Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys selected for inclusion in 2017 “Best Lawyers”

CHARLESTON, SC – Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has named David M. Swanson the Best Lawyers’ 2017 Charleston, SC Litigation – Real Estate “Lawyer of the Year.” Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant.

The Firm is also proud to announce the following were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017:

• Scott Y. Barnes (1993) – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law
• Stephen E. (Steve) Darling (2011) – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  Charlton deSaussure, Jr. (2005) – Public Finance Law
• Julie O. Medich (2009) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Wm. Howell Morrison (2015) – Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Bachman S. Smith III (2009) – Mediation
• James H. (Jeddie) Suddeth III (2013) – Real Estate Law
• David M. Swanson (2009) – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• John H. Tiller (2011) – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• J. Paul Trouche (2003) – Public Finance Law

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed.

Statewide, the Firm had 11 attorneys named Best Lawyers’ 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” and 57 attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017.

About “Lawyers of the Year” The Best Lawyers in America©

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America© publication are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments conducted with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and more than 12 million votes have been received to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

About Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. provides business, litigation, and financial legal services to national and international clients. With a history dating back to 1887, it is one of the largest law firms South Carolina with more than 110 attorneys. The Firm has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach, SC. www.hsblawfirm.com