Daniel | Ogletree Deakins
William L. Dennis | Fox Rothschild LLP
Chris Gantt-Sorenson | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Robert E. Hoskins | Foster Law Firm, LLC
Debbie Kleman | Parker Poe
Camden Massingill |Wyche, P.A.
Marie Monroe | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
John Peace | Perkins Law Firm
Employment – Defendant
Midlands
Stephen Savitz
Gignilliat, Savitz& Beattie LLC
Savitz has exclusively practiced labor and employment law formore than three decades, and he is certified by the South Carolina SupremeCourt as a specialist in labor and employment law.
Before going into private practice, Savitz served as AssistantAttorney General for South Carolina.
Savitz is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District ofSouth Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and 11th Circuits, andthe U.S. Supreme Court.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of NorthCarolina and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School ofLaw.
He is a member of the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates andhas served as an adjunct professor in Legal Aspects of Counseling at theUniversity of South Carolina Graduate School of Education.
His most influential mentor was Attorney General Dan McLead, andthe last book he read was “Hard Work” by Roy Williams. His hobbies include golfand spending time with his four grandchildren.
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Lowcountry
Elliot Condon | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Madelyn Dukes | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Alissa Fleming | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Allan Holmes | Gibbs & Holmes
Greg Horton | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
*Amy Jenkins | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Ashley Kutz Kelley |Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Mary Stuart King | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Lucy Sanders | Bloodgood and Sanders, LLC
Midlands
Samantha Albrecht | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA
Brittany Clark | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Jack Cohoon | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Blaney Coskrey | Coskrey Law Office
Sarah J.M. Cox | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Joseph Dickey | Dickey Law Group
Foster Haselden | Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Christopher Johnson | Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Regina Lewis | Gaffney Lewis, LLC
Denny Major | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Sheila Willis | Fisher Phillips
Grant Wills | Fisher Phillips
Upstate
Courtney Atkinson | Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC
Sarah Batson | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Emily Bridges | Parker Poe
Debbie Brown | Gallivan, White & Boyd
John Connell | Burr & Forman LLP
Ashley Cuttino | Ogletree Deakins
Chris Gantt-Sorenson | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
William Gignilliat | Jackson Lewis P.C.
James K. Gilliam | Burr & Forman LLP
Phillip Kilgore | Ogletree Deakins
Stephanie Lewis | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Camden Massingill | Wyche,P.A.
John Merrell | Ogletree Deakins
Randy Moody | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Alexander Paterra | Paterra Law Firm, LLC
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Chase Samples | Jackson Lewis P.C.
*Andy Satterfield | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Giles Schanen | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Josh Smith | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Tom Stephenson | Stephenson and Murphy
Frank Stern | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jeremy Summerlin | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Zach Weaver | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Sandi Wilson | Lockheed Martin
Employment – Plaintiff
Lowcountry
Lucy Sanders
Bloodgood & Sanders LLC
Sanders has been practicing employment law for the majority ofher career. Following law school, she worked as a law clerk for the HonorableDeadra L. Jefferson of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
She has more than a decade of experience representing plaintiffsand defendants in state and federal employment litigation.
Sanders also advises employees and small businesses onemployment-related issues, helps clients understand employment law, and helps clientsseek meaningful resolution of employment claims through mediation andnegotiation.
A native of Russellville, Kentucky, Sanders earned a Bachelor ofArts in Sociology from Furman University and her Juris Doctor from theCharleston School of Law.
She is a board member of Center for Heirs’ Property Preservationand a co-founder of the Compass Collegiate Academy Charter School inCharleston.
Sanders counts her father, a Harvard Law School graduate whotaught her the value of education and giving back to the community, as her mostinfluential mentor.
Midlands
Joseph Dickey
Dickey Law Group
Dickey worksas a legal advocate for businesses, governmental entities, and individuals.
Prior toattending law school, he worked at an economic development firm in Fukuoka,Japan, and as a result is conversant in Japanese and knowledgeable of Japanesebusiness practices.
A native ofWellford, Dickey earned his Bachelor of Arts in Japanese and InternationalTrade and Bachelor of Science in Management from Clemson University, and hisJuris Doctor from University of South Carolina School of Law.
During lawschool, Dickey served as associate student works editor for the South CarolinaJournal of International Law and Business, was president of the InternationalLaw Society, and manager of the Black Law Students’ Association’s Moot Court Bar.
He currentlyserves on the boards of the Japan America Association, Midlands Education andBusiness Alliance, and Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina.
Upstate
W. Andrew Arnold
Law Office of W. Andrew Arnold
Arnold has practiced law for nearly 30 years, specializing inhigh-stakes cases, starting with a multimillion-dollar verdict against a chainof nursing homes.
He has litigated cases involving employment law, businessdisputes, wrongful death, and serious personal injury. These days, he primarilyhandles employment litigation, business litigation/shareholder oppression,noncompete cases, and nursing home abuse and neglect.
Arnold has been named a Super Lawyer for 10 of the past 12 years,and has been included in our Legal Elite recognition for 10 consecutive years.
He received his Bachelor of Arts from Furman University and hisJuris Doctor from University of South Carolina. Arnold’s hobbies include indoorrowing, reading, weightlifting, and hiking. The last book he read was “A BriefHistory of Equality” by ThomasPiketty.
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Allan Holmes | Gibbs & Holmes
Midlands
Samantha Albrecht | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA
Jay Babb | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Beth Bowen | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Malissa Burnette | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Jack Cohoon | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Sarah J.M. Cox | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Robin R. McLean | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Elizabeth Millender | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Paul Porter | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Kathy Mahoney | Halligan Mahoney & Williams
Jake Moore, Sr. | Moore Bradley Myers
Andrea White | White & Story, LLC
Upstate
Brian Arnold | Arnold Law Firm
Courtney Atkinson | Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC
Emily Bridges | Parker Poe
Ashley Cuttino | Ogletree Deakins
Jeff Dunlaevy | Dunlaevy Law Firm
Joshua Hawkins | Hawkins and Jedezniak Law Firm
Josh Hudson | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Phillip Kilgore | Ogletree Deakins
Wade Kolb | Wyche, P.A.
Stephanie Lewis | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Camden Massingill |Wyche, P.A.
John Merrell | Ogletree Deakins
Randy Moody | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Alexander Paterra | Paterra Law Firm, LLC
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Chase Samples | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Andy Satterfield | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Josh Smith | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Tom Stephenson | Stephenson and Murphy
Fred Suggs | Ogletree Deakins
Jeremy Summerlin | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Zach Weaver | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Energy and Utilities
Lowcountry
Jamey Goldin
Google LLC
Charleston
Goldin is energy counsel on Google’s Global Energy Policy andMarket Development Team. As part of the division responsible for the company’sdata center and global-energy portfolio, he is primarily responsible formanaging Google’s energy policy and markets work in the Eastern andSouth-Central regions of the United States.
Prior to joining Google, Goldin was a partner at Nelson MullinsRiley & Scarborough LLP, where his practice focused on energy and regulatorylaw. He has represented and advised clients in matters before the FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission, multiple state public utility commissions,federal and state appellate courts, and federal and state administrativeagencies. Goldin served as chief counsel to the South Carolina House ofRepresentatives’ Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee before he enteredprivate practice.
A native of Rockmart, Georgia, Goldin received his undergraduatedegree from the University of Georgia and his J.D. from the UofSC School ofLaw.
In his free time, Goldin enjoys hunting, fishing, field trials,and retriever hunt tests. He also enjoys reading, and recently began “TheUnsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture,” by Wendell Berry.
Midlands
Weston Adams
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Adams practices energy and environmental law.
His work is divided into two areas: energy litigation practicebefore the South Carolina Public Service Commission, North Carolina UtilitiesCommission, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and environmentalpractice before the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, N.C.Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency.
Adams has served as lead counsel on more than 100 appeals to theS.C. Supreme Court, S.C. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Fourth Circuit.
He is the former chairman of the S.C. Conservation BankCommission, on which he served from 2004-2014, and he currently chairs theboard of directors of the S.C. Clean Energy Business Alliance.
A Columbia native, Adams earned his Bachelor of Arts from theUniversity of the South, a Master of Arts from the University of Florida, andhis Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Upstate
Luke Burke
Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC
Burke, a partner at Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey in Greenville,focuses on civil litigation with a primary emphasis on business litigation,eminent domain/right-of-way acquisition, and family law.
A 2011 graduate of the University of South Carolina School ofLaw, he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University ofNotre Dame in 2002. Burke worked as a software engineer and developer forseveral years before entering law school and embarking on a career injurisprudence.
He has been with Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey for nearly 10years, and Burke lists Bill Bannister, the firm’s founding partner, as his mostinfluential mentor.
The Chicago native relocated to Greenville in 2006 afterobserving the exciting revitalization occurring in the Upstate. He and wifeMegan live in Taylors with their daughter.
His most recent reads include “Buckaroo Banzai Against the WorldCrime League, et al.”, by E.M. Rauch, and he counts chess and cooking ashobbies.
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Lowcountry
Ashley Cooper | Parker Poe
Midlands
John Boyd | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jake Moore, Sr. | Moore Bradley Myers
Benjamin Nicholson | Burr & Forman LLP
Matthew Richardson | Wyche, P.A.
Belton Zeigler | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Upstate
Bruce Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jim Cox | Wyche, P.A.
David Dill | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Wallace Lightsey | Wyche, P.A.
Ryan McCarty | KD Trial Lawyers
Will Middleton | Parker Poe
Heather Smith | Duke Energy
R. Taylor Speer | Fox Rothschild LLP
Josh Spencer | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Sarah Spruill | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Rivers Stilwell | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Environmental
Upstate
Rita Bolt Barker
Wyche PA
Barker is a veteran litigator with experience in environmental,commercial and insurance coverage areas.
Her work includes helping clients navigate the wide range of lawsthat protect natural resources, including compliance and litigation, permittingchallenges and enforcement actions before administrative agencies including theEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The chair of the firm's recruiting committee, Barker has alsotaught administrative law at Clemson University and environmental law at FurmanUniversity.
A native of Anderson, she earned her law degree from HarvardUniversity and her undergraduate degree from Clemson University.
Lowcountry
Newman Jackson Smith
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Newman Jackson Smith, a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley &Scarborough in the firm’s Charleston office, practices in the areas ofenvironmental law and litigation, administrative law, land-use law, andconstitutional law.
He has experience in several areas, including an environmentalpractice involving hazardous waste-site management and remediation,contaminated property liability negotiation, litigation, redevelopment, andrelated regulatory counseling.
Smith is also experienced in matters of administrative law,land-use planning, and zoning law, and he’s involved in brownfieldsredevelopment, environmental insurance, and environmental regulatorypermitting.
Other focuses include experience with wetlands regulatory issues,compliance counseling, and Superfund site counseling.
Smith is the founding chairman of both the Governing Council ofthe Environment and Natural Resources Section of the S.C. Bar Association andthe Urban Land Institute Coastal Forum.
Smith lists his most influential mentor as Sen. Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings. His hobbiesinclude reading, spending time at the beach, and biking, and the last book heread was “Count Zero” by William Gibson.
The Columbia native earned an undergraduate degree from theUniversity of South Carolina and a law degree from the University of SouthCarolina School of Law.
Midlands
Weston Adams
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Adams practices energy and environmental law.
His work is divided into two areas: energy litigation practicebefore the South Carolina Public Service Commission, North Carolina UtilitiesCommission, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and environmentalpractice before the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, N.C.Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency.
Adams has served as lead counsel on more than 100 appeals to theS.C. Supreme Court, S.C. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals forthe Fourth Circuit.
He is the former chairman of the S.C. Conservation BankCommission, on which he served from 2004-2014, and he currently chairs theboard of directors of the S.C. Clean Energy Business Alliance.
A Columbia native, Adams earned his Bachelor of Arts from theUniversity of the South, a Master of Arts from the University of Florida, andhis Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Elizabeth Dieck | Parker Poe
Mary Shahid | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Midlands
Karen Crawford | KLAC Law Firm LLC
Joan Hartley | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Tommy Lavender | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kathleen McDaniel | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Ashley McMahan | McMahan & Taylor
Childs Cantey Thrasher | Law Office of Childs
Cantey Thrasher, LLC
Ethan Ware | Williams Mullen
Upstate
Michael Bogle | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Bill Coates | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Michael Corley | South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Robert A. Deholl | Elmore Goldsmith Kelley& deHoll, P.A.
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
Gene McCall | McCall Environmental
Gary Poliakoff | Poliakoff and Associates
Josh Smith | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Estate and Trust – Litigation
Lowcountry
Laurel Blair
Womble Bond Dickinson(US) LLP
Laurel R.S. Blair is a partner based in the Charleston office ofWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. She is a strategic adviser, negotiator,certified mediator, and litigator, with more than 25 years of experiencerepresenting financial institutions (particularly in fiduciary roles such astrustee and personal representative) in the private wealth, private banking, andwealth management areas, and representing individuals in estate and trustmatters.
A member of the firm's wealth management team serving the privatewealth and financial services sectors, Blair represents clients across SouthCarolina and the Southeast. She has been admitted to practice in the U.S.District Court for the District of South Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.
She has received several honors and awards, including beingrecognized in The Best Lawyers in America (BL rankings), litigation – trustsand estates, and trusts and estates from 2013 to present; and receiving theLawyer of the Year Award in the field of litigation – trusts and estates(Charleston) in 2022.
Blair earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginiabefore receiving her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law.
Midlands
Thomas Kilpatrick
Murphy & Kilpatrick P.A.
Kilpatrick, of Columbia firm Murphy & Kilpatrick, practicesin several areas of law, including estate planning, probate administration andlitigation, guardianships, conservatorships, trust and fiduciary administrationand litigation, elder law, business formation and governance, and real estate.
His duties involve serving as a court-appointed fiduciary,including as special administrator and personal representative for estates, andas conservator for minors and incapacitated adults.
The Charleston native graduated from the College of Charleston in2009, and he earned a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina Schoolof Law in 2012. He earned a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University ofAlabama School of Law in 2020.
After graduating from law school, Kilpatrick served as judiciallaw clerk to the Judge Mary Blunt, judge of probate for Dorchester County.Kilpatrick says Blunt was his most influential mentor. His hobbies includetraveling and eating.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Jeff Bogdan | Parker Poe
Andrew Chandler | Evans, Carter, Kunes
& Bennett
Elizabeth J. Palmer | Saxton & Stump
R. Bruce Wallace | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Midlands
George S. Bailey | Sojourner, Caughman
and Thomas
Lyndey R. Z. Bryant | Adams and Reese LLP
A. Bennett Evers | Todd & Johnson, LLP
Amy Hill | Gallivan, White & Boyd
James L. McCutchen |McCutchen McLean, LLC
William G. Newsome III | Newsome Law, P.A.
Greg Parker | Parker Law, LLC
Creighton Segars | Stuckey Fata & Segars, LLC
Jonathan E. Spitz |Todd & Johnson, LLP
Kenneth B. Wingate | Sweeny, Wingate
& Barrow, P.A.
Upstate
James Anderson | Anderson Law Firm
Mike Bridges | Dobson Law Group
Ian Conits | Gallivan White & Boyd
Perry Deloach | The Law Offices of Perry B.
DeLoach, Jr., LLC
James B. Drennan, III | Dennis Shaw Drennan
& Pack, LLC
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
E. Zachary Horton | Horton & Horton Law Firm, LLC
Charles Marchbanks | The Marchbanks Law Firm
R. David Massey | Brown Massey Evans
McLeod & HaynsworthLLC
Ryan F. McCarty | KD Trial Lawyers
Tyler E. Mcleod | Brown Massey Evans
McLeod & HaynsworthLLC
Keith G Meacham | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Tanner Riley | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Jeanmarie Tankersley |Clawson and Staubes
Zach Weaver | Gallivan White & Boyd
Marshall Winn | Wyche, P.A.
Estate and Trust – Planning
Lowcountry
Laurel Blair
Womble Bond Dickinson(US) LLP
Laurel R.S. Blair is a partner based in the Charleston office ofWomble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. She is a strategic adviser, negotiator,certified mediator, and litigator, with more than 25 years of experiencerepresenting financial institutions (particularly in fiduciary roles such astrustee and personal representative) in the private wealth, private banking,and wealth management areas, and representing individuals in estate and trustmatters.
A member of the firm's wealth management team serving the privatewealth and financial services sectors, Blair represents clients across SouthCarolina and the Southeast. She has been admitted to practice in the U.S.District Court for the District of South Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals,Fourth Circuit, and the United States Tax Court.
She has received several honors and awards, including beingrecognized in The Best Lawyers in America (BL rankings), litigation – trustsand estates, and trusts and estates from 2013 to present; and receiving theLawyer of the Year Award in the field of litigation – trusts and estates(Charleston) in 2022.
Blair earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginiabefore receiving her J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law.
Midlands
Jeffrey Hopkins
Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson, LLP
Hopkins practices in the areas of estate planning andadministration taxation, probate litigation, business transactions andcommercial real estate. His primary practice includes the preparation of wills,revocable and irrevocable trusts, and other estate planning documents.
He also guides fiduciaries in the administration of trusts andestates while navigating tax laws. A native of Greenville, Hopkins has receivedthe Compleat Lawyer Award, Bronze for his recognition in professional competence,ethics, and integrity and earned a CALI award for his studies in real estatetransactions.
A graduate of University of South Carolina (B.A. and J.D.)Hopkins also earned a LLM degree in Taxation from the University of AlabamaSchool of Law.
Besides his affiliation with the Lexington County Bar Associationand the Richmond County Bar Association he is also a board member of Columbianonprofit The FriendShip, serving the elderly in the community. Hopkins livesin Columbia with his wife and daughter, where he enjoys running and gardening.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Maria Averill | Averill Law Firm
Jeffrey Bogdan | Parker Poe
Brent Bullock | Taylor Foley Law Firm
Cecile Crogan | Buxton & Collie, LLC
JenniferDavis | Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough LLP
J. Aaron Nelson | The Nelson Law Firm
Anne Kelley Russell | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Jennifer Williams | Law Office of Jennifer
K. Williams, LLC
Midlands
Lisa Hostetler Brown | LawyerLisa
Rita Bragg Caughman | Sojourner, Caughman
and Thomas
W. Steven Johnson | Todd & Johnson, LLP
Johnny Kornegay | Todd & Johnson, LLP
James L. McCutchen |McCutchen McLean, LLC
W. Verne McGough, Jr. | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Matt Myers | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
William M. Reynolds, III | Todd & Johnson, LLP
Creighton Segars | Stuckey Fata & Segars, LLC
Jonathan E. Spitz |Todd & Johnson, LLP
Ryan Wallace | Sojourner, Caughman
and Thomas
Upstate
James Anderson | Anderson Law Firm
Robert E. August | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Matthew Couvillion | Wyche, P.A.
Aaron DeBruin | De Bruin Law Firm
Perry Deloach | The Law Offices of Perry B.
DeLoach, Jr., LLC
James B. Drennan, III | Dennis Shaw Drennan
& Pack, LLC
Cary Hall | Wyche, P.A.
Justin Hamrick | Hamrick Law
Michelle H. King | FoxRothschild LLP
Phillip J. Martin | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
R. David Massey | Brown Massey Evans McLeod
& Haynsworth LLC
Mac McLean | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Keith G. Meacham | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Andrew D. Merline | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Marie Monroe | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Hall Provence | Ashmore, Leaphart, Rabon LLC
Neal Rabon | Ashmore, Leaphart, Rabon LLC
Jake Rea | Burr & Forman LLP
Jeanmarie Tankersley |Clawson and Staubes
David A. Thompson | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Family
(Tie) Lowcountry
Daryn R. Barker
Barker Family Law
Barker practices family law in the Charleston tri-county area.She is a fierce advocate for her clients both in and out of the courtroom. Shehas a passion for helping others, and she works with determination to achievethe best possible outcome for her clients.
Barker earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from theUniversity of South Carolina, and received her J.D. degree and children’s lawcertificate from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she washonored as the recipient of the S.C. Bar Foundation’s I.M. Goldberg Award forher demonstrated commitment to family law. While in school, Barker served as aneditor of the Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal, an extern to theHonorable Judge Dorothy Mobley Jones of the Richland County Family Court, and avolunteer guardian ad litem.
The Mount Pleasant native’s most-influential mentor is Douglas A.Barker. When not practicing law, she enjoys all water-related activities, aswell as spending time with family and friends, and reading. She most recentlyread “Beach Music” by Pat Conroy.
(Tie) Lowcountry
Elizabeth Rast
Family Advocacy Law Firm LLC
Rast began her law career in the area of business transactionsbut soon shifted her focus to Family Court cases.
She has worked as an associate attorney in complex cases ofdomestic litigation, served as a guardian ad litem, and spent a year as staffattorney for the South Carolina Department of Social Services working in abuseand neglect cases. Rast joined Family Advocacy Law Firm in 2020, where shehandles matters involving divorce, custody, name changes, abuse and neglect,contempt, and custody and support modifications.
Rast earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Wofford Collegeand her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
She is a member of the Charleston County Bar Association, SouthCarolina Bar Association, and the South Carolina Women Lawyer’s Association.Rast plays competitive USTA League Tennis and volunteers on the Island TurtleTeam.
Her hobbies include outdoor activities, live music, travel, andspending time with her niece and nephews.
Midlands
Peter Currence
McDougall Self Currence & McLeod
Currence is a partner at McDougall Self Currence & McLeod,focusing on family law. His areas of practice include property and supportissues, and custody and visitation cases. He also serves as a mediator.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Managementfrom North Carolina State University and a Juris Doctor from the University ofSouth Carolina School of Law.
Currence is a member of the South Carolina and Richland CountyBars, and he was admitted to the South Carolina District Court in 1997.
In addition to his work with McDougall Self Currence &McLeod, Currence is a member of the ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute andthe family law section of the South Carolina Bar Association.
Upstate
Reid Sherard
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Sherard leads Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Family Law practicegroup, representing clients in agreements including divorce, custody,separation, complex financial issues, international jurisdictional disputes,and premarital and postnuptial.
His experience includes a variety of courts and ten appeals, andhis honors include recognized by his peers in our Legal Elite listings forseven consecutive years.
Sherard is consistently listed in The Best Lawyers in America andSouth Carolina Super Lawyers and is a Fellow of the American Academy ofMatrimonial Lawyers as well as a founder of the South Carolina Family LawAmerican Inn of Court.
Currently serving as the president of the Greenville County BarAssociation, Sherard, a certified family court mediator, is also on the SouthCarolina Bar Family Law Section Council.
He also does extensive pro bono work and has served as chair ofthe 2022 AHA Upstate Heart Walk and as president of the board of directors forA Child's Haven.
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Lowcountry
Maria Averill | Averill Law Firm
Anne FrancesBleecker | Bleecker Family Law
Rene Dukes | Hall Booth Smith
Britton Hawk | Hawk & Hawk Law Firm
Sean Keefer | Sean F. Keefer, LLC
Marie-Louise Ramsdale | Ramsdale Law Firm
Sara Turner | The Law Office of Sara Turner
Midlands
Chris Archer | Archer Swearingen Divorce Attorneys, LLC
Jessica Boylan | The Sullivan Firm, LLC
Michael A. Brooks | Cordell & Cordell
Rebecca Creel | Creel Family Law, LLC
Claire Dorbandt | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Stephanie Fajardo | Fajardo Law Firm, LLC
Paul Fata | Stuckey Fata & Segars, LLC
Katharine Fisher | Kinard & Jones, LLC
Amber Cary Fulmer | Jewitte Dooley Law
Ashby Jones | Kinard & Jones, LLC
Ryan Lane | The Lane Law Firm, LLC
Ken Lester | Ken H. Lester, Attorney at Law
Michelle Matthews | Strom Family Law
James T. McLaren | McLaren & Lee
Robin R. McLean | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Eric Mohn | Eric Mohn Attorney at Law
Amanda Mueller | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Sandra Parise | Parise Law Firm
Mackenzie Pearson | Cordell & Cordell
Kana Rahman | Kana Law, LLC
Ralph Nichols “Nick” Riley, Jr. | Moore BradleyMyers
Christine Robbins | Cordell & Cordell
Shelia Robinson | Moore Bradley Myers
Tripp Rush | The Rush Law Firm
Stephanie Smith | Cordell & Cordell
Susan Strom | Strom Family Law
Reed Swearingen | Archer Swearingen Divorce
Attorneys, LLC
Douglas Truslow | Truslow & Truslow
Dale Turner | Moore Bradley Myers
Rebecca West | Harling & West
Richard Whiting | Law Offices of Richard G. Whiting
Upstate
Tripp Atkins | Atkins Law Firm, P.A.
Courtney Atkinson | Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC
Bruce Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Jenny Barwick |Clawson and Staubes
Carlisle Brice | Offit Kurman
Rachel I. Brough | Cate & Brough, P.A.
Megan Burke | Law Office of Megan Goodwin Burke
Amie Carpenter | Anderson Carpenter LLC
Jessica Christophillis | Christophillis & Gallivan, P.A.
Stephen L. Chryst | Offit Kurman
Will Davis | Davis Law Group
Joy Davis | White Davis & White
Scott Dove | Dover Law Firm
Allison Dunham | KD Trial Lawyers
Jason Elliott | Jason Elliot Law Firm
Leslie R. Fisk | Cate & Brough, P.A.
Angela Frazier | Elliott Frazier Law Firm, LLC
Amanda Gallivan | Christophillis & Gallivan, P.A.
Lydia Angelica Hernandez | Hernandez & Cabra
Attorneys at Work
Chip Howard | Howard Law Firm, P.A.
Zandra Johnson | The Law Firm of Zandra L. Johnson, LLC
Vanessa Kormylo | Vanessa Hartman Kormylo, PA
Alex Kornfeld | Alex Kornfeld, Attorney at Law, LLC
Elizabeth McCool | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Danielle Mitchell | Mitchell Ramseur, LLC
Sidney Mitchell | Mitchell Ramseur, LLC
Jennifer Mook | Law Office of Jennifer Mook
Travis V. Olmert | The Olmert Law Firm, LLC
Jordan Peeler | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
James H. Price | Price Law Firm, P.A.
Joseph Ramseur | Mitchell Ramseur, LLC
Alex Stalvey | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
J. Benjamin Stevens | Offit Kurman
James C. Todd IV | Cordell & Cordell
MarceloTorricos | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Thomas W. Traxler | Carter, Smith, Merriam,
Rogers & Traxler,P.A.
J. Michael Turner, Jr. | Cordell & Cordell
Ashlea White | White Davis & White
David Wilson | Wilson & Englebardt, LLC
Amos Workman | Wyche, P.A.
Foreclosure
Midlands
Jane H. Downey
Moore Bradley Meyers PA
Downey, a partner at Moore Bradley Meyers PA, leads itsbankruptcy section and represents debtors and creditors in consumer andbusiness cases.
Her experience includes litigating and mediating in Chapter 7, 9,11, 12 and 13 cases.
A graduate of Emory Law School, after spending seven years as anassociate at the firm Nelson Mullins she started her own firm and practicedalone for 11 years. Downey joined Moore Bradley Meyers PA in 2008.
For more than 25 years, she has been a certified specialist inboth bankruptcy and debtor/creditor law as recognized by the South CarolinaSupreme Court. She is also board certified in business bankruptcy law by theAmerican Board of Certification.
Downey is on the editorial board of SC Lawyer magazine and amember of the American Inns of Court. She is also on the board ofdirectors of CARE and the IWIRC International Women's Insolvency &Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Midlands
Kevin T. Brown | Scott & Corley, P.A.
Mary Caskey | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Paul Hoefer | Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Upstate
Michael Bagwell | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
*Jim Cassidy | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
M. Kevin McCarrell | Fox Rothschild LLP
Rory D. Whelehan | Whelehan Law Firm, LLC
Bill Wilson |Wyche, P.A.
Government – Relations
Lowcountry
Newman Jackson Smith
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Newman Jackson Smith, a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley &Scarborough in the firm’s Charleston office, practices in the areas ofenvironmental law and litigation, administrative law, land-use law, andconstitutional law.
He has experience in several areas, including an environmentalpractice involving hazardous waste-site management and remediation,contaminated property liability negotiation, litigation, redevelopment, andrelated regulatory counseling.
Smith is also experienced in matters of administrative law,land-use planning, and zoning law, and he’s involved in brownfieldsredevelopment, environmental insurance, and environmental regulatorypermitting.
Other focuses include experience with wetlands regulatory issues,compliance counseling, and Superfund site counseling.
Smith is the founding chairman of both the Governing Council ofthe Environment and Natural Resources Section of the S.C. Bar Association andthe Urban Land Institute Coastal Forum.
Smith lists his most influential mentor as Sen. Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings. His hobbiesinclude reading, spending time at the beach, and biking, and the last book heread was “Count Zero” by William Gibson.
The Columbia native earned an undergraduate degree from theUniversity of South Carolina and a law degree from the University of SouthCarolina School of Law.
Midlands
Katie Nilges
South Carolina Department of Education
Nilges serves as Director of Government Affairs for the SouthCarolina Department of Education, and her main responsibility is to serve asthe legislative liaison for the Department of Education. Each year, shecompletes the agency’s budget proposal and advocate for the budget requests infront of the General Assembly.
She also is in charge of the policy side of the department’s operations.
Nilges earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications with afocus on Interpersonal and Organizational Communication and a Bachelor of Artsin Political Science from East Carolina University and her Juris Doctor fromUniversity of South Carolina School of Law.
During her undergraduate years, Nilges interned with the lateU.S. Congressman Walter B. Jones, and during law school, she worked as lawclerk for the South Carolina Department of Education.
In 2018, she began working as a staff attorney for SCDE, and in2019, she transitioned into her current role.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Charlie Condon | Charlie Condon Law Firm, LLC
James Goldin | Google, LLC
Stephanie L. Yarbrough | Womble Bond
Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Todd Atwater | Atwater & Associates
Bob Coble | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Dwight Drake | Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough LLP
Linda Edwards | Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Burnie Maybank | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kyle Michel | Kyle Michel Law Firm
John Moylan | Wyche, P.A.
Matthew Richardson | Wyche, P.A.
Ted Riley | Riley Pope & Laney
Sally Rogers | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Ronald C. Scott | Scott & Corley, P.A.
Upstate
Bruce Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Rita Barker | Wyche, P.A.
Ryan Beasley | Ryan Beasley Law
Jim Cox | Wyche, P.A.
Lane Davis | Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough LLP
John Devlin | Devlin & Antley
Jason Elliot | Jason Elliot Law Firm
Frank Eppes | Eppes & Plumblee
Michael Kozlarek | King Kozlarek Law LLC
Michael S. Pitts | Parker Poe
*Amy Snyder | Clawson and Staubes
Rivers Stilwell |Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough LLP
Logan Wells | Greenville City Attorney’s Office
David Wilkins | Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough LLP
Billy Wilkins | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Lowcountry
Stephanie L. Yarbrough | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Elizabeth “Beth” Atwater | Atwater & Associates
Todd Atwater | Atwater & Associates
Bob Coble | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Dwight Drake | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Angelia J. Grant | Scott & Corley, P.A.
Ray Jones | Parker Poe
David Jones | South Carolina Office of the
Attorney General
Upstate
Eric Amstutz | Wyche,P.A.
Bruce Bannister | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Rita Barker | Wyche, P.A.
Lane Davis | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jason Elliot | Jason Elliot Law Firm
Frank Eppes | Eppes & Plumblee
Michael Kozlarek | King Kozlarek Law LLC
Brad Love | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Kathy McKinney | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Michael S. Pitts | Parker Poe
Tyler Smith | Parker Poe
Logan Wells | Greenville City Attorney’s Office
David Wilkins | Nelson Mullins Riley
& Scarborough LLP
Health Care
Lowcountry
Alissa Fleming
Womble Bond Dickinson(US) LP
Fleming advises national and regional healthcare providers on abroad range of legal issues.
Fleming is an attorney as well as a registered nurse, and herfirsthand experience enables her to address her clients' industry challenges.Working with large hospital systems, long-term care facilities, home healthagencies, pharmacies and doctors, her counsel extends into nearly every aspectof the healthcare industry.
Regulatory compliance, operations and risk management as well ascertification, reimbursement and Medicare and Medicaid are just some of theareas she regularly addresses for clients. Fleming has litigated jury andnonjury cases at the trial and appellate levels, including trials and hearingson behalf of healthcare providers and professionals.
Additionally, she advises and represents public and privateemployers on employment issues with a concentration in the healthcarefield.
She serves on the board of directors of the South CarolinaBiotechnology Innovation Organization (SCBio) and is a member of the AmericanHealth Lawyers Association, South Carolina Bar, Charleston County Bar and theAmerican Association of Nurse Attorneys.
Midlands
Judah VanSyckel
Saluda Law,LLC
Sole proprietor Judah VanSyckel focuses on criminal defense andwhistleblower matters. A graduate of Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel beganhis career in York as an assistant public defender, where he tried more than 20cases to a jury verdict. The position gave him exposure to many different kindsof criminal cases.
VanSyckel found that he particularly enjoyed working onwhite-collar crime cases, especially insurance fraud and securities fraud.
Next, he moved to the state attorney general’s office, where hefocused on health care fraud prosecution in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.While there, VanSyckel became familiar with complex investigations and theinterplay between white-collar criminal and whistleblower matters.
Since going into private practice, he has worked mostly oncriminal defense and whistleblower matters but has also taken on a limitednumber of other civil matters.
VanSyckel says his most influential mentor was C. William “Bill”Gambrell. The last book he read was “Gentle and Lowly,” by Dane C. Ortlund. Hishobbies include hunting, fishing, and golf.
In addition to Charleston School of Law, VanSyckel graduated fromthe University of South Carolina.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Marshall Allen | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Bradley Banyas | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Stephen Bittinger | K&L Gates
Spencer Craig Gill | Hall Booth Smith
Lauren Gresh | Hall Booth Smith
Lauren Spears Gresh | Hall Booth Smith
Nathan Hughey | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Charles M. Jordan, Jr. | Moore & Van Allen
Caroline Niland | Copeland, Stair Valz & Lovell, LLP
Kristen Thompson | Copeland, Stair Valz & Lovell, LLP
Midlands
George Beighley |Richardson Plowden
& Robinson, P.A.
John Bradley | Moore Bradley Myers
Emily Brown | Barnes, Alford, Stork
& Johnson, LLP
Wes Jackson | Rogers Lewis
Weldon Johnson | Barnes, Alford, Stork
& Johnson, LLP
Ashley Johnson | Parker Poe
Chandler Martin | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
E. Wade Mullins III | Bruner, Powell, Wall
& Mullins, LLC
Jim Parham | Jim Parham & Associates
David Summer | Parker Poe
Will Thomas | Parker Poe
Upstate
Ben Alexander | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Rachael Anna | Wyche, P.A.
Ella Barbery | Shelly Leeke Law Firm
Walker Barnes | Boulier Thompson & Barnes, LLC
Perry Boulier | Boulier Thompson & Barnes, LLC
Sarah Clemmons | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Harvey Cleveland | Bon Secours Mercy Health
*Anne Culbreath | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Rachel O. Gilbert | Burr & Forman LLP
Bobby Jones | Bobby Jones Law
Collie W. “Trip” Lehn, Jr. | Huff, Powell
& Bailey, LLC
Sandy Miller | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Joe Mooneyham | Mooneyham & Berry
Brown Parkinson | Holcombe Bomar
Henry Parr | Wyche, P.A.
Clark Price | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Sally Purnell | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Meghan Riordan | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Ken Shaw | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Trey Suggs |Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Matt Utecht | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Catherine Wrenn | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Foster Gaillard | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Trevor Eddy | Eddy Law Firm
Upstate
Aimee V. Leary | Fox Rothschild LLP
Chase Samples | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Insurance
Midlands
Brett Bayne
McAngus, Goudelock& Courie
Bayne is a partner with McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, workingin the firm’s Columbia office.
His practice focuses on general civil litigation defense,including automobile negligence, premises liability, products liability, andconstruction defects.
Bayne specializes in trial litigation and seeing cases through toverdict. In his spare time, he teaches trial advocacy at the University ofSouth Carolina School of Law, and he has served as the director and head coachof the USC School of Law Mock Trial Bar since 2013. During that time, the MockTrial Bar has won multiple regional and national championships, and the programwas recently ranked sixth in the country.
A native of Dallas, Bayne graduated from Baylor University andthe University of South Carolina School of Law. He named Andy Delaney, anattorney with Williams & Williams, as his most influential mentor.
Bayne enjoys spending time with his wife and three daughters. Healso enjoys smoking different varieties of meat, Mexican food, and all thingsBaylor. The last book he read was “Based on a True Story,” the autobiography ofcomedian Norm Macdonald.
Upstate
Amanda Bradley
McAngus Goudelock& Courie LLC
Bradley has been a trial lawyer for 25 years, during which shehas focused on litigating personal injury, class action, bad faith, premisesliability, products liability, insurance coverage, and toxic tort cases. Shehas presented seminars on defense litigation strategies, approaches to solvingethical dilemmas in litigation, toxic-mold litigation, and interviewingtechniques.
In her role as a certified mediator, Bradley assists others inidentifying key issues to help resolve cases involving all types of civillitigation. She is a strong believer in mediation and has found it to play avital role in our legal system.
The Greenville native earned her undergraduate degree fromClemson University and her J.D. from Tulane University Law School, where shegraduated cum laude.
When she’s not practicing law, Bradley, who is married with twochildren, enjoys spending time with her family, as well as running, outdooractivities, the beach and reading. She most recently began reading “A ThousandSplendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. She names Doc Morgan as her most influentialmentor.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Shawn Bevans | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
*Allison Carter | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Dawes Cooke | Barnwell Whaley
Ben Davis | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Madelyn Dukes | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Daniel Fuerst | Hall Booth Smith
Blanton O’Neal | Hood Law Firm, LLC
Christie Perrin | Copeland, Stair Valz & Lovell, LLP
Matt Tillman | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Elizabeth Freeman Wieters | Hall Booth Smith
Mary Skahan Willis | Etheridge Law Group
Midlands
Mark Barrow | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Ward Bradley | Moore Bradley Myers
James Brogdon | Whetstone Perkins & Fulda
Todd Carroll | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Curtis Dowling | Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP
Aaron Hayes | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Ryan Holt | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Austin Hood | Clawson and Staubes
Richard McLawhorn | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Shelley Montague | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Julie Moose | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
John R. Murphy | Murphy & Grantland
Adam Ribock | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Drew Richardson | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Thom Salane | Turner Padget
Samantha Sanders | Smith Robinson
Makenzie Polston Segars | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Daniel Settana | McKay Law Firm
Markey Stubbs | Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Michael Trask | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Upstate
Adam Bach | Eller Tonnsen Bach
Rita Barker | Wyche, P.A.
Zach Brown | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Andrew Carson | Clardy Law Firm
Langdon Cheves | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Clay Custer | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
KonstantineDiamaduros |Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Vernon Dunbar | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Natalie Ecker | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
Jennifer Eubanks | Canal Insurance
Nick Farr | Rogers Townsend, LLC
Wally Fayssoux | Fayssoux & Landis
Shelby Herbkersman | Clawson and Staubes
Jennifer Johnsen | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Frankie Marion | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Carter Massingill | Gallivan, White & Boyd
David Moore | Turner Padget
Kristen Nowacki | Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Tim Nowacki | Clardy Law Firm
Nihar Patel | The Carolina Law Group
David Price Jr. | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
Derrick Quattlebaum | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Phillip Reeves | Gallivan, White & Boyd
David Rheney | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Kurt M. Rozelsky | Spencer Fane LLP
Amy Snyder | Clawson and Staubes
Trey Still | Clawson and Staubes
Jeanmarie Tankersley |Clawson and Staubes
Alex Timmons | Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Kyle White | White Davis & White
Matt Whitehead | The Carolina Law Group
Bo Williams | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Catherine Wrenn | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Intellectual Property and Innovation
Lowcountry
John McElwaine
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
As the managing partner of NMR&S’ Charleston office,McElwaine focuses his practice on the fields of intellectual property,internet, domain name and technology litigation. In the area of litigation, hehas been involved with numerous court actions and arbitration proceedings underthe Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers’ Uniform Domain-NameDispute-Resolution Policy.
His work in the area of strategic counseling involves advisingclients on intellectual property matters, including the assignment, licensing,and development of applications and other technology, as well asbrand-protection measures on the internet and within online social medianetworks. McElwaine is an active member of the Intellectual PropertyConstituency serving as its representative to the policy-making council ofICANN since 2020.
In 2015, McElwaine was appointed by the World IntellectualProperty Organization to be a panelist arbitrator for UDRP proceedings. Also,with the International Trademark Association, he has served as chair of theInternet Committee and prior to that was the vice-chair and sub-committee chairof the New gTLD Registry Issues Subcommittee.
The McLean, Virginia, native received his J.D. from theUniversity of South Carolina. He enjoys running and playing bass guitar.
Midlands
Todd Serbin
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Serbin is a member of Nexsen Pruet’s Intellectual Property Group,working from the firm’s Columbiaoffice.
His practice focuses on matters related to patent, trademark,copyright, trade secret, and entertainment law.
He has more than two decades of experience counseling clientsranging in size from individuals to Fortune 500 companies.
His range of experience includes intellectual property-relatedlitigation; preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent andtrademark applications; negotiation of IP-related agreements such asassignments, license, and joint research/venture agreements; and providingpatentability and infringement opinions.
Serbin, who graduated from the University of Vienna along withthe University of Michigan and Villanova University School of Law, hasconsiderable experience practicing in foreign countries.
Previously, he practiced with a Philadelphia-based firm inColumbia, a large patent boutique in Tel Aviv, Israel, and an intellectualproperty boutique in Miami.
Serbin enjoys cooking, along with an array of athleticactivities, including ice hockey, fly fishing, and cornhole. He also likesspending time with his three children as they participate in a variety ofactivities, including helping him work in the garden.
Upstate
Neil Batavia
Dority & Manning, P.A.
Batavia has practiced intellectual property law at Dority &Manning in Greenville for nearly 20 years. His practice includes patentportfolio management and related prosecution, opinion work, and clientcounseling.
He specializes in electrical and computer-implemented subjectmatter and has experience that spans related technical areas, includingcomputer hardware and software, autonomous robotics, computer vision, wearabletechnologies, telecommunications, and data compression/encoding.
He enjoys the opportunity to partner with high-technologycompanies to develop innovative IP strategies.
Batavia serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations,and he is particularly enthusiastic about access to early childhood education.
Prior to law school, he designed and implemented a bioinformaticssoftware for genetic sequencing.
Batavia earned undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and computerscience from Clemson University, and a Juris Doctor from the University ofSouth Carolina School of Law.
He lists his father as his most influential mentor, and he enjoysbeing outdoors with wife Lindsey and their two daughters.
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Lowcountry
*David Cox | Barnwell Whaley
Brent Sausser | Sausser Summers PC
Midlands
Meliah Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
Steve A. Matthews | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Upstate
Thomas W. Epting | Fox Rothschild LLP
Hunter Freeman | Burr & Forman LLP
Amy Hinson | Parker Poe
Heidi Hood | Dority & Manning
Meliah Bowers Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
Doug Kim | Kim, Lahey and
Killough Law Firm
Allison Ko | Dority & Manning
Wallace Lightsey | Wyche, P.A.
Doug Lineberry | Burr & Forman LLP
Alan Marshall | Dority & Manning
Bennett Mullinax | J.Bennett Mullinax LLC
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Josh Smith | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Tim St. Clair | Parker Poe
Matthew Sutch | Dority & Manning
Tom Vanderbloemen |Vanderbloemen Law Firm
Zach Weaver | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Rhoades White | Dority & Manning
Parks Workman | Dority & Manning
International
Midlands
Joseph Dickey
Dickey Law Group
Dickey works as a legal advocate for businesses, governmentalentities, and individuals.
Prior to attending law school, he worked at an economicdevelopment firm in Fukuoka, Japan, and as a result is conversant in Japaneseand knowledgeable of Japanese business practices.
A native of Wellford, Dickey earned his Bachelor of Arts inJapanese and International Trade and Bachelor of Science in Management fromClemson University, and his Juris Doctor from University of South CarolinaSchool of Law.
During law school, Dickey served as associate student workseditor for the South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business, waspresident of the International Law Society, and manager of the Black LawStudents’ Association’s MootCourt Bar.
He currently serves on the boards of the Japan AmericaAssociation, Midlands Education and Business Alliance, and Goodwill Industriesof Upstate/Midlands South Carolina.
Upstate
Joseph Rohe
6125 Trade LLC
Rohe is a licensed United States Customs broker and NCBFAACertified Customs Specialist who represents and advises clients in matterspertaining to international trade, transportation and logistics, and customsand regulatory compliance.
He works with clients to help them reduce import duty exposure,mitigate fines and penalties, and develop in-house trade compliance programs.His experience spans many industries, including cosmetics, automotive, cannabisand cannabis derivatives, food and beverage, and electrical systems andcomponents.
Rohe previously practiced with a national firm, and in March2022, he left to form 6125 Trade LLC, which focuses exclusively oninternational trade law, consulting, and advisory services.
A graduate of The Citadel and the University of Durham inEngland, Rohe is a Charleston native.
He counts Stephen L. Brown of Clement Rivers LLP as his mostinfluential mentor, and Rohe’s hobbies include sailing, mountaineering, andautomotive restoration.
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Lowcountry
*OliviaFroncillo | Froncillo Law Firm
Julius H. Hines | Hines & Gilsenan LLC
John H. Wilkinson | John H. Wilkinson ADR
Midlands
Wolfgang Buchmaier |Buchmaier Law Firm
David Dubberly | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Dayton Riddle | Parker Poe
Upstate
Henry Burwell | Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough LLP
Frank Davis | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Eric Graben | Wyche, P.A.
Amy Hinson | Parker Poe
Allen Ladd | Allen C. Ladd, Attorney
Philip Land | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jay Rogers | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Garrett Steck | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Elizabeth (Betty) Temple | Womble Bond
Dickinson LLP
Knox White | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Billy Wilkins | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Marshall Winn | Wyche, P.A.
Labor
(Tie) Lowcountry
Elliot Condon
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Condon, an associate with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, focuses onproducts liability and insured defense litigation. She represents clients incontract and bad-faith actions as well as coverage disputes. Condon also workswith employers on employment agreements, wage-payment matters, and other stateemployment-related regulations.
Condon earned an undergraduate degree from Clemson University anda Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Prior to joining Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, she served as ajudicial clerk to Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr., U.S. District Court for theDistrict of South Carolina.
The Charleston native has had many wonderful mentors over theyears, both inside and outside the legal world, including her parents. Shelists her most influential mentor as the late John Tiller, a noted trialattorney.
Condon lists her hobbies as spending time outdoors, traveling,and watching Clemson football. The most recent book she read was “TheImpossible Mock Orange Trial,” by Thad G. Long.
(Tie) Lowcountry
Lucy Sanders
Bloodgood & Sanders LLC
Sanders has been practicing employment law for the majority ofher career. Following law school, she worked as a law clerk for the HonorableDeadra L. Jefferson of the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
She has more than a decade of experience representing plaintiffsand defendants in state and federal employment litigation.
Sanders also advises employees and small businesses onemployment-related issues, helps clients understand employment law, and helpsclients seek meaningful resolution of employment claims through mediation andnegotiation.
A native of Russellville, Kentucky, Sanders earned a Bachelor ofArts in Sociology from Furman University and her Juris Doctor from theCharleston School of Law.
She is a board member of Center for Heirs’ Property Preservationand a co-founder of the Compass Collegiate Academy Charter School inCharleston.
Sanders counts her father, a Harvard Law School graduate whotaught her the value of education and giving back to the community, as her mostinfluential mentor.
Upstate
Stephanie Lewis
Jackson Lewis PC
Lewis is the office managing principal of the Greenville andCharlotte offices of Jackson Lewis. She also serves on the firm’s board ofdirectors and is co-leader of the litigation practice group. She representsemployers in employment litigation and advises businesses on practices andpolicies to foster employee engagement and avoid litigation.
She has handled all aspects of employment law but focuses on payequity, sexual harassment training, investigations, litigation, reductions inforce, and multi-state compliance for Fortune 500 companies in the retail,manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries.
Lewis served as a law clerk for Karen Johnson Williams of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Patrick Michael Duffy of theU.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Lewis received her Bachelorof Arts from N.C. State University and her J.D. from UNC. While attending lawschool, she served as articles editor of theNorth Carolina Law Review.
When she’s not practicing law, Lewis enjoys gardening,Orangetheory Fitness, and reading. She most recently began reading “The LincolnHighway: A Novel,” by Amor Towles.
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Lowcountry
Amy Jenkins | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Ashley Kutz Kelley |Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Samantha Albrecht | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA
Beth Bowen | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Jack Cohoon | Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, P.A.
Angus Macaulay | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robin R. McLean | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Elizabeth Millender | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Paul Porter | Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC
Stephen Savitz | Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Sheila Willis | Fisher Phillips
Grant Wills | Fisher Phillips
Upstate
Brian Arnold | Arnold Law Firm
Courtney Atkinson | Metcalfe & Atkinson, LLC
Sarah Batson | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Jennie Cluverius | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Ashley Cuttino | Ogletree Deakins
Chris Gantt-Sorenson | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
William Gignilliat | Jackson Lewis P.C.
James K. Gilliam | Burr & Forman LLP
Joshua Hawkins | Hawkins and Jedezniak Law Firm
Phillip Kilgore | Ogletree Deakins
Camden Massingill |Wyche, P.A.
John Merrell | Ogletree Deakins
Randy Moody | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Alexander Paterra | Paterra Law Firm, LLC
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Chase Samples | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Andy Satterfield | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Josh Smith | Smith Hudson Law, LLC
Tom Stephenson | Stephenson and Murphy
Frank Stern | Jackson Lewis P.C.
Fred Suggs | Ogletree Deakins
Jeremy Summerlin | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Zach Weaver | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Maritime
Lowcountry
Ryan Gilsenan
Hines & GilsenanLLC
As an experienced litigator, Gilsenan solves problems withcreativity, responsiveness, and diligence. With a maritime practice defendingship owners,charterers, and pilot associations, Gilsenan also drafts andnegotiates transportation agreements, charter parties, and vessel-financingtransactions.In other aspects of his law practice, Gilsenan defendscontractors and building-supply manufacturers in construction-defect casesandlitigates a variety of tort cases and contract disputes.
As a former seagoing engineer in the U.S. Merchant Marine,Gilsenan has firsthand experience in the technical design, operation,maintenance, and repair of a wide range of seagoing vessels. Gilsenan hasrepresented vessel owners and charterers alike hailing from Bermuda and theCaribbean, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, New York, Russia,Scandinavia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Gilsenan received a bachelor’s in marine engineering systems fromthe U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a master’s in journalism and masscommunication from UNC Chapel Hill before earning his J.D. from the Universityof South Carolina School of Law, where he was recognized with a CALI Award forExcellence in Product Liability.
He includes ice hockey among his hobbies. Gilsenan recentlystarted reading “Coming into the Country,” by John McPhee.
Midlands
Rebecca “Becky”Laffitte
Robinson Gray Stepp& Laffitte LLC
Laffitte has a diverse practice that includes focus on disputesinvolving alternative resolution, dram shop, health care, product liability,premises liability, and commercial transportation and trucking.
She is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers as wellas the Litigation Counsel of America, and she’s a member of the InternationalAssociation of Defense Counsel and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
She’s also a member of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court andthe National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), among other professionalassociations.
In the community, Laffitte is a former board member of theColumbia College Board of Trustees and has served as a president of the JuniorLeague of Columbia.
A native of Allendale, Laffitte earned her Bachelor of Arts fromColumbia College, an MAT from University of South Carolina, and her JurisDoctor from University of South Carolina School of Law.
Upstate
Joseph Rohe
6125 Trade LLC
Rohe is a licensed United States Customs broker and NCBFAACertified Customs Specialist who represents and advises clients in matterspertaining to international trade, transportation and logistics, and customsand regulatory compliance.
He works with clients to help them reduce import duty exposure,mitigate fines and penalties, and develop in-house trade compliance programs.His experience spans many industries, including cosmetics, automotive, cannabisand cannabis derivatives, food and beverage, and electrical systems andcomponents.
Rohe previously practiced with a national firm, and in March2022, he left to form 6125 Trade LLC, which focuses exclusively oninternational trade law, consulting, and advisory services.
A graduate of The Citadel and the University of Durham inEngland, Rohe is a Charleston native.
He counts Stephen L. Brown of Clement Rivers LLP as his mostinfluential mentor, and Rohe’s hobbies include sailing, mountaineering, andautomotive restoration.
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Lowcountry
David Collins | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Paul Gibson | E. Paul Gibson, P.C.
Julius Hines | Hines & Gilsenan LLC
Randell Stoney | Barnwell Whaley
Upstate
Mark Bakker | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Stephen Layne | Wyche,P.A.
Mediation
Midlands
Costa Pleicones
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
Pleicones, a former Chief Justice of the South Carolina SupremeCourt, advises Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd clients on complex litigation andappellate matters.His practice primarily involves alternate disputeresolution. He is certified as a mediator in both state and federal courts, andas an arbitrator in South Carolina. Since joining HSB in 2018, Pleicones hasconducted hundreds of mediations and numerous arbitrations.
The Columbia native received his undergraduate degree fromWofford College before attending the University of South Carolina, where heearned his J.D. After graduating from UofSC, Costa began a 30-year active-dutyand reserve-service military career in the Army, serving as a captain in theArmy Judge Advocate General’s Corps for four years and as colonel in the ArmyReserve for 26 years.
Pleicones has received a host of honors and awards during hiscareer, including the Richland County Bar John W. Williams DistinguishedService Award and the Wofford College Charles H. Gray ’72 Distinguished ServiceAward.
Pleicones enjoys solving crossword puzzles and reading. Herecently began reading “The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age ofUnreason,” by Douglas Murray.
(Tie) Upstate
Amanda Bradley
McAngus Goudelock& Courie LLC
Bradley has been a trial lawyer for 25 years, during which shehas focused on litigating personal injury, class action, bad faith, premisesliability, products liability, insurance coverage, and toxic tort cases. Shehas presented seminars on defense litigation strategies, approaches to solvingethical dilemmas in litigation, toxic-mold litigation, and interviewingtechniques.
In her role as a certified mediator, Bradley assists others inidentifying key issues to help resolve cases involving all types of civillitigation. She is a strong believer in mediation and has found it to play avital role in our legal system.
The Greenville native earned her undergraduate degree fromClemson University and her J.D. from Tulane University Law School, where shegraduated cum laude.
When she’s not practicing law, Bradley, who is married with twochildren, enjoys spending time with her family, as well as running, outdooractivities, the beach and reading. She most recently began reading “A ThousandSplendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. She names Doc Morgan as her most influentialmentor.
(Tie) Upstate
Thomas W. Traxler
Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler P.A.
Traxler has practiced law in his hometown of Greenville for morethan 40 years. His work focuses on complex civil litigation and mediation, andhe has worked as a mediator for 25 years.
He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and amember of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates(ABOTA).
Traxler served on the South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners from2001-2009, and he was an adjunct instructor in Business Law at FurmanUniversity from 1981 to 2011.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in German from Davidson College andJuris Doctor from University of South Carolina School of Law.
Traxler has received the Greenville County Bar Tommy ThomasonAward and the South Carolina Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from ABOTA.
He cites his father as his most influential mentor, and the lastbook Traxler read was Lisa Wingate’s “Before We Were Yours.”
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Christie Allen | Wills Massalon & Allen LLC
*Jack Gresh | Dodds Hennessy & Stith Law Firm
Marvin Infinger | Barnwell Whaley
Todd Manley | Manley& Halverstadt
Marie-Louise Ramsdale | Ramsdale Law Firm
Darren Sanders | Sanders ADR, LLC
Randell Stoney | Barnwell Whaley
Trenholm Walker | Walker Gressette & Linton, LLC
Tom Wills | Wills Massalon & Allen LLC
Midlands
Anthony Charles | Anthony J. Charles
Mediation Services, LLC
Angus Macaulay | Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robin R. McLean | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Upstate
Steven Buckingham | The Law Office of Steven
Edward Buckingham
*Anne Culbreath | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Eric Englebardt | Wilson & Englebardt, LLC
Leslie R. Fisk | Cate & Brough, P.A.
Jack Griffeth | Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
Meliah Bowers Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
Wallace Lightsey | Wyche, P.A.
C. Stuart Mauney | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Henry Parr | Wyche, P.A.
John Perkins | Perkins Law Firm
Joseph M. Ramseur, Jr.| Mitchell Ramseur, LLC
Kurt M. Rozelsky | Spencer Fane LLP
Kenneth P. Shabel | Kennedy & Brannon
Amy Snyder | Clawson and Staubes
Medical Malpractice – Defendant
Midlands
George Beighley
Richardson Plowden
Beighley concentrates his practice on medical malpracticedefense. Before joining Richardson Plowden, Beighley was assistant attorneygeneral for the state of South Carolina from 1975 to 1978.
For more than 45 years, Beighley has represented insurancecompanies in major medical malpractice claims; defended physicians, dentists,and practices in medical and professional malpractice cases; and provided legalrisk management services to major hospital networks and physician practices.
He is certified as a mediator and arbitrator by the SouthCarolina Supreme Court.
Beighley earned a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania StateUniversity and Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School ofLaw.
He is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District ofSouth Carolina, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the U.S.Supreme Court.
Upstate
Sally Purnell
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
With over 30 years of experience defending and litigating medicalmalpractice claims, Purnell has successfully tried many cases, includingwrongful death cases.
She also advises hospitals and physicians on matters of riskmanagement, informed consent, patient confidentiality and peer review.
Purnell has been recognized by Best Lawyers as MedicalMalpractice Law Defendants' "Lawyer of the Year" for 2021 and2017.
She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates SouthCarolina Chapter and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel andInternational Society of Barristers.
Her community involvement includes having served on the boards ofthe Piedmont Health Foundation and the Greenville County Free MedicalClinic.
An Alabama native, Purnell is a graduate of Auburn University andearned her law degree at the University of Alabama.
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Lowcountry
Mary Agnes ‘’Molly’’Hood Craig | Hood Law Firm, LLC
Spencer Craig Gill | Hall Booth Smith
*Jack Gresh | Dodds Hennessy & Stith Law Firm
Lauren Spears Gresh | Hall Booth Smith
Caroline Niland | Copeland, Stair Valz & Lovell, LLP
Midlands
William C. McDow | Richardson Plowden &
Robinson, P.A.
G. Murrell Smith, Jr. | Smith Robinson
Upstate
Ben Alexander | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Jim Cox | Wyche, P.A.
Collie W. “Trip” Lehn, Jr. | Huff, Powell& Bailey, LLC
Ken Shaw | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Trey Suggs |Roe Cassidy Coates & Price, PA
David Williford | Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC
Medical Malpractice – Plaintiff
Midlands
Kenneth Suggs
Janet, Janet & Suggs, LLC
Suggs is a litigation principal with Janet, Janet & Suggs andpractices as a trial lawyer, exclusively representing injured people againstnegligent corporations, medical personnel, and manufacturers of dangerousproducts.
Suggs has also argued before the South Carolina Supreme Court inmatters that ultimately changed the law for the benefit of consumers. He hasmore than 40 years of legal experience.
Suggs has held a broad range of leadership positions in manyorganizations devoted to law and education, including serving as president ofthe American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyersof America) from 2005-2006, and president of the South Carolina Association forJustice.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from ClemsonUniversity and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School ofLaw. Prior to law school, he served in the United States Navy, including twoyears during the Vietnam War.
He lists his most influential mentor as Harry Philo, a notedtrial attorney, and said the last book he read was “The 1619 Project.” TheGreenville native’s hobbies include photography.
Midlands
Francis M. “Brink”Hinson IV
HHP Law Group LLC
Hinson co-founded HHP Law Group LLC, and for more thanone-and-a-half decades, he has sought justice for individuals who were injuredthrough carelessness, neglect, and indifference.
He focuses his work on catastrophic injury cases, with most casesrelated to medical negligence. Hinson also litigates cases dealing with neglectand abuse in jails and detention centers.
As both a first- and second-chair attorney, Hinson has triedcases and obtained multimillion-dollar jury verdicts and settlements forclients.
In 2014, he was named one of South Carolina’s Top 40 Under 40attorneys by National Trial Lawyers, and he was named to the Super Lawyers listof South Carolina Rising Stars in 2016-2018.
His most influential mentor was Ken Suggs, and the last book heread was “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” by Daniel Kahneman.
A native of Bennettsville, Hinson earned his undergraduate degreefrom Furman University, an MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business, and hisJuris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.
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Lowcountry
Bradley Banyas | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Nathan Hughey | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Justin Kahn | Kahn Law Firm
*Julie Moore | Duffy and Young, LLC
Mark C. Tanenbaum | Mark C. Tanenbaum, PA
Midlands
John Eric Fulda | Whetstone Perkins & Fulda
Robert Goings | Goings Law Firm, LLC
Randall Hood | McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips LLC
John Moylan | Wyche, P.A.
Robert B. Ransom | Leventis & Ransom
Matthew Richardson | Wyche, P.A.
Upstate
Jennifer Burnett | Harbin Law
Will Davis | Davis Law Group
Bill Dodson | Parham Smith & Archenhold, LLC
William L. Dodson Jr. | Parham Smith & Archenhold, LLC
Meliah Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
Bobby Jones | Bobby Jones Law
Wes A. Kissinger | KD Trial Lawyers
T. Ryan Langley | Hodge & Langley
Blake Smith | Parham Smith & Archenhold, LLC
Tom Traxler | Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler, P.A.
Personal Injury – Defendant
Midlands
Richard Thomas
Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson, LLP
Specializing in insurance defense, product liability andprofessional liability, Thomas' extensive trial experience includes state andfederal court.
The cum laude honors Duke University graduate received his lawdegree from the University of South Carolina in 1981 and joined Alford, Johnson& Salane in 1982 after clerking with Circuit Court Judge James B.Stephen.
Thomas has been with Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLPsince its founding in 1983. He has been a speaker and seminar faculty memberfor insurance companies and continuing legal education organizations,addressing topics like trial and discovery techniques.
Thomas is a member of the American Bar Association, the RichlandCounty Bar Association and has served as a lecturer at the South CarolinaDefense Trial Attorneys Association at its annual trial academy.
A member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Thomasis active with Shandon United Methodist Church, where he has taught SundaySchool for over 15 years and volunteered for local and international missionprojects.
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Lowcountry
Madelyn Dukes | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Christy Fargnoli |Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC
Lauren Ellison Fox | Helmly & Good
Daniel Fuerst | Hall Booth Smith
Spencer Craig Gill | Hall Booth Smith
*David Haselden | Rosen Law Firm, LLC
Connor Hoy | Barnwell Whaley
Nathan Hughey | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Chris Kovach | Barnwell Whaley
Mary Linton | Barnwell Whaley
Trey Thompson | Hall Booth Smith
Scott Wallinger | Barnwell Whaley
Midlands
Hank Burris | Burris and Ridgeway
Johnston Cox | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Paul John Coyle | Walker Law, LLC
Rebecca Laffitte |Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Tyler Lee | Lee Injury Law
Stanley Myers | Moore Bradley Myers
Steven Price | Clawson and Staubes
Jerry Reardon | Law Office of Jerry Reardon
Wayne Ridgeway | Burris and Ridgeway
Michael Trask | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Upstate
Andy Arnold | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Drew Bradshaw | White Davis & White
Zach Brown | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Mark Chappell Jr. | Chappel, Smith and Arden, PA
Clay Custer | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Will Davis | Davis Law Group
Perry Deloach | The Law Offices of Perry B. DeLoach, Jr., LLC.
Charles Groves | Charles M. Groves, LLC
Shelby Herbkersman | Clawson and Staubes
Wilson Jackson | Moseley Marcinak Law Group
Zandra Johnson | The Law Firm of Zandra L. Johnson, LLC
Ryan Langley | Hodge & Langley
Michael Melonakos | Melonakos Law Firm
Ryan Montgomery | Ryan Montgomery Law
Andy Moorman | Moorman Law Firm
Elizabeth Philpot | Philpot Law Firm PA
David Price, Jr. | Howard, Howard, Francis, & Reid
James H. Price, IV | Price Law Firm, P.A.
Michael Rabb | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Phillip Reeves | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Hunter Reid | Howard, Howard, Francis & Reid
David Rheney | Gallivan White & Boyd
Kurt M. Rozelsky | Spencer Fane LLP
Amy Snyder | Clawson and Staubes
Alex Stalvey | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Trey Still | Clawson and Staubes
Jeremy Summerlin | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Sam Tooker | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
Genevieve Weaver | Clardy Law Firm
Marshall Winn | Wyche, P.A.
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Midlands
Clarke Newton
Bluestein Attorneys
A partner with Bluestein Attorneys, Newton specializes incriminal defense, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and personalinjury.
Newton is a member of the South Carolina Young Lawyers Divisionand the South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from theUniversity of Florida and his Juris Doctor from the University of SouthCarolina School of Law.
Newton formerly served on the Community Advocate MembershipProgram for Brookland Cayce High School and is on the board of directors ofTrinity Learning Center. His hobbies include reading, baseball, golf, andhiking. The last book he read was “Nasty, Brutish, and Short” by Scott Hershovitz.
Upstate
J. Matthew Whitehead
The Carolina Law Group LLC
For the past decade, Whitehead’s focus has been on personalinjury, catastrophic loss, wrongful death, and complex litigation in state andfederal court. After years of representing local government and nationalcorporations, he wanted to use that experience to fight for people harmedthrough no fault of their own and hold those who cause such harm accountable –regardless of size. He also works for the rights of those who have been victimsof crime.
Whitehead graduated from the University of South Carolina HonorsCollege and School of Law, where he served on the South Carolina Law Review.Whitehead’s mentor, Howard Boyd, preached the instrumental value of theAmerican civil jury system and the significance of being prepared. Those trialattorney values are further reinforced by Whitehead’s memberships in MillionDollar Advocates Forum, SCAJ, AAJ, and National Academy of Personal InjuryAttorneys. He also earned the most votes for Legal Elite in Personal Injuryeach of the last four years.
The Hartsville native moved to Greenville in 2005, where he liveswith his wife Kristin, their three children, and dog. When not practicing law,Whitehead enjoys cookouts, music trivia, and coaching.
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Lowcountry
Bradley Banyas | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Christy Fargnoli |Clawson Fargnoli Utsey, LLC
Lauren Ellison Fox | Helmly & Good
Nathan Hughey | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
Mark Joye | Joye Law Firm
Justin Kahn | Kahn Law Firm
*Scott Wallinger | Barnwell Whaley
Midlands
Kenneth Berger | Law Office of Kenneth Berger
Hank Burris | Burris and Ridgeway
Paul John Coyle | Walker Law, LLC
Claire Dorbandt | McCutchen McLean, LLC
Michael Emmer | Kennedy Law Firm, LLC
John Eric Fulda | Whetstone Perkins & Fulda
Robert Goings | Goings Law Firm, LLC
Jessica Gooding | Goings Law Firm, LLC
Joel Hughes | Law Office of Kenneth Berger
John Kassel | Kassel McVey
Micah Leddy | Leddy Law Firm, LLC
Tyler Lee | Lee Injury Law
Will Lewis | Richardson Thomas
Jake Moore | Moore Bradley Myers
Lori Murray | Law Office of Lori S. Murray
Christopher Paschal | Goings Law Firm, LLC
Amanda Pittman | McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips LLC
Steven Price | Clawson and Staubes
Jason Reynolds | Samuels Reynolds Law Firm
Matthew Richardson | Wyche, P.A.
Wayne Ridgeway | Burris and Ridgeway
Jamie Rutkoski | Kassel McVey
Joseph Thickens | Cavanaugh and Thickens
Upstate
Jay Anthony | Anthony Law, LLC
Andy Arnold | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
W. Andrew Arnold | Law Office of W. Andrew Arnold, P.C.
Beattie Ashmore | Beattie Ashmore, Attorney at Law, PA
Scott Bradley | TheJoel Bieber Firm
Mark Chappell Jr. | Chappel, Smith and Arden, PA
Harold Christian | Christian and Christian
Allen Clardy | Clardy Law Firm
Gene Covington | Covington Patrick Hagins Stern & Lewis, PA
Richard Davis | Davis Law Group
Will Davis | Davis Law Group
Perry Deloach | The Law Offices of Perry B. DeLoach, Jr., LLC.
Wally Fayssoux | Fayssoux & Landis
David Hartman | Clardy Law Firm
Knox Haynsworth | Brown Massey Evans McLeod & Haynsworth LLC
Meliah Jefferson | Wyche, P.A.
Zandra Johnson | The Law Firm of Zandra L. Johnson, LLC
Tom A. Killoren Jr. | KD Trial Lawyers
Wes Kissinger | KD Trial Lawyers
Patrick Knie | Knie & Shealy Law Offices
Paul Landis | Fayssoux & Landis
Ryan Langley | Hodge & Langley
Jeffrey Martin | Grimes Teich Anderson
Will Maxey | Thomason& Pracht, LLP
Ryan McCarty | KD Trial Lawyers
Elizabeth McFarland | Thomason & Pracht, LLP
Tyler McLeod | Brown Massey Evans McLeod & Haynsworth LLC
EricMontalvo | Whalen Montalvo, LLC
Ryan Montgomery | Ryan Montgomery Law
Raymond P. Mullman, Jr. | Poliakoff and Associates
Tim Nowacki | Clardy Law Firm
Ryan Pasquini |Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Nihar Patel | The Carolina Law Group
Doug Patrick | Patrick, Lewis & Watts, P.A.
Eric Philpot | Philpot Law Firm PA
Elizabeth Philpot | Philpot Law Firm PA
Christopher Pracht |Thomason & Pracht, LLP
David Price Jr. | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
Hunter Reid | Howard, Howard, Francis & Reid
James Sproat | Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A.
Alex Stalvey | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Sam Tooker | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
Thomas W. Traxler | Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler,P.A.
Genevieve Weaver | Clardy Law Firm
Raymond Wooten | Smith Jordan, P.A.
Bill Young | Ryan Montgomery Law
Product Liability – Defendant
Lowcountry
Ainsley Tillman
Ford Wallace Thomson LLC
Tillman is a litigator who truly enjoys research and legalwriting. She especially enjoys appellate work, real property litigation, andanalyzing lengthy contracts with copious fine print.
While she has handled an array of cases, including thoseinvolving property development, products liability, corporations, trusts andestates, and contract disputes, Tillman especially enjoys appellate work andreal property litigation. She is particularly fond of easement disputes,litigation over covenants and restrictions, and really anything involving dustyold deeds and plats.
When she is not at work, Ainsley may be found sittingquietly at home with her husband, Matt, and their three children. Shealso enjoys the outdoors, and counts herself fortunate to spend several weekseach summer teaching canoeing at Camp Greystone in North Carolina.
She enjoys books, and most recently began reading “Profits andPolitics in Paradise: The Development of Hilton Head Island,” by Michael N.Danielson.
She credits Jim Myrick as being “the best mentor anyone could askfor.”
Midlands
Dave Maxfield
Dave Maxfield, Attorney, LLC
Maxfield runs a boutique consumer protection law practice inColumbia.He has represented thousands of individual consumers in casesagainst banks, credit reporting agencies, and insurance companies.
He is the four-time chairman of the consumer law section of theSouth Carolina Bar, and he the past president of the Richland County BarAssociation.
A self-described “systemsgeek,” Maxfield became obsessed years ago with how law firms could uselean methods and technologies pioneered by the manufacturing world to run moreprofitable practices.
He and co-author Larry Port wrote an ABA top-sellingbook,“The Lean Law Firm,” a manual for translating lean and agile methodsinto a simple, month-by-month template that law firms can use to become moreprofitable.
Besides co-hosting “The Lean Law Firm” podcast, Maxfield consultswith other law firms to help them transform their practices through leanmethods.
Maxfield’s hobbies include soccer, one-wheel riding, andnonfiction writing. He lists his most influential mentor as Gene Trotter, theattorney who hired him out of law school. The last book the Marietta, Ga.,native read was “Hivemind: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World,”by Sarah Rose Cavanaugh.
Upstate
Inez Tenenbaum
Wyche PA
Tenenbaum focuses her practice on consumer product safety andrecalls, crisis and risk management, and internal operations for manufacturersand retailers. She serves as an expert witness in consumer product litigationand the operations of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and alsopractices in the area of education public policy.
Tenenbaum was elected South Carolina superintendent of educationin 1998 and again in 2002. She continues to draw on that experience to counselclients on public policy issues regarding pre-K-12 education on a state,regional, or national level.
In 2009, she was nominated to serve as chairman of the U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission, a post she served in through 2013. Herexperience as chairman of the commission has made her a trusted adviser toclients on product-safety issues including compliance, prevention, crises, andconsumer education.
Tenenbaum is also certified as a state circuit court mediator anda federal district court mediator for civil cases in South Carolina.
The Georgia native received her undergraduate and Master ofEducation degrees from the University of Georgia before earning her J.D. fromthe UofSC School of Law.
When not practicing law, Tenenbaum enjoys hiking, gardening, andcooking.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Jeremy Bowers | Barnwell Whaley
David Cox | Barnwell Whaley
Greg Horton | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Joseph Thompson | Hall Booth Smith
Barbara Wagner | Barnwell Whaley
Jeff Wiseman | Clement Rivers
Midlands
Brian Boger | Brian Boger Law Firm
Gray Culbreath | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Upstate
Greg English | Wyche, P.A.
Stephanie G. Flynn | Fox Rothschild LLP
Shelby Herbkersman | Clawson and Staubes
Amy Hinson | Parker Poe
William Maurides | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Keith Munson | Rimon PC
Phillip Reeves | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Kurt M. Rozelsky | Spencer Fane LLP
Rivers Stilwell | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jeanmarie Tankersley |Clawson and Staubes
Allyson Twilley | Fox Rothschild LLP
Daniel White | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Trevor White | White & Story, LLC
Ronald K. Wray | Gallivan, White & Boyd
PRODUCT LIABILITY - PLAINTIFF RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Brad Banyas | Hughey Law Firm, LLC
David Cox | Barnwell Whaley
Justin Kahn | Kahn Law Firm
Ainsley Tillman | Ford Wallace Thomson, LLC
Midlands
Brian Boger | Brian Boger Law Firm
Dave Maxfield | Dave Maxfield, Attorney, LLC
Matthew Richardson | Wyche, P.A.
Upstate
*Gene Covington | Covington Patrick Hagins Stern & Lewis, PA
Amy Hinson | Parker Poe
Inez Tenenbaum | Wyche, P.A.
Allyson Twilley | Fox Rothschild LLP
Trevor White | White & Story, LLC
PROFFESSIONAL LIABILTY RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
*Jeremy Bowers | Barnwell Whaley
D. Jay Davis, Jr. | Clement Rivers
Midlands
Desa Ballard | Ballard & Watson, Attorneys at Law
Eric S. Bland | Bland Richter, LLP
John T. Lay | Gallivan, White & Boyd
John Moylan | Wyche, P.A.
David L. Paavola | Lewis Babcock L.L.P.
Upstate
*Anne Ross Culbreath | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Paul Landis | Fayssoux & Landis
Wallace Lightsey | Wyche, P.A.
C. Stuart Mauney | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Sam Outten | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Residential Real Estate
Midlands
David Ross
McAngus Goudelock& Courie
Ross represents clients in the areas of residential andcommercial real estate transactions and business formations.
After working for a time in real estate, Ross joined McAngusGoudelock & Courie in 2007, helping to move it from a small regional firmto a full-service statewide practice.
Ross previously was a law clerk for the Honorable Casey L.Manning of the Fifth Judicial Circuit.
He is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, ColumbiaHomebuilders Association, Central Carolina Association of Realtors, and theSouth Carolina Bankers Association and S.C. Mortgage Bankers Association.
Ross earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of SouthCarolina and Juris Doctor from University of South Carolina School of Law. Inhis spare time, Ross coaches the boys basketball team at the Hammond School,supports Gamecock basketball, and enjoys spending time with his wife Kelley andtheir two children.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
David Bevon | Bevon Law Firm, LLC
Guy Dabbs | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Chris Digby | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
*Catherine LaFond | LaFond Law Group, PA
Andrew McLester | McLester & Niemiec
Lenord Mitchum | Buxton & Collie, LLC
Anthony Stith, Jr. | Dodds Hennessy & Stith Law Firm
Brent Suttles | Suttles Law Firm
Mark Weeks | Weeks Law Firm
Midlands
Renique Brabham | McDonnell & Associates
Lisa Hostetler Brown | LawyerLisa
Robert Grimm | Law Office of Robert J. Grimm, LLC
Trey Harrell | Harrel, Martin & Peace
James B. Hindersman | Law Offices of James B. Hindersman, LLC
Thomas Kilpatrick | Murphy and Kilpatrick, P.A.
Jimmy Knight | Caskey & Imgrund
Jonathan Moore | The Law Office of Johnathan Moore, LLC
Tiara Pitts | SC Association of Realtors
Matthew E. Rupert | The Dial Firm, LLC
Creighton Segars | Stuckey Fata & Segars, LLC
James Segars | Stuckey Fata & Segars, LLC
Upstate
JJ Andrighetti | Culbertson Andrighetti LLC
Michael Bagwell | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Hunter Baughman | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Griffin Bell | Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC
Kevin Brady | Guest & Brady, LLC
Adam Breaux | Breaux & Callahan, P.A.
Aaron De Bruin | De Bruin Law Firm
Courtney Camferdam | Camferdam Law Firm, LLC
Daniel Craig | Johnson Smith Attorneys at Law
Bailey Crosby | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Erin Culbertson | Culbertson Andrighetti LLC
Bryan DeBruin | De Bruin Law Firm
Tommy Dugas | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Chris Edwards | Edwards Law Firm, LLC
Doug Evans | Brown Massey Evans McLeod & Haynsworth LLC
Jason Gainey | Gainey & Gainey, LLP
Nathan Galbreath | Nelson & Galbreath
Brad Gower | Nelson & Galbreath
Steven Hammett | Blair Cato Pickren and Casterline
Jan Horton | Horton & Horton Law Firm, LLC
Danny Hoy |Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Robert S. “Trey”Ingram III | Holliday Ingram Law Firm
Clayton Jennings | Jennings Law Firm LLC
Kim Keable | Keable & Brown, PA
John Kehl | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Josh Lonon | Wyche, P.A.
Jack McDonald | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Cristine Oyer | Cristine Oyer Law
Brian Ponder | Nelson & Galbreath
Bradley K. Richardson | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
*Cam Salle | Salle Law Firm
Scott Sanders | E. Scott Sanders, LLC
Bracknell Shuler | B. Bracknell Shuler, LLC
Henry Sullivan | McKinney Sullivan, LLC
Tax and Estate Planning
Lowcountry
Jennifer WilliamsDavis
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Davisassists high-net-worth individuals and families with estate planning,charitable giving, and business succession planning.
She alsoguides companies through state and local economic development issues and taxincentives. A Wofford College graduate, Davis received her law degree from theUniversity of South Carolina in 1998 and has business experience working with a"Big Four" accounting firm.
A certifiedspecialist in taxation law with the South Carolina Supreme Court, she hasserved as the chair of the Taxation Law Specialization AdvisoryBoard.
She is amember of the Charleston Tax Council, South Carolina Bar, Tax Section of theAmerican Bar Association, Charleston Estate Planning Council, CharlestonLawyers Club, South Carolina Economic Developers Association and the SouthCarolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association.
Davis isalso the co-author of “South Carolina Taxation and Economic Tax Initiatives(Third Edition, 2013).”
Midlands
David Ford
Ford Law Firm LLC
Ford practices in the areas of taxation, business transactions andadvisory services, exit/succession planning, and estate planning.
He helps business owners in every aspect of a company’s lifecycle, including purchase, funding and financing, expansion, tax planning andtax compliance, and exit and succession planning. He also assists clients withtax-deferred like-kind exchanges involving real estate investments.
Ford earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Universityof South Carolina, his Juris Doctor from the University of South CarolinaSchool of Law, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School ofLaw.
His most influential mentor was W. Alexander Weatherly Jr., J.D.and CPA, and the last book he read was “Rediscovering Americanism” by Mark R.Levin.
Ford is an assistant basketball coach at Cardinal Newman School.In his spare time, he enjoys being involved with his children’s activities,including his daughter’s dance, voice, and acting activities, and his son’stennis and basketball games.
Upstate
David Merline Jr.
Merline & Meacham, P.A.
A South Carolina Supreme Court-certified specialist in taxationlaw, estate planning and probate law, Merline is also an American College ofTrust and Estate Counsel Fellow and is a member of many estate planningassociations and community groups.
For 38 years, the graduate of University of Miami and Universityof South Carolina School of Law has advised clients in the Greenville area onmergers and acquisitions, business and transactional law, succession planningand family limited partnerships, corporation, and asset protectionplanning.
His many recognitions and honors include being named a 2020TopVote Recipient in the Upstate for Tax & Estate Law and inclusionin Best Lawyers in America in the over 12 fields including corporate law,employee benefits, closely held companies, litigation and family businesslaw.
He is also the co-author of “The Evolution of Legal Malpracticein Estate Planning in South Carolina, SouthCarolina Lawyer (2016),” andtwo South Carolina Bar Division books.
He and his wife Barby have four children.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Laurel Blair | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Jeff Bogdan | Parker Poe
Brent Bullock | Taylor Foley Law Firm
Cecile Crogan | Buxton & Collie, LLC
G.P. Diminich | Shumaker Loop & Kendrick, LLP
David Kunes | Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett
J. Aaron Nelson | The Nelson Law Firm
Graeme Philip | Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani, LLC
Anne Kelley Russell | Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
Midlands
Jeff Z. Brooker, III | The Brooker Law Firm, P.A.
Rita Caughman | Sojourner, Caughman and Thomas
Erin Cook | Estate Planning of SC, LLC
Frank Cureton | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
John Ecton | Ecton Law Firm
Jeffrey Hopkins | Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP
Thomas Kilpatrick | Murphy and Kilpatrick, P.A.
Angela Kirby | Kirby Law, LLC
Johnny Kornegay | Todd and Johnson, LLP
James L. McCutchen |McCutchen McLean, LLC
W. Verne McGough, Jr. | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Williams Newsome | Law Office of Billy Newsome
Charles Prescott | The Prescott Law Firm, LLC
Alan Reyner | Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP
Aaron M. Scheuer | The Brooker Law Firm, P.A.
David Sojourner | Sojourner, Caughman and Thomas
Jonathan E. Spitz |Todd & Johnson, LLP
Derek Swindall | Jolley Law Group
Ryan Wallace | Sojourner, Caughman and Thomas
Kenneth B. Wingate | Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
Upstate
James Anderson | Anderson Law Firm
Robert E. August | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Ella Barbery | Shelly Leeke Law Firm
Jonathan R. Colao | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Matthew Couvillion | Wyche, P.A.
Aaron DeBruin | De Bruin Law Firm
William L. Dennis | Fox Rothschild LLP
Matthew B. Edwards | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Alexander M. Evans | Bradley K. Richardson, PC
Madison Felder | Parker Poe
Randy E. Fisher | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Cary Hall | Wyche, P.A.
Justin Hamrick | Heritage Law
Jim Hardin | Offit Kurman
E. Zachary Horton | Horton & Horton Law Firm, LLC
J. Tod Hyche | FoxRothschild LLP
Ben Leaphart | Ashmore, Leaphart, Rabon LLC
Phillip J. Martin | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
David Massey | Brown Massey Evans McLeod & Haynsworth LLC
Mac McLean | Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Tyler McLeod | Brown Massey Evans McLeod & Haynsworth LLC
Keith G. Meacham | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Andrew D. Merline | Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Lesley Moore | Freeman & Moore
Douglas B. O’Neal| Merline & Meacham, P.A.
Michael Pack | Dennis Shaw Drennan & Pack, LLC
Jake Rea | Burr & Forman LLP
Jeanmarie Tankersley |Clawson and Staubes
David A. Thompson | Thomas, Fisher & Edwards, P.A.
Chuck Verdin | Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
SOCIAL SECUTRIY DISABILITY RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
*Tom White | Steinberg Law Firm
Midlands
D. Michael Kelly | Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC
Upstate
Daniel Hughes | Duggan & Hughes
Linda B. McKenzie | Bowen McKenzie & Bowen, LLP
*Danny Smith | Smith Legal Group, P.C.
Workers’ Compensation –Defendant
Midlands
Kay Gaffney
Barnes Alford Stork & Johnson LLP
Gaffney has been a partner with the firm since its inception andpractices defense litigation with a concentration on hospital and medical malpracticeas well as workers’ compensation. In addition, she is a certified circuit courtmediator and serves as chancellor of the South Carolina Conference of TheUnited Methodist Church. Gaffney has a loyal client base that appreciates herhardworking, thoughtful, involved approach.
She is a graduate of the University of California and theUniversity of South Carolina School of Law, where she was elected to the Orderof the Wig and Robe and received American Jurisprudence awards in Torts, CloseCorporations, and Estate Planning. She is admitted to practice in SouthCarolina and before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolinaand the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Gaffney has been an active member of the South Carolina Bar andwas the first woman elected president of the South Carolina Defense AttorneysAssociation. She currently serves on the Chief Justice’s Commission on theProfession, a commission of the state Supreme Court.
The native of Gaffney enjoys traveling when she’s not practicinglaw.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Dan Addison | Hall Booth Smith
Blakely Bellamy | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Mark Davis | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Madelyn Dukes | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Phillip Ferderigos | Barnwell Whaley
Zach Jarrett | Turner Padget
Jill King | Trask & Howell, LLC
*Brian O’Keefe | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Midlands
Grady Beard | Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Ben Calhoun | Turner Padget
Mundi George | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
J. Russell Goudelock | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Candace Hindersman | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Tyler Lee | Lee Injury Law
Stanley Myers | Moore Bradley Myers
Shannon Poteat |Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Lauren Trask | Collins & Lacy
Upstate
Scott Anderson | Grimes Teich Anderson
Bill Bouton | Mitchell Law Firm
Graham Buckner | Smith Jordan, P.A.
Kristie Commins | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Carole Dennison | The Dennison Law Firm, P.C.
Vernon Dunbar | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Amity Edmonds | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Dan Eller | Eller Tonnsen Bach
Cory Ezzell | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Patrick Fant | Fant Law Firm
Mike Farry | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Mills Gallivan | Gallivan White & Boyd
Casey Gonyea | Gallivan White & Boyd
Katie Grove | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Tyler Hembree | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Erroll Anne Hodges | McAngus Goudelock & Courie
Jeff Jones | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Ryan Langley | Hodge & Langley
Ryan Montgomery | Ryan Montgomery Law
Timothy Nowacki | Clardy Law Firm
David Padgett | Holder, Padgett, Littlejohn & Prickett, LLC
Irvin Philpot | Philpot Law Firm PA
Jared Pretulak | Gallivan, White & Boyd
Ben Renfrow | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Wes Shull | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Zach Smith | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Jim Sproat | Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A.
T.J. Twehues | Gallivan White & Boyd
Hal Willson | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Workers’ Compensation –Plaintiff
Midlands
Allison Sullivan
Bluestein Attorneys
Sullivan works in the areas of workers' compensation and personalinjury to level the playing field for those who have been injured in SouthCarolina. She is a partner with Bluestein Attorneys, which also assistsdisabled people with Social Security and veterans' disability claims.
Sullivan learned firsthand from her parents how compassionate andcommitted leadership can impact lives. She strives to apply those coreprincipals in the representation of her clients, many of whom are going throughsome of the most difficult times of their lives.
Sullivan is recognized by her peers for her advocacy in personalinjury and workers' compensation. She also frequently assists other law firmswith complex/catastrophic injury claims.
The Florence native received her undergraduate degree inpolitical science from Furman University before earning her J.D. from theUniversity of South Carolina School of Law.
She includes among her hobbies gardening, travel, photography,and golf. She also recently began reading “Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, andthe Sting that Launched the War on Drugs,” by Jason Ryan.
Upstate
Mitchell Byrd
The Carolina Law Group
A graduate of Wofford College and the University of SouthCarolina School of Law, Byrd has dedicated his practice almost entirely tohelping injured workers gain access to workers’ compensation benefits. He feelsprivileged to represent those who have been injured.
Language is not a barrier, as many of Byrd’s clients arenon-English speaking. With 16 years of litigation experience, he considershimself a trial attorney and enjoys the complex process that is often necessaryto secure benefits for his clients.
Byrd names his Carolina Law Group partners, Nihar Patel and MontyDesai, as his most influential mentors. Outside the office, he enjoys bikingand playing guitar. Currently, he is reading “The Pillars of the Earth” by KenFollett.
ALSO RECOGNIZED:
Lowcountry
Dan Addison | Hall Booth Smith
Phillip Ferderigos | Barnwell Whaley
Michael Jordan | Steinberg Law Firm
*Tom White | Steinberg Law Firm
Midlands
William Alexander | Law Office of William H. Alexander
Kenneth Berger | Law Office of Kenneth Berger
MartiBluestein | Bluestein Attorneys
Tyler Lee | Lee Injury Law
Zachary D. Linowski | Lee Eadon Isgett Popwell & Owens
*Preston McDaniel | McDaniel Law Firm
Andrea Roche | Mickle & Bass LLC
Ramie Shalabi | Dayson & Shalabi Law Firm, LLC
George Taylor | Chappel, Smith and Arden, PA
Upstate
Scott Anderson | Grimes Teich Anderson
Bill Bouton | Mitchell Law Firm
Graham Buckner | Smith Jordan, P.A.
Jeremy A. Dantin | KD Trial Lawyers
Richard Davis | Davis Law Group
Carole Dennison | The Dennison Law Firm, P.C.
Brad Easterling | Clardy Law Firm
Dan Eller | Eller Tonnsen Bach
Michael Farry | Horton Law Firm, P.A.
Walter Frye | EllerTonnsen Bach
Dana Mitchell | Mitchell Law Firm
Ryan Montgomery | Ryan Montgomery Law
Timothy Nowacki | Clardy Law Firm
Irvin H. Philpot III | Philpot Law Firm PA
Sheally Venus Poe | Venus Poe, PA
David Price Jr. | David R. Price Jr., P.A.
Ben Renfrow | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Logan Rollins | Hawk Law PA
James Segura| Varner and Segura
Wes Shull | Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, P.A.
Jim Sproat | Chappell Smith & Arden, P.A.
James Sproat | Hawk Law PA
Alex Stalvey | Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey
Bill Young | Ryan Montgomery Law
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- Real Estate Law. Real estate law is a busy area of practice involving a lot of technical requirements focused on sales and entitlements. ...
- Personal Injury Law. ...
- Labor and Employment Law. ...
- Family Law. ...
- Bankruptcy Law. ...
- Immigration Law. ...
- Insurance Law.
Who are Elon Musk's lawyers? ›
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom helped represent Musk.
Which lawyers do Apple use? ›General Counsel. Katherine Adams is Apple's general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.
What US city has the most lawyers? ›New York City, NY
New York State has the highest concentration of lawyers compared to any other state, resulting in higher demand for the profession — nearly double the average national demand.
About John Morton-Finney
He earned his final degree at the age of 75. Dr. Morton-Finney practiced law until the age of 106, having worked in the field for nearly 85 years. At the time of his death at the age of 108, Morton-Finney is believed to be the longest practicing attorney in the United States.
They concluded that the combination of an oversupply of lawyers and declining demand for lawyer's services is driving the trend. “Demand side influences on lawyers' incomes loom large,” they wrote in the paper, titled, “Why has the median real income of lawyers been declining?”
What type of lawyer is most in demand? ›- Commercial law.
- Litigation.
- Real estate law.
- Intellectual property.
- Family law.
Being a lawyer is a better job than being a speech-language pathologist but not quite as good as being a statistician. That's the conclusion of U.S. News & World Report, which rated working as a lawyer the ninth best job on its list of 100 Best Jobs of 2022.
Are lawyers above average intelligence? ›Lawyers have amongst the highest average IQ's of all job categories. Note: that's analytical not emotional intelligence. They also have significant formal education and professional licensure--neither of which make them practice ready. But it does provide a degree of analytical rigor.
What are the 4 types of law? ›When researching the law, it is important to remember the four main types of law: constitutional, statutory, administrative and case (common) law.
What are the 7 types of laws? ›- Public and Private Law.
- Civil Law and Criminal Law.
- Substantive and Procedural Law.
- Municipal and International Law.
- Written and Unwritten Law.
- Common Law and Equity.
Where do lawyers make the most money? ›
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| Rank | 1 |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| 2018 Average Salary | $171,550 |
| 2017 Average Salary | $168,200 |
| 2016 Average Salary | $162,010 |
According to a survey of 2,915 U.S. legal professionals, including some who use Clio, the lawyers devote 48 percent of their time on administrative tasks, such as licensing and continuing education, office administration, generating and sending bills, configuring technology and collections.
Who is the government's top lawyer? ›Attorney General Merrick B. Garland was sworn in as the 86th Attorney General of the United States on March 11, 2021. As the nation's chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Garland leads the Justice Department's 115,000 employees, who work across the United States and in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Is there a lawyer shortage in America? ›What You Need to Know. Law firms have a staffing shortage and will need to make more changes besides offering competitive pay. Job postings for business professionals in law firms are at an all-time high, industry experts say.
What is the starting salary for a lawyer in USA? ›At the beginning level, the median salary as of August 2022 was $100,291; at the highest level, the median salary as of August 2022 was $215,409. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median pay in May 2021 for lawyers in the U.S. was $127,990.
What job makes the most money in the world? ›- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- General Surgeon.
- Senior Software Engineer.
- Investment Banker.
- Data Scientist.
- IT Systems Manager.
Real estate law, estate planning law, and intellectual property law are commonly cited as the least stressful types of law to practice.
Who is the most famous lawyer ever? ›#1 Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician, and lawyer who became the 16th president of the United States of America. He passed the bar in 1836 in Springfield, Illinois, and began working under his wife's cousin, John T. Stuart. Lincoln represented clients in both civil and criminal matters.
- Criminal Law.
- Civil Law.
- Administrative Law.
Bill Gates uses farmland as investment vehicle, owning 269,000 acres of land. They own the soil where the potatoes in McDonald's french fries grow, the carrots from the world's largest producer and the onions that Americans sauté every night for dinner.
How do I ask Bill Gates for financial help? ›
- Phone: (206) 709-3400.
- Email: media@gatesfoundation.org.
Gates uses a Samsung Galaxy Fold 3, a foldable smartphone launched by the company in 2021. He also talks about his choice, saying, "With this screen, I can get by with a great portable PC and the phone and nothing else."
Who is the financial advisor for Elon Musk? ›Jared Birchall, a BYU graduate and Latter-day Saint, is Musk's top adviser. Jared Birchall, a Brigham Young University graduate and Latter-day Saint, is the wealth manager and right hand man for Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.
What is 1 of Elon Musk's net worth? ›This is the second time since Oct. 1, 2021, that his net worth has dipped below $200 billion, except for a brief drop to $199 billion in May of this year, Forbes reports.
Who was Twitter's lawyer? ›Vijaya Gadde (born 1974) is an American attorney, who served as general counsel and the head of legal, policy, and trust at Twitter. Her role included handling issues such as harassment, misinformation, and harmful speech.
What firm is representing Johnny Depp? ›The legal firm representing Johnny Depp in his defamation case is Brown Rudnick. The company employs 250 lawyers in financial centres worldwide and has offices in New York, London, Paris, Boston, Washington DC, and California.
How much do Apple pay their lawyers? ›Average Apple Lawyer yearly pay in the United States is approximately $174,715, which is 139% above the national average.
What phones do lawyers use? ›Now almost 75% of lawyers have iPhones, followed by 23% with Android devices, and just over 2% with Blackberries or Microsoft phones. Exactly 50% of lawyers use a tablet for legal work and exactly 50% don't.
Who is the largest employer of lawyers? ›Largest Law Firms Research Summary
The largest law firm in the U.S. is Kirkland Ellis, with a revenue of $6.04 billion and 2,307 employees. As of 2022, U.S. law firms have a market size of $367.9 billion. There are over 1.3 million licensed lawyers and 200 law firms in the U.S.
- Litigation and trial lawyers.
- General counsels.
- Academia.
- Mediators, arbitrators or conciliators.
- Judge.
- Litigation Support Roles.
- Law firm consultant/Legal recruiter.
- Legal Specialist Roles.
Which lawyer has won the most cases? ›
Spence has never lost a criminal case before a jury either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney, and has not lost a civil case since 1969.
What is the most a lawyer can charge per hour? ›Throughout the United States, typical attorney fees usually range from about $100 an hour to $400 an hour. These hourly rates will increase with experience and practice area specialization.
Does the US have more lawyers than the rest of the world? ›The United States has more lawyers per capita than any other country.
Who is the top defense attorney in the United States? ›Attorney Zulu Ali, an Award-winning Black Lawyer, Has Been Named America's Top Criminal Defense Attorney.
What is the burnout rate for lawyers? ›To illustrate, 70% of attorneys who reported a decline in well-being also experience burnout. Only 36% reported no change while 35% reported that there was an improvement in their general well-being.
What industry employs the most lawyers? ›In 2021, the industry with the highest level of employment for lawyers in the United States was legal services with almost 420,000 lawyers working within this field. The next most numerous industry for lawyers was local government, where the total number was almost 60,000.
Which is the best law firm? ›- Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. This firm is one of the largest law firms in India. ...
- Trilegal India. ...
- Khaitan & Co. ...
- Sagar Associates. ...
- DSK Legal. ...
- AZB & Partners. ...
- Anand & Anand. ...
- Vaish associates.
Yes. While there will always be firms that consider themselves elite because they only hire from Harvard or Yale, there is a growing number of students, clients and private practice attorneys who do not consider such firms elite but rather elitist.
Which is the best law school in the world? ›| Law rank 2023 | Law rank 2022 | University |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stanford University |
| 2 | 3 | New York University |
| 3 | 2 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | 4 | University of Oxford |
Elizabeth Prelogar has been serving in the role since October 28, 2021.
What type of lawyer goes to court the most? ›
Criminal defense lawyers may appear in court more frequently than other types of lawyers—especially if a case goes to trial.
Which law firm partners make the most? ›| Rank by PPEP | Firm | 2020/21 PPEP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | $7,500,000 |
| 2 | Davis Polk & Wardwell | $6,350,000 |
| 3 | Kirkland & Ellis | $6,200,000 |
| 4 | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | $5,369,000 |
- Identify Your Legal Problem and Use a Specialist. ...
- Make Sure the Attorney has the Right Experience. ...
- Expect the Attorney to be a Good Communicator. ...
- Consider the Attorney's Professionalism.
It's a pretty well-known fact that McKinsey, Bain and BCG, among the world's most voracious hirers of MBA talent, are the top three major employers at Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
What is the bare minimum to get into Harvard? ›To have the best shot of getting in, you should aim for the 75th percentile, with a 1580 SAT or a 35 ACT. You should also have a 4.18 GPA or higher. If your GPA is lower than this, you need to compensate with a higher SAT/ACT score.
How much do Harvard educated lawyers make? ›| Job Title | Range | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Attorney / Lawyer | Range:$17k - $203k | Average:$94,251 |
| Law Firm Partner | Range:$250k - $467k | Average:$400,000 |
| Senior Counsel | Range:$159k - $255k | Average:$196,527 |
| Associate Attorney | Range:$172k - $203k | Average:$180,534 |
| Name of the institute | City | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| National Law School of India University | Bangalore | 1 |
| Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | 2 |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences | Kolkata | 3 |
| Amity Law School | New Delhi | 4 |
- New York University, US.
- University of Oxford, UK.
- University of Melbourne, Australia.
- University College London, UK.
- Harvard University, US.
- National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Yale University, US.
- KU Leuven, Belgium.
You, the client, have the right to replace the lawyer in either event. The client is the employer in the relationship.
What is a Govt lawyer called? ›Article 165 of the Indian Constitution defines that the legal adviser to a State Government is known as the Advocate General, regarded as the highest law officer in the state.