SC Bar offers free legal clinics for Elder Law Month
April 23, 2017
Local attorneys to speak on a variety of legal issues The SC Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor seven free legal clinics for senior citizens across the state in May…
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H-1B Visas: Change is A-Coming
April 10, 2017
By Becky Sigmund and John Hill Last week, savvy employers who need H-1B workers rushed to file petitions for new H-1B workers in time to meet the April 1…
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H-1B Visas: Change is A-Coming
April 10, 2017
By Becky Sigmund and John Hill Last week, savvy employers who need H-1B workers rushed to file petitions for new H-1B workers in time to meet the April 1…
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Fisher Phillips website wins awards for layout, design and interface
April 5, 2017Fisher Phillips announced today its website, www.fisherphillips.com, has won multiple awards for its layout, design, interface and overall functionality. The awards include: best in class in the legal category from…
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Fisher Phillips website wins awards for layout, design and interface
April 5, 2017
Fisher Phillips announced today its website, www.fisherphillips.com, has won multiple awards for its layout, design, interface and overall functionality. The awards include: best in class in the legal category from…
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Rosen Hagood attorney selected to Board of Be A Mentor
April 5, 2017
Elizabeth “Beth” Palmer, a partner with Rosen Hagood, was recently selected to join the Board of Be A Mentor. Be A Mentor is a non-profit organization that provides youth in…
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Nexsen Pruet Fuels Growth in Greenville
April 3, 2017
In a move that further underscores Nexsen Pruet’s strategy to strengthen the legal services available to Upstate businesses, the firm announced today that Jim Warren has joined its Greenville location…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP partner Thomas Epting recognized by IP Stars
March 30, 2017
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP Partner Thomas W. Epting was recently recognized in the 2017 edition of IP Stars, produced by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. IP Stars uses client and peer…
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International trade attorney Joseph Rohe receives Certified Customs Specialist designation
March 30, 2017
GREENVILLE, SC – Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP Attorney Joseph W. Rohe recently received the Certified Customs Specialist (CCS) designation from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. The…
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Public finance tax attorney Marc Oberdorff joins Pope Flynn
March 30, 2017
Marc Oberdorff, a public finance tax attorney with more than thirty years of experience in public finance and federal tax issues, has joined Pope Flynn, a South Carolina-based law firm…
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SCSBA’s Richardson named director on national COSA board
March 29, 2017
COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) General Counsel and Director of Policy and Legal Services Dr. Tiffany N. Richardson was elected as a director on the National…
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SCSBA’s Richardson named director on national COSA board
March 29, 2017
COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) General Counsel and Director of Policy and Legal Services Dr. Tiffany N. Richardson was elected as a director on the National…
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Nelson Mullins enters West Coast legal market with five attorneys based in Los Angeles
March 20, 2017Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has entered the West Coast legal market with the opening of a Los Angeles-area office and the addition of five local attorneys experienced in…
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Nelson Mullins enters West Coast legal market with five attorneys based in Los Angeles
March 20, 2017
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has entered the West Coast legal market with the opening of a Los Angeles-area office and the addition of five local attorneys experienced in…
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What’s “Your Big Idea?” – SC Bar YLD sponsors iCivics scholarship competition
March 20, 2017
If you’re a high school senior, your smartphone plus “Your Big Idea” could equal $2,000 for college! Students can answer one of four government-related questions in an Instagram video during…
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What’s “Your Big Idea?” – SC Bar YLD sponsors iCivics scholarship competition
March 20, 2017
If you’re a high school senior, your smartphone plus “Your Big Idea” could equal $2,000 for college! Students can answer one of four government-related questions in an Instagram video during…
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Wyche names Wade S. Kolb III shareholder
March 16, 2017
Wyche announced that Wade S. Kolb III has been named a shareholder of the firm. Kolb focuses his practice at Wyche on litigation, with experience in high-stakes commercial litigation, representing…
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Wyche names Wade S. Kolb III shareholder
March 16, 2017
Wyche announced that Wade S. Kolb III has been named a shareholder of the firm. Kolb focuses his practice at Wyche on litigation, with experience in high-stakes commercial litigation, representing…
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Jackson Lewis welcomes two new attorneys
March 13, 2017
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, announced D. Randle Moody, II and Cashida N. Okeke have joined the firm’s Greenville Office. Photos: Cashida N. Okeke…
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Turner Padget boosts employment practice with hire of Robyn Madden
March 10, 2017
Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announces the addition of Robyn W. Madden as a Columbia-based of counsel attorney in the firm’s Employment and Professional Liability Practice. “Robyn is an…
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Turner Padget boosts employment practice with hire of Robyn Madden
March 10, 2017
Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announces the addition of Robyn W. Madden as a Columbia-based of counsel attorney in the firm’s Employment and Professional Liability Practice. “Robyn is an…
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Kristin Gray selected as leadership council on legal diversity fellow
March 9, 2017
FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Kristin S. Gray, counsel in the firm’s Spartanburg office, has been chosen…
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Trump’s Increased Immigration Enforcement: What It Means to All Employers
March 9, 2017
By John Hill and Rebecca Sigmund Shareholders in the Immigration Practice Group at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm based in South Carolina In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive…
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Trump’s Increased Immigration Enforcement: What It Means to All Employers
March 9, 2017
By John Hill and Rebecca Sigmund Shareholders in the Immigration Practice Group at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm based in South Carolina In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive…
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Ogletree Deakins opens in Paris
March 1, 2017Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, expanded its international presence today by opening an office in Paris, France. Ogletree Deakins’ Paris office broadens…
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Sam Mabry receives Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr. Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
March 1, 2017At the South Carolina American Board of Trial Advocates’ annual meeting and black-tie dinner, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd shareholder H. Sam Mabry III was awarded the 2016 Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr.…
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Sam Mabry receives Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr. Trial Lawyer of the Year Award
March 1, 2017
At the South Carolina American Board of Trial Advocates’ annual meeting and black-tie dinner, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd shareholder H. Sam Mabry III was awarded the 2016 Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr.…
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Ogletree Deakins opens in Paris
March 1, 2017
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, expanded its international presence today by opening an office in Paris, France. Ogletree Deakins’ Paris office broadens…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP launches certified Legal Project Management team
February 22, 2017
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP announced the launch of the firm’s Legal Project Management team. Leading the team are Fred M. Wood Jr., Evan M. Sauda, and Doug Woods, all of whom…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP partner Kevin McCarrell recognized as “Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Law Specialist” by the South Carolina Supreme Court
February 21, 2017
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP announced that M. Kevin McCarrell, a partner in the firm’s Greenville office, has been certified as a specialist in the field of Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor Law…
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Ogletree Deakins celebrates 40th anniversary
February 13, 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, celebrates its 40th anniversary today. The firm was founded on…
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Elmore Goldsmith reveals new brand and website
February 13, 2017
Elmore Goldsmith, P.A. practices law throughout the Carolinas, with a focus on construction and surety law. The firm’s new brand encapsulates Elmore Goldsmith’s modern approach and expertise in construction and…
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Elmore Goldsmith reveals new brand and website
February 13, 2017
Elmore Goldsmith, P.A. practices law throughout the Carolinas, with a focus on construction and surety law. The firm’s new brand encapsulates Elmore Goldsmith’s modern approach and expertise in construction and…
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Three Ogletree Deakins shareholders named BTI Client Service All-Stars
February 10, 2017Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that three of the firm’s South Carolina-based shareholders have…
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Business Impact of the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policy
February 10, 2017
By John Hill and Rebecca Sigmund Shareholders in the Immigration Practice Group at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm based in South Carolina In a flurry of activity since taking office,…
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Business Impact of the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policy
February 10, 2017
By John Hill and Rebecca Sigmund Shareholders in the Immigration Practice Group at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm based in South Carolina In a flurry of activity since taking office,…
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Three Ogletree Deakins shareholders named BTI Client Service All-Stars
February 10, 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that three of the firm’s South Carolina-based shareholders have…
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Kimberly Witherspoon awarded 2016 Young Professional of the Year by Greenville Chamber
February 8, 2017GREENVILLE, SC – Kimberly Witherspoon, a shareholder in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Greenville office, received the Young Professional of the Year Award at the Greenville Chamber’s 128th Annual Meeting on Tuesday,…
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Kimberly Witherspoon awarded 2016 Young Professional of the Year by Greenville Chamber
February 8, 2017GREENVILLE, SC – Kimberly Witherspoon, a shareholder in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Greenville office, received the Young Professional of the Year Award at the Greenville Chamber’s 128th Annual Meeting on Tuesday,…
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Two Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP attorneys honored with South Carolina Leadership in Law awards
February 2, 2017
Two Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP attorneys have been recognized by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly as “Leadership in Law” award winners. Robert S. “Trey” Ingram III and M. Kevin McCarrell will…
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Three Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd shareholders named 2017 Leadership in Law Honorees
February 1, 2017Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd congratulates three of its shareholders on being named to South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2017 Leadership in Law Honoree list. Steve Matthews, Julie Medich and Mac McQuillin are…
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Ogletree Deakins elects Lucas Asper and Ellis Fisher as shareholder
January 30, 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that Lucas Asper and Ellis Fisher have been elected…
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Ogletree Deakins elects Lucas Asper and Ellis Fisher as shareholder
January 30, 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that Lucas Asper and Ellis Fisher have been elected…
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Jackson Lewis’ T. Chase Samples elevated to Principal
January 21, 2017
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, announced Greenville attorney T. Chase Samples has been elevated to Principal. Mr. Samples is one of the firm’s 21…
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Jackson Lewis’ T. Chase Samples elevated to Principal
January 20, 2017
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, announced Greenville attorney T. Chase Samples has been elevated to Principal. Mr. Samples is one of the firm’s 21…
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Ed Mullins inducted into Warren E. Burger Society
January 18, 2017The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has inducted Edward W. Mullins, Jr., partner emeritus in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia, S.C. office, into the Warren E. Burger…
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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough’s Ed Mullins inducted into Warren E. Burger Society
January 18, 2017
The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has inducted Edward W. Mullins, Jr., partner emeritus in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia, S.C. office, into the Warren E. Burger…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP announces six new partners
January 17, 2017
Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP announced that attorneys J. Bennett Crites III, Elizabeth Sims Hedrick, Robert S. “Trey” Ingram III, Frankie T. Jones Jr., Brian G. Morrison, and Colin J. Tarrant have…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd elects Cleveland, Shaw and Witherspoon as shareholders
January 12, 2017Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. announced Harvey Cleveland, Ken Shaw and Kimberly Witherspoon have been elected as new shareholders of the firm. Harvey Cleveland practices primarily in the areas…
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Rosen Hagood attorney named Chair of Primerus Personal Injury Institute
January 11, 2017Andrew Gowdown, a partner with Rosen Hagood, was recently named the 2016-2017 Chair of the Primerus Personal Injury Institute (PPII) at the 2016 Primerus Global Conference. Primerus is an international…
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