Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Ranked #1 Bond Counsel in South Carolina

February 15, 2010

CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, FLORENCE, GREENVILLE, MYRTLE BEACH SC, & WASHINGTON, DC  – February 15, 2010 – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Public Finance Practice Group is ranked first among bond counsel in South Carolina for 2009, according to The Bond Buyer (February 11, 2010 issue).  The daily newspaper serving the nation’s municipal bond industry has placed the Firm first for South Carolina for five of the last six years. The Firm served as bond counsel for over $1.5 billion of bond sales in South Carolina this past year.

Greenville attorney Robert S. Galloway III leads Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Public Finance Group, which has served as bond counsel, special tax counsel, underwriter’s counsel, letter of credit bank counsel and derivatives counsel in connection with billions of dollars of tax-exempt bond issues for general government, utility, healthcare, housing, schools, colleges and universities, public power, transportation, manufacturing, waste disposal, and energy projects.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd also has received national recognition due to public finance attorney and shareholder, Kathleen C. (Kathy) McKinney.  Based in the Firm’s Greenville office, she currently is president of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), a 3,000-member organization.

The Firm’s Public Finance Practice Group is comprised of these attorneys in these cities:

CHARLESTON OFFICE – 134 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401; Ph: 843.722.3366
Carol L. Clark
Jeremy L. Cook
Charlton deSaussure, Jr.
F. Mitchell Johnson, Jr.
John Paul Trouche

COLUMBIA OFFICE – 1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor, Columbia, South Carolina 29201; Ph: 803.779.3080
Theodore B. DuBose
B. Eric Shytle
John K. Van Duys
Tigerron A. Wells

FLORENCE OFFICE – 1831 W. Evans Street, Suite 315, Florence, South Carolina 29501; Ph: 843.669.6002
Benjamin T. Zeigler

GREENVILLE OFFICE – 75 Beattie Place, Eleventh Floor, Greenville, South Carolina 29601; Ph: 864.240.3200
Robert S. Galloway III
Bradford L. Love
Kathleen C. McKinney
E. Tyler Smith
Kimberly Witherspoon
Stephen J. Wunder, Jr.

About the Firm
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. provides business, litigation and financial legal services, and governmental relations to national and international clients.  With a history dating back to 1887, it is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas with more than 135 attorneys.  The Firm has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach SC, and Washington, DC.  For more information, visit
www.hsblawfirm.com.