Best Law Firms again names Callison Tighe & Robinson to top tier in Columbia

Callison Tighe & Robinson was named to the top tier for the Columbia region by Best Law Firms in a total of eight practice areas.

This is the 15th year the firm has been honored by Best Law Firms. In this, the 2025 edition, it was recognized to the tier one list in the following areas:

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Litigation – Insurance
• Litigation – Real Estate
• Litigation – Trusts and Estates
• Real Estate Law
• Trusts and Estates

In addition, Callison Tighe was recognized by the Best Law Firms guide for its practice in the following seven areas: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs; Tax Law; and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants.
For a firm to be eligible for this recognition, at least one attorney in the firm must have been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the same year. A full dozen Callison Tighe lawyers were thus honored by that publication back in August. Here are the 12 attorneys that were recognized at that time:

• Bert Brannon: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates.
• Woody Cleveland: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law.
• Rick Detwiler: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants.
• Ian Duggan: Commercial Litigation.
• Jim Koutrakos: Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law.
• Louis Lang: Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Insurance, and Litigation – Real Estate.
• Mike Tighe: Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law.
• Alex Weatherly: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, and Trusts and Estates.
• Reece Williams: Litigation – Insurance, Litigation – Real Estate, and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs.

Three other attorneys in the firm were named to the Ones to Watch list, a recognition given to attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the first decade of their careers:

• Harry Dixon: Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Real Estate, and Real Estate Law.
• Matt Jepertinger: Commercial Litigation, and Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs.
• Yani Mouratev: Litigation – Real Estate, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Real Estate Law.

For more information on methodology, go to https://www.bestlawfirms.com/methodology-expanded.

About Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC

The attorneys of Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC, practice in the following areas, including trials and appeals in all state and federal courts in South Carolina: Commercial Litigation; Business Organization, Governance and Succession Planning; Complex Criminal Defense; Court-Martial Defense; Commercial Real Estate; Tax, Probate, Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury Litigation; Real Estate and Title Insurance Litigation; and Workers’ Compensation. For more information, visit callisontighe.com.