Julian Nexsen: 1924-2015
May 6, 2015Julian J. Nexsen, who helped guide Nexsen Pruet from a four-attorney office to one of the region’s leading business law firms, died today in Columbia, S.C., after a long illness.…
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Jackson Lewis’ Greenville Attorneys Awarded for Excellence
May 5, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – National workplace law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. congratulates the following Greenville attorneys for being honored by their peers: • Shareholder Wendy L. Furhang, and Associates John W.…
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Steve Sumner Selected To 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers List For DUI Defense
May 4, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – For the third year in a row, Attorney Steve W. Sumner has been selected to the 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers list for DUI Defense. Each year,…
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2015 SC Super Lawyers & Rising Stars Listing Includes 35 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Lawyers
May 4, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is pleased to announce 35 of its lawyers are included in the 2015 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. This distinction includes 12 young…
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Twenty-Five McNair Attorneys Named in 2015 Edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®
April 30, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – McNair Law Firm, P.A. is pleased to congratulate 25 of its attorneys for being selected by their peers for inclusion in South Carolina Super Lawyers 2015®. The…
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Turner Padget Boosts Business Litigation Practice With Three Attorneys
April 30, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announced that three attorneys have joined the firm’s litigation practice. Tiffni Shealy joins as Florence-based of counsel, Brittany F. Boykin as a…
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Four from Callison Tighe included in 2015 edition of Super Lawyers
April 29, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Four attorneys at Callison Tighe are included in the newest edition of Super Lawyers, an annual publication that recognizes top attorneys across more than 70 practice areas.…
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Four from Callison Tighe included in 2015 edition of Super Lawyers
April 29, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Four attorneys at Callison Tighe are included in the newest edition of Super Lawyers, an annual publication that recognizes top attorneys across more than 70 practice areas.…
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Elmore Goldsmith Attorneys Recognized as South Carolina ‘Super Lawyers’
April 28, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Four attorneys from Elmore Goldsmith have been named by South Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine for 2015. Super Lawyers recognizes attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal…
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24 Turner Padget Attorneys Selected Among South Carolina Super Lawyers for 2015
April 27, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Turner Padget announced that 15 of its attorneys have been included among South Carolina Super Lawyers for 2015, and an additional nine attorneys have been recognized as…
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Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected as 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars® with Two Named as South Carolina Top 25 and One as Top 10
April 27, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Eight Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys have been selected to the 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers® and South Carolina Rising Stars® list, two of whom were ranked among…
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John Nichols and Allison Sullivan of BNTD Selected to 2015 Super Lawyers List
April 24, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The law firm of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado (BNTD) announced that partners John Nichols and Allison P. Sullivan were both recently recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine.…
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John Nichols and Allison Sullivan of BNTD Selected to 2015 Super Lawyers List
April 24, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – The law firm of Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado (BNTD) announced that partners John Nichols and Allison P. Sullivan were both recently recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine.…
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South Carolina Super Lawyers Recognizes 20 Wyche Attorneys
April 23, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers, has recognized 20 Wyche attorneys in its 2015 South Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine. The magazine features attorneys who embody…
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State House Report: Top Three Things You Need to Know
April 20, 2015Road Funding and Dept. of Transportation Restructuring; State Bond Bill; and Body Cameras 1. Last week, the members of the House of Representatives spent extensive time debating 3579,…
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SC Bar adopts position on body cameras
April 14, 2015COLUMBIA, SC (April 14, 2015) — Today the South Carolina Bar Board of Governors approved a request from the Bar’s Criminal Law Section to support legislation providing that all state…
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Thomas W. Epting Awarded Meritorious Service Medal By Air Force JAG
April 7, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Smith Moore Leatherwood announced that attorney Thomas W. Epting has been awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters for outstanding service to the…
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Pope Zeigler Announces Name Change to Pope Flynn
April 6, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Pope Zeigler, a public finance and governmental law firm with offices in Columbia, Charlotte, and Spartanburg, has changed its corporate name to Pope Flynn following the departure of…
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Jackson Lewis Greenville Managing Shareholder Stephanie Lewis Honored at 2015 Leadership in Law Awards
April 2, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that Greenville Managing Shareholder Stephanie E. Lewis was selected as…
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MGC Opens Nashville Office
March 30, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm, has opened an office in Nashville, Tenn. The Nashville office is the firm’s 12th office in the Southeast.…
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Blair Cato Pickren Casterline Attorney Earns Top Title Insurance Industry Designation
March 23, 2015Cynthia D. Blair Receives National Title Professional Designation COLUMBIA, SC – The law firm of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline is pleased to announce that Cynthia Durham Blair, a real estate…
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Wyche, P.A. Launch New Website
March 22, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Wyche, P.A. launched a new website with an updated design and enhanced functionality that creates a seamless experience for its users. The site now features dynamic visual content,…
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Collins & Lacy Grows Greenville Office with Addition of Matt Brown
March 11, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced that Matt Brown has joined the firm’s Greenville office. Brown is an associate practicing workers’ compensation defense and employment law. “As we continue to meet…
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Rita Bolt Barker Featured as Guest Speaker at Clemson University’s Women in Leadership Week
March 8, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Wyche environmental attorney Rita Bolt Barker was featured as a Guest Speaker at Clemson University’s Women in Leadership Week. The program was part of Clemson’s College of…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood Named to BTI Consulting Group Client Service A-Team
March 2, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP has been named to BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service A-Team 2015, an elite group of law firms chosen by clients for outstanding client…
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SC Bar Young Lawyers Name Eight Award Recipients
February 20, 2015Eight Stars of the Quarter Awards given CHARLESTON, SC – The SC Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) has named eight Stars of the Quarter Award recipients. The awards recognize YLD members…
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SC Bar Launches Attorney Wellness Website
February 18, 2015Task force encourages Bar members to start “Living Above the Bar” CHARLESTON, SC – The Attorney Wellness Task Force of the South Carolina Bar is proud to announce the launch…
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Amy Clayton Strengthens Womble Carlyle’s South Carolina Real Estate Team
February 16, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Womble Carlyle announced the addition of attorney Amy H. Clayton to the firm’s Real Estate practice group as a partner in Womble Carlyle’s Greenville office (following a transitional…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood to Host Furman University Juried Art Competition
February 12, 2015GREEVILLE, SC – Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP is pleased to announce a partnership with Furman University to host a student art competition. Furman students will have the opportunity to submit…
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Ogletree Deakins’ Gray Geddie Named a BTI Client Service All-Star
February 11, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Gray Geddie,…
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Ogletree Deakins’ Gray Geddie Named a BTI Client Service All-Star
February 11, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that Gray Geddie,…
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Ogletree Deakins Elects John Merrell as Shareholder
February 3, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that John Merrell has been elected…
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Ogletree Deakins Elects John Merrell as Shareholder
February 3, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that John Merrell has been elected…
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Names Wallace Lightsey a 2015 Leadership in Law Honoree
January 21, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Wyche attorney Wallace Lightsey has been named a 2015 Leadership in Law Honoree by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The award recognizes legal professionals from across South Carolina…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood to Host Human Resource Training Seminars
January 20, 2015Thursday, February 5, 2015 ~ GREENVILLE, SC – The Labor and Employment team at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP is hosting a series of training seminars to teach human resources professionals…
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Attorney Steve Sumner Selected to Best Attorneys of America List as a Lifetime Charter Member
January 19, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – DUI Attorney Steve Sumner was recently selected as a “Best Attorney” Lifetime Charter Member to the Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America list. According to the Rue…
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Smith Moore Leatherwood Elects Five Attorneys To Partnership
January 14, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Smith Moore Leatherwood announced attorneys Henry M. Gallivan, Jr., Patrick M. Kane, Jason D. Maertens, Travis W. Martin and David J. Neill have been elected to the…
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Nelson Mullins Elects Holloway, Rustin to Partnership; Lott to Of Counsel in Greenville
January 8, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – The partners of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have elected Greenville attorneys Maurice Holloway and Brad Rustin to the partnership and promoted Chad Lott to of…
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Wendy Furhang named Shareholder at Jackson Lewis P.C.
January 8, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s leading workplace law firms, announced that Wendy Furhang was recently elevated to Shareholder in the firm’s Greenville office. She is…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Elects Six New Shareholders
January 5, 2015Law Firm’s Charleston, Columbia and Greenville offices gain shareholders CHARLESTON, SC – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce Elizabeth H. Black, Mary M. Caskey, Carter N. Deupree,…
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Nexsen Pruet Elects Three New Members Across the Palmetto State
January 5, 2015COLUMBIA, SC – Nexsen Pruet has elected three members (partners) practicing out of the Columbia, Charleston and Greenville locations, effective January 1, 2015. They are Brian Autry (Columbia), Andrew Dennis…
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JPS Industries, Inc. (JPST) May Not Be Considering Potential Acquisition by Handy & Harman Ltd. (HNH) to the Detriment of Its Shareholders
January 5, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Shareholder rights attorneys at Robbins Arroyo LLP are investigating JPS Industries, Inc.’s (OTC: JPST) response to its proposed acquisition by Handy & Harman Ltd. (NASDAQ: HNH). On December 30, 2014, Handy…
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Ogletree Deakins Opens Milwaukee Office
January 5, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, begins the year by opening an office…
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Ogletree Deakins Opens Milwaukee Office
January 5, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, begins the year by opening an office…
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JPS Industries, Inc. (JPST) May Not Be Considering Potential Acquisition by Handy & Harman Ltd. (HNH) to the Detriment of Its Shareholders
January 5, 2015GREENVILLE, SC – Shareholder rights attorneys at Robbins Arroyo LLP are investigating JPS Industries, Inc.’s (OTC: JPST) response to its proposed acquisition by Handy & Harman Ltd. (NASDAQ: HNH). On December 30, 2014, Handy…
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McDonnell and Associates, PA announces ranking in 2014 Inc. 5000 List
December 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – McDonnell and Associates is proud to announce its ranking in the 2014 Inc. 5000 magazine. The Inc. 5000 Corporation has recognized McDonnell and Associates as being among…
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Nelson Mullins’ Ed Mullins Elected to American Inns of Court Executive Committee
December 11, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Ed Mullins, of counsel to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the American Inns of Court. The American Inns of…
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Jackson Lewis Shareholder Reelected To SC Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
December 2, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that Greenville Shareholder Andy Satterfield has been reelected to serve…
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Jackson Lewis Shareholder Reelected To SC Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
December 2, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that Greenville Shareholder Andy Satterfield has been reelected to serve…
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Will Gibbs Joins Nelson Mullins in Greenville
November 19, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Will Gibbs has joined the Greenville office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as an associate where he will practice in the areas of emerging payment…
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