Sammataro Elected President of Federal Bar Association

COLUMBIA, SC – September 18, 2012 – Sam Sammataro, a shareholder in the Columbia office of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., has been elected to serve as President of the South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.  Sam began serving his 2012-2013 term in September.   Mr. Sammataro concentrates his practice in product liability and appellate matters.   He will work with other officers and board members, targeting on-going and new programming designed to aid the federal bench and bar, including the annual CLE and reception to take place in Columbia in September 2013.

The South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association has grown in recent years to over 300 members from across South Carolina, and its members come from a wide array of practice areas, including private civil and criminal practice, governmental agencies, military branches, local law schools, and the United States District and bankruptcy courts. The Chapter is committed to serving as the liaison among federal lawyers and the judiciary, providing high quality continuing legal education credits at no charge to its members, and hosting an array of meetings and receptions fostering informal interaction among the bench and bar.

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Founded in 1929, Turner Padget is one of South Carolina’s largest law firms with over 90 attorneys and five offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville and Myrtle Beach. The firm provides clients in many industries with quality legal services in areas such as arbitration and mediation, business entity planning and organization, business litigation, construction and environmental litigation, employment and labor law, estate and tax planning, insurance coverage analysis and litigation, intellectual property, personal injury defense litigation, products liability, professional liability, real estate transactions, trucking and transportation, and workers’ compensation. For additional information, visit http://www.turnerpadget.com.