Super Lawyers® Honors Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Shareholders

April 13, 2009

CHARLESTON, COLUMBIA, FLORENCE, AND GREENVILLE, SC, & WASHINGTON, DC – April 13, 2009 – Twenty-two attorneys at Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., have been included in the South Carolina Super Lawyers® magazine for 2009. All of these attorneys have been included since the magazine’s inception.

Only five percent of the lawyers in SC are recognized by Super Lawyers®, who are chosen by their peers and independent research.  According to the South Carolina Bar, there are 8,968 active lawyers in the state.

H. Sam Mabry III, a business litigation attorney in the Firm’s Greenville office, is listed also in the Top 25 for 2009 South Carolina Super Lawyers®, which reflects those South Carolina attorneys receiving the highest point totals during the publication’s research and review process. 

The New York Times (South Carolina distribution) will include a special supplement on Sunday, April 12th, 2009, announcing these lawyers.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s attorneys and respective practice areas include:

CHARLESTON OFFICE – 134 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401; Ph: 843.722.3366

 Attorneys     Primary Practice Area

• Stephen E. Darling    Personal Injury Defense: Products
• Thomas C. Hildebrand, Jr.   Construction Litigation
• Marvin D. Infinger    Business Litigation
• David M. Swanson    Real Estate

COLUMBIA OFFICE – 1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor, Columbia, SC 29201; Ph: 803.779.3080

 Attorneys     Primary Practice Area

• William C. Boyd    Business/Corporate
• Frank W. Cureton    Tax
• J. Donald Dial, Jr.    Tax
• Randolph B. Epting    Business/Corporate
• Manton M. Grier    Business Litigation
• Theodore J. Hopkins, Jr.   Non-Profit
• Stanley H. McGuffin    Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Stephen F. McKinney   Business Litigation
• Tara E. Nauful    Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights 
• William H. Short, Jr.   Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Benton D. Williamson    Real Estate

GREENVILLE OFFICE – 75 Beattie Place, 11th Floor, Greenville, SC 29601; Ph: 843.240.3200

Attorneys     Primary Practice Area

• Thomas H. Coker, Jr.   Construction/Surety
• Anne S. Ellefson, Managing Director Real Estate
• Ellis M. Johnston II    Business Litigation
• H. Sam Mabry III, and Top 25  Business Litigation
• W. Francis Marion, Jr.   Business Litigation
• Moffatt G. McDonald   Personal Injury Defense: General
• G. Dewey Oxner, Jr.    Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice

The magazine features the results of an extensive rating service of the attorneys in South Carolina based on 12 criteria of peer recognition and professional achievement including verdicts, settlements, transactions, experience, honors and awards, pro bono activity, scholarly lectures and writing, position within the law firm, bar activities, etc.


About Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

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, and Greenville, SC, and Washington, D.C.

For more information, visit www.hsblawfirm.com

About South Carolina Super Lawyers

This information was provided by Super Lawyers® and is not to be attributed to Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.  For more information, visit www.superlawyers.com.

Super Lawyers® is an annual listing of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. More than 70 practice areas are included. Super Lawyers® is published as a special supplement in leading newspapers and city and regional magazines across the country. Super Lawyers® magazine, featuring articles about attorneys named to the Super Lawyers® list, is distributed to all attorneys in the state or region, the lead corporate counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA-approved law school libraries.  The selections for Super Lawyers® are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc., of Minneapolis, Minn. Polling, research and selection are performed by Law & Politics, a publication of Key Professional Media, Inc. Law & Politics has been publishing legal magazines since 1990 and Super Lawyers® since 1991.