Charleston Attorneys Serve SC Bar Foundation
June 29, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – June 29, 2012 – The South Carolina Bar Foundation announces that Elaine Fowler will assume the office of secretary/treasurer and Alice F. Paylor and Marie-Louise Ramsdale will join its board of directors. Their terms will begin July 1.
Fowler graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law and practices at Turner Padget. She holds the distinction of being the first female president of the South Carolina Bar and is credited for creating the Bar Foundation’s Children’s Fund. She was honored with the Best Lawyers in America award for Mergers & Acquisitions in 2011 and Real Estate from 2008 to 2012. She serves on the board of directors for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the South Carolina chapter of the Community Associations Institut
After graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law, Paylor began practicing law in Charleston, where she worked for the City of Charleston as deputy corporation counsel. In 1982, she joined Rosen Rosen & Hagood, LLC. She currently serves on the firm’s management committee and concentrates her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, employment litigation and school law. She is a member of the Charleston County Bar and president-elect of the South Carolina Bar.
Ramsdale is the principal lawyer of the Ramsdale Law Firm, LLC, in Mount Pleasant. A cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, she practices solely in the area of family law. She is a member of the House of Delegates and serves on the South Carolina Bar Nominating Committee. She also serves as a volunteer for fee dispute resolution issues. In the community, Ramsdale is on the board of the Charleston Stage.
About South Carolina Bar Foundation
The South Carolina Bar Foundation funds the advancement of justice by improving access, education and accountability. Since 1987, the Foundation has allocated approximately $43.8 million to various legal-related organizations that work on behalf of the justice community. Last year alone, Foundation grantees assisted more than 10,200 low income South Carolinians in need of legal services, 450 homeless men and women and 390 victims of domestic abuse. For more information, visit scbarfoundation.org.
