Callison Tighe associate honored as Rising Star for her work in government law
April 24, 2013
COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Kathleen McDaniel, an associate of Callison Tighe & Robinson, is being honored as a Rising Star in the 2013 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers.
Super Lawyers rates outstanding attorneys across more than 70 practice areas. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Rising Stars are attorneys either under the age of 40 or with less than 10 years’ practice.
McDaniel was recognized in the practice area of government/cities/municipalities law.
She long has had an interest in government issues in South Carolina and beyond. While serving with the Peace Corps in the Philippines, McDaniel helped local officials create a fisheries conservation management plan. She also worked for the City of Charleston Parks Department before law school, and she’s currently a member of the Richland County Planning Commission.
In the past year, she was honored with the University of South Carolina School of Law’s James Petigru Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion and the Richland Bar Association’s Civic Star Award for public service.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in aquaculture, fisheries and wildlife biology from Clemson University and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law. Her practice at Callison Tighe also includes environmental law, administrative law, land use and zoning, and general litigation.
About Callison Tighe
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC has 18 attorneys whose practice areas include trials and appeals in all state and federal courts in South Carolina; litigation; commercial real estate transactions and real estate development; business organization, development and transactions; employment law and employee benefits; workers compensation; local government law and government litigation; alternative dispute resolution; appellate practice; and wealth management. The firm also has a major title insurance defense practice, representing both insurers and insureds in litigation. For more information, visit www.callisontighe.com
