Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys Receive Best Lawyers® 2009 Recognitions
February 20, 2009
Columbia Real Estate Lawyer of the Year and Charleston Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year
CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, FLORENCE, GREENVILLE, SC, & WASHINGTON, DC — February 20, 2009 – The law firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce that shareholders William C. Boyd and Marvin D. Infinger have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® for 2009. Boyd has been named the Best Lawyers’ Columbia Real Estate Lawyer of the Year, and Infinger is recognized as the Best Lawyers’ Charleston Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year.
Best Lawyers® compiles its annual list of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 15th edition of The Best Lawyers in America® is based on more than 2.5 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in the guide’s surveys from their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity
Boyd, a former managing partner of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, counsels clients on business strategies and has handled numerous mergers and acquisitions and large-scale industrial projects. He serves as outside general counsel for a major South Carolina-based manufacturing firm.
Boyd is consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® (Antitrust; Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate). Chambers USA has named him one of South Carolina’s leading lawyers in mergers and acquisitions, and South Carolina Super Lawyers™ has included Boyd for Business/Corporate law.
A lifelong resident of Columbia, Boyd is the current board chair of the South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce. He was selected the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador of the Year and received the University of South Carolina Law School Alumni Association’s Compleat Lawyer Award, both in 2008.
A member of the American and South Carolina Bar Associations, The Defense Research Institute, Inc., and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney’s Association, Boyd received both his J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of South Carolina. He serves on the boards of the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics Foundation, the Business and Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC), and the executive committee of the Midlands Business Leadership Group.
A member of the American and South Carolina Bar Associations, Marvin D. Infinger is past president of the Charleston County Bar Association. He is also a member of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, and the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.
At the request of the chief judge of the Federal District Court of South Carolina, Infinger served as chair of the Advisory Committee under the Civil Justice Reform Act, which reviewed and made recommendations modifying the practice rules mandated by Congress. Also, at the request of the South Carolina Supreme Court, Infinger served several terms as a member of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline.
Infinger received both his J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of South Carolina. A resident of Charleston, he is admitted to practice in South Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the U.S. District Court, South Carolina, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Both Boyd and Infinger are permanent members of the Judicial Conference for the U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.
About the Firm
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. provides business, litigation, financial legal services, and government relations services to national and international clients. With a history dating back more than 100 years, it is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas with more than 140 attorneys. The Firm has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, SC, and Washington, D.C.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. has more lawyers recognized by their peers in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of antitrust, bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights, construction, corporate governance and compliance, corporate, medical malpractice, professional malpractice, public finance, real estate, and tax law than any other firm in South Carolina. For more information, visit www.hsblawfirm.com.
About The Best Lawyers in America®
This reference guide is considered the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. The 2009 annual directory includes 36,126 attorneys in 78 practices, covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Internationally, more than 200,000 individuals; 1,800 law firms; and 4,500 general counsel subscribe to www.BestLawyers.com.
