Fisher & Phillips Associate Edward Rawl Appointed to American Bar Association Leadership Position
June 6, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Edward Rawl, Jr., an associate at Fisher & Phillips LLP, has been appointed to serve as the national Member Service Project Coordinator in the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the American Bar Association (ABA). The cabinet-level appointment places Rawl on the ABA YLD Senior Leadership Team and Council.
Rawl previously served as the ABA YLD Vice Director of Membership and District 10 Representative for South Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands, also serving on its five member Finance Board. Rawl is a member of the ABA Gender Equity Task Force, serves as Co-Chair of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division’s Professional Development Committee, and Chair-Elect of the YLD’s Community Law Week. Rawl serves as Secretary of the Employment and Labor Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, also actively participating on the Judicial Qualifications and Conventions Committees.
Rawl’s practice includes litigating employment related disputes involving wrongful discharge, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, OSHA, as well as other types of employment based claims. In addition, Edward represents developers and property managers of government-financed and assisted multifamily housing projects in the defense of fair housing and public accommodation claims. He counsels employers, property management companies, and owners on all aspects of employment and fair housing laws and the development of preventative policies and procedures to avoid employment and fair housing claims. He has appeared before state and federal tribunals in South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, and Ohio, as well as the appellate courts in South Carolina.
A native of Florence, South Carolina, Rawl graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in Political Science and received his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has been recognized as one of the Midlands’ Legal Elite by Greater Columbia Business Monthly Magazine and included in South Carolina Super Lawyers – Rising Stars since 2012.
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