Moore & Van Allen counsel named to inaugural Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame
November 8, 2018Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) is pleased to announce that Charleston Counsel William (Sam) E. Applegate, III has been named to the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly inaugural Hall of…
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Nexsen Pruet and LegalSifter partner to accelerate contract review with artificial intelligence
November 8, 2018
Nexsen Pruet and LegalSifter are proud to announce a strategic partnership to offer a “combined intelligence” solution for contract negotiation to clients across a wide range of industries in the…
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Moore & Van Allen recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers with top-tier ‘Best Law Firms’ rankings
November 8, 2018Firm honored regionally and nationally in 2019 rankings U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers have recognized Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) in their 2019 “Best Law Firms”…
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Betsy Gray named to the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame
November 7, 2018Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announced that Betsy Gray is among the newest members of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame. This program recognizes lawyers age 60…
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Betsy Gray named to the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame
November 7, 2018
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announced that Betsy Gray is among the newest members of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame. This program recognizes lawyers age 60…
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U.S. News – Best Lawyers® ranks Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in its 2019 “Best Law Firms”
November 2, 2018Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd has been named a top-tier firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in its 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings. This is the 9th consecutive year HSB has…
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U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Ranks Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in its 2019 “Best Law Firms”
November 2, 2018
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd has been named a top-tier firm by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® in its 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings. This is the 9th consecutive year HSB has…
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Burnette Shutt & McDaniel listed in 2019 Best Law Firms
November 1, 2018Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is again ranked in the top tier of Columbia law firms in two employment law practice areas in the latest edition of “Best Law Firms in…
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Morton & Gettys honored in 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms in America”
November 1, 2018Morton & Gettys is honored in the just-released edition of “Best Law Firms in America” for work in trusts and estates law. The firm received recognition in Tier 2 for…
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Ogletree Deakins named a “Law Firm of the Year” for eighth consecutive year
November 1, 2018Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that the firm has been named a “Law Firm…
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Elmore Goldsmith, P.A. receives Tier One rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2019 “Best Law Firms”
November 1, 2018U.S. News – Best Lawyers® released the 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings and Elmore Goldsmith, P.A., has been recognized in three areas. For the Greenville metropolitan area, the firm has…
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Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC recognized among the Best Law Firms in America®
November 1, 2018Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, LLC has again been ranked as a “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News—Best Lawyers in America’s 2019 Edition. The firm is honored with a Metropolitan Tier…
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Ron Scott selected to inaugural class of South Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame
November 1, 2018
Scott & Corley, PA, announced Ronald “Ron” C. Scott was selected as one of the twenty –two (22) members of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Lawyers Hall of…
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Burr & Forman to acquire Carolinas powerhouse McNair Law Firm
November 1, 2018
Burr & Forman LLP announced that it will acquire Carolinas-based McNair Law Firm, P.A. with McNair attorneys and employees joining Burr & Forman effective January 1, 2019. The acquisition solidifies Burr &…
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Bluestein Attorneys recognized in 2019 Best Law Firms in America
November 1, 2018Bluestein Attorneys is rated among the top law firms in Columbia, SC in the new edition of Best Law Firms in America. This is the ninth year the firm has…
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Callison Tighe earns Tier 1 honors in 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms in America”
November 1, 2018For the ninth consecutive year, Callison Tighe has earned top honors in “Best Law Firms.” The directory, a collaboration between “U.S. News & World Report” and “Best Lawyers in America,”…
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Robinson Gray included in 2019 Best Law Firms in America
November 1, 2018Robinson Gray has been named in the top tier for the Columbia metropolitan area in ten practice areas in the 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms,” a U.S. News –…
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Morton & Gettys honored in 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms in America”
November 1, 2018
Morton & Gettys is honored in the just-released edition of “Best Law Firms in America” for work in trusts and estates law. The firm received recognition in Tier 2 for…
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Elmore Goldsmith, P.A. receives Tier One rankings in U.S. News – Best Lawyers® 2019 “Best Law Firms”
November 1, 2018
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® released the 2019 “Best Law Firms” rankings and Elmore Goldsmith, P.A., has been recognized in three areas. For the Greenville metropolitan area, the firm has…
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Robinson Gray included in 2019 Best Law Firms in America
November 1, 2018
Robinson Gray has been named in the top tier for the Columbia metropolitan area in ten practice areas in the 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms,” a U.S. News –…
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Ogletree Deakins named a “Law Firm of the Year” for eighth consecutive year
November 1, 2018
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that the firm has been named a “Law Firm…
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Callison Tighe earns Tier 1 honors in 2019 edition of “Best Law Firms in America”
November 1, 2018
For the ninth consecutive year, Callison Tighe has earned top honors in “Best Law Firms.” The directory, a collaboration between “U.S. News & World Report” and “Best Lawyers in America,”…
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Bluestein Attorneys recognized in 2019 Best Law Firms in America
November 1, 2018
Bluestein Attorneys is rated among the top law firms in Columbia, SC in the new edition of Best Law Firms in America. This is the ninth year the firm has…
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Burnette Shutt & McDaniel listed in 2019 Best Law Firms
November 1, 2018
Burnette Shutt & McDaniel is again ranked in the top tier of Columbia law firms in two employment law practice areas in the latest edition of “Best Law Firms in…
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Prominent lobbyist Lisa McGill Sweatman joins Adams and Reese in Columbia
October 31, 2018
Adams and Reese announced experienced lobbyist Lisa McGill Sweatman has joined the firm’s Government Relations practice and Columbia, South Carolina office as a Government Affairs Advisor. Sweatman has nearly 15 years of…
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Attorney Christopher Hawkins joins Gallivan White Boyd’s Columbia, SC office
October 29, 2018
Gallivan White Boyd is pleased to announce that attorney Christopher Hawkins has joined the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina office. Hawkins received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina and earned…
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Morgan Crapps joins Parker Poe Consulting
October 29, 2018
Parker Poe Consulting is pleased to announce the addition of Morgan Crapps as a consultant in Columbia. Morgan strengthens PPC’s Site Selection & Economic Development Division. Morgan will work with…
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Cybersecurity Legal Task Force formed at University of South Carolina School of Law
October 26, 2018
Coinciding with October’s designation as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the University of South Carolina School of Law created a Cybersecurity Legal Task Force to better inform the legal profession and the public on cyber threat information…
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Grady Beard awarded SCWCEA 2018 Lifetime Service Award
October 26, 2018The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association (SCWCEA) has awarded Grady Beard with its Lifetime Service Award. The award honors individuals who have contributed significantly to the success and betterment…
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Grady Beard awarded SCWCEA 2018 Lifetime Service Award
October 26, 2018
The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association (SCWCEA) has awarded Grady Beard with its Lifetime Service Award. The award honors individuals who have contributed significantly to the success and betterment…
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Ed Mullins named 2018 Humanitarian of the Year
October 23, 2018United Way of the Midlands will honor Edward W. Mullins, Jr. as the 2018 Humanitarian of the Year award recipient at United Way’s annual Humanitarian of the Year Dinner and…
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Marguerite S. Willis honored by South Carolina Women Lawyers Association with the 2018 Jean Galloway Bissell Award
October 23, 2018
Nexsen Pruet litigator and legal leader received the organization’s prestigious award on Friday, October 19, 2018 Marguerite S. Willis, Nexsen Pruet antitrust and unfair competition attorney, was awarded the 2018 Jean…
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Ed Mullins named 2018 Humanitarian of the Year
October 23, 2018
United Way of the Midlands will honor Edward W. Mullins, Jr. as the 2018 Humanitarian of the Year award recipient at United Way’s annual Humanitarian of the Year Dinner and…
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Steven E. Farrar inducted into South Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame
October 18, 2018Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP announced Steven E. Farrar was selected as a member of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Lawyers Hall of Fame. The award is sponsored by…
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Cynthia Durham Blair elected president of ALTA
October 17, 2018The law firm of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline is pleased to announce that Cynthia Durham Blair has been installed president of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) for the 2018-2019…
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Cynthia Durham Blair elected president of ALTA
October 17, 2018
The law firm of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline is pleased to announce that Cynthia Durham Blair has been installed president of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) for the 2018-2019…
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Five Rosen Hagood attorneys recognized as Legal Elite of the Lowcountry
October 9, 2018Charleston Business Magazine has released its second annual Legal Elite of the Lowcountry list. Attorneys are recognized based on peer nominations across twenty practice area categories. Rosen Hagood is pleased…
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Carolina Ballet Theater names Megan Early-Soppa to Board of Directors
October 9, 2018Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP is pleased to announce that Megan Marie Early-Soppa has been selected to the Carolina Ballet Theater board of directors. Early-Soppa is a member of the firm’s…
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Five Rosen Hagood attorneys recognized as Legal Elite of the Lowcountry
October 9, 2018
Charleston Business Magazine has released its second annual Legal Elite of the Lowcountry list. Attorneys are recognized based on peer nominations across twenty practice area categories. Rosen Hagood is pleased…
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South Carolina Association of Justice offers legal resources to those impacted by historic Pee Dee flooding
October 3, 2018
The South Carolina Association for Justice, the state’s leading voice for plaintiff attorneys, is providing a free service to homeowners in the Pee Dee in the aftermath of the flooding…
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Kurt M. Rozelsky inducted into American College of Trial Lawyers
October 3, 2018Smith Moore Leatherwood announced that Kurt M. Rozelsky has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Rozelsky was…
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Hospital chain pays over $260 million to settle charges arising from whistleblower lawsuits brought by VSG clients and others
October 3, 2018The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA) will pay over $260 million to settle allegations raised in several “qui tam” (whistleblower) / False Claims Act…
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Hospital chain pays over $260 million to settle charges arising from whistleblower lawsuits brought by VSG clients and others
October 3, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA) will pay over $260 million to settle allegations raised in several “qui tam” (whistleblower) / False Claims Act…
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Regina Hollins Lewis inducted as Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers
October 1, 2018Gaffney, Lewis & Edwards partner Regina Hollins Lewis has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.…
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Regina Hollins Lewis inducted as Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers
October 1, 2018
Gaffney, Lewis & Edwards partner Regina Hollins Lewis has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America.…
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Rhodes becomes a partner at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel
September 26, 2018Janet Rhodes, a seasoned litigator who’s practiced employment law for nearly 10 years in Columbia, is the newest partner at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. Rhodes represents clients in a wide…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood adds Molly H. Cash to Greenville office
September 26, 2018Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Molly H. Cash has joined the firm’s Greenville office as a member of its Real Estate and Business Groups. Cash…
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Rhodes becomes a partner at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel
September 26, 2018
Janet Rhodes, a seasoned litigator who’s practiced employment law for nearly 10 years in Columbia, is the newest partner at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. Rhodes represents clients in a wide…
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Two USC law students receive D. Reece Williams III Trial Advocacy Award
September 24, 2018Two students at the University of South Carolina School of Law have been honored with the D. Reece Williams III Trial Advocacy Award after they won the school’s mock trial…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood to merge with Fox Rothschild
September 24, 2018Effective Nov. 1, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP will merge with Fox Rothschild LLP. This move, which adds 130 attorneys to Fox, signals the firm’s first foray into the Southeast. The…
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