Former Assistant County Attorney Kimberly Wunder joins Pope Flynn

Kimberly Wunder, a former in-house local government attorney, has joined Pope Flynn, a Columbia-headquartered law firm that focuses on governmental and public finance matters. Wunder will focus on providing cities, towns, and counties comprehensive counsel on transactional, operational, administrative, regulatory, and policy matters.

After graduating from law school, Wunder worked as an associate attorney at a large South Carolina firm representing clients in federal, state, and local courts before becoming assistant county attorney for Greenville County where she worked for more than fifteen years. During her time at Greenville County she developed an exceptional reputation for providing tailored and practical advice to County officials on complex issues, as well as advising on day-to-day operations including negotiation of intergovernmental agreements; enforcement of building and regulatory codes, including floodplain management and stormwater regulations; property tax assessment, collection, and enforcement; delinquent tax collection and tax sales; and county road and bridge inventory management.

Some of Wunder’s significant projects included leading negotiations and securing agreements on behalf of Greenville County with the South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, the South Carolina Department of Transportation, and the Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study (GPATS) for funding and construction of a $121 million bypass road project; advising on the consolidation of seven independent wastewater collection providers into a single unified system; and developing the first significant update in two decades to a stormwater utility operational agreement among NPDES co-permittees.

“One of the things I loved about my in-house position is that the work never stayed the same. It was always very exciting to see how my work positively affected the real day-to-day life of citizens,” said Kim Wunder. “I have found a very satisfying career in identifying potential problems and resolving them for a community’s benefit and that is meaningful work. I think that sense and feel of community will carry over at Pope Flynn because the firm does so much work with cities, towns, and counties in the Carolinas. It’s good to be here, doing the work that I love, but for many more local communities.”

“We’ve recently added two South Carolina county attorney engagements and our governmental practice continues to expand,” said Joe Lucas, managing member of Pope Flynn. “Kim offers our firm’s clients a wealth of experience in local governmental law and she has exceptional in-depth experience in county operations and the daily challenges that counties face. She will be a wonderful addition to an already strong practice group, and give us much needed capacity and depth. We are thrilled to have her.”

Wunder received her JD from the University of South Carolina School of Law and two undergraduate degrees, one in International Studies and one in Spanish, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association and the South Carolina Association of County Attorneys.

Wunder will be based in the Upstate of South Carolina.

With offices in Columbia, SC, Charlotte, NC, Charleston, SC, and Spartanburg, SC, Pope Flynn focuses in public finance and governmental counsel and represents cities and towns, counties, special purpose districts, school districts, state institutions, hospitals, colleges and universities, and other public entities, as well as private entities, including banks, underwriters, and nonprofit institutions. For more information on Pope Flynn, visit http://www.popeflynn.com or call Joe Lucas at 803-354-4916.