Leadership Academy holds first 2022 meeting at SC Bar Convention
January 25, 2022
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Leadership Academy held its first meeting for 2022 in Greenville as part of the SC Bar Convention. Participants met SC Bar leadership, took part in CLEs, got to know one another, and received an overview of the program as well as delved into leadership styles.
The Leadership Academy, in its 13th year, is a selective program designed to train the next generation of Bar and community leaders. Participants will be equipped with networking opportunities, professionalism training, community awareness and other skills necessary to give back to the profession and position themselves as leaders in our communities.
“The SC Bar Leadership Academy offers a unique opportunity for lawyers to network and gain skills that set them up for success both in the profession and in giving back to their communities,” said Leadership Academy Co-Chair Jasmine D. Smith of Robinson Gray in Columbia. “We are excited to kick off this new class year with a series of discussions and training workshops with experts in leadership development with this group of outstanding lawyer leaders from across our state.”
This 2022 class includes the following Bar members:
• Meggie Baker of HopeHealth, Inc., Florence
• Joel (Jay) A. Berly IV of Butler Snow LLP, Charleston
• Joseph Bias of Midlands Technical College, Columbia
• Lamar Fyall of the City of Columbia, Columbia
• Nicole M. Hair of the S.C. Office of Regulatory Staff, Columbia
• Lee Health of Motley Rice LLC, Mount Pleasant
• Scott MacLatchie of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Columbia
• Henry D. McMaster Jr. of the Sixth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Columbia
• Jane H. Merrill of Hawthorne Merrill Law, LLC, Greenwood
• DeShawn Mitchell of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, Columbia
• Michelle Powers of Powers Law, LLC, Greenwood
• Joseph Spate of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, Columbia
• Megan White of Richardson Plowden & Robinson P.A., Mount Pleasant
• Cheryl A. Wright of S.C. Legal Services, North Charleston.
“The Leadership Academy offers lawyers who are in the early and mid-part of their careers the opportunity to deeply explore their communities around them and hone skills to ultimately position themselves as valuable leaders in the community,” said Sutania A. Fuller, Leadership Academy Co-Chair, and assistant solicitor in the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. “I gained countless insights from this program and look forward to seeing the class of 2022 learn and grow as part of this incredible experience.”
The South Carolina Bar
The South Carolina Bar is a statewide organization dedicated to improving the legal profession, the law and the administration of justice for all South Carolinians. It serves more than 17,000 lawyer members and provides resources to educators and citizens of the Palmetto State. Learn more at www.scbar.org
