Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorney to be Committee Chair of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
February 20, 2017Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced professional liability attorney, Kerri Rupert, is serving as chair of the Professional Development Committee of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). The SCWLA’s mission…
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Collins & Lacy, P.C. grows the Professional liability practice group with the addition of Karen Ratigan
February 16, 2017Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced Karen Ratigan has joined the firm’s Columbia office as special counsel practicing in the area of professional liabpility defense. Prior to joining Collins & Lacy, Karen worked…
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Marti Bluestein to participate in Diversity Leaders Initiative
February 16, 2017This spring, Margaret “Marti” Miles Bluestein will participate in the Diversity Leaders Initiative, a program of the Riley Institute at Furman. A founding partner of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson and Delgado,…
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Sowell Gray Robinson joins Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms
February 16, 2017Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC a Columbia-based law firm, announced that it has been invited to join Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms. The affiliation…
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Sowell Gray Robinson joins Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms
February 16, 2017Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC a Columbia-based law firm, announced that it has been invited to join Meritas, a global alliance of independent business law firms. The affiliation…
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Marti Bluestein to participate in Diversity Leaders Initiative
February 16, 2017This spring, Margaret “Marti” Miles Bluestein will participate in the Diversity Leaders Initiative, a program of the Riley Institute at Furman. A founding partner of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson and Delgado,…
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Cory Manning selected for Riley Institute Diversity Leaders Initiative
February 15, 2017Cory Manning, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia office, is one of 44 leaders from across the Midlands and surrounding areas selected to participate in the…
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John Gettys selected for Furman’s Riley Institute program
February 14, 2017ROCK HILL, SC – John Gettys, a partner with Morton & Gettys, Attorneys at Law, is one of 44 leaders selected to participate in the 10th Midlands class of the…
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Ogletree Deakins celebrates 40th anniversary
February 13, 2017Ogletree, 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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Ogletree Deakins celebrates 40th anniversary
February 13, 2017Ogletree, 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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Murphy & Grantland snags veteran media professional
February 13, 2017COLUMBIA, SC – Hiring continues at Murphy & Grantland law firm in Columbia. Kevin Floyd has joined the firm’s administrative staff as Director of Marketing and Communications. Floyd is media…
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Elmore Goldsmith reveals new brand and website
February 13, 2017Elmore 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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Murphy & Grantland snags veteran media professional
February 13, 2017COLUMBIA, SC – Hiring continues at Murphy & Grantland law firm in Columbia. Kevin Floyd has joined the firm’s administrative staff as Director of Marketing and Communications. Floyd is media…
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Inviting the IRS in the Business Office of Churches?
February 12, 2017By Adam Neil, shareholder, Murphy & Grantland Columbia, SC Potential downsides to repeal of the Johnson Amendment For a long time, various evangelical Christian groups have called for the…
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Adams and Reese adds two former S.C. Dept. of Revenue attorneys to Columbia office
February 12, 2017Adams and Reese announced the addition of two associates to its Columbia office. Sarah R. Khouri and Justine M. Tate, both former attorneys with the South Carolina Department of Revenue…
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Adams and Reese adds two former S.C. Dept. of Revenue attorneys to Columbia office
February 12, 2017Adams and Reese announced the addition of two associates to its Columbia office. Sarah R. Khouri and Justine M. Tate, both former attorneys with the South Carolina Department of Revenue…
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Inviting the IRS in the Business Office of Churches?
February 12, 2017By Adam Neil, shareholder, Murphy & Grantland Columbia, SC Potential downsides to repeal of the Johnson Amendment For a long time, various evangelical Christian groups have called for the…
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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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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, 2017By 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, 2017By 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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Fisher Phillips Columbia attorney named president-elect of South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
February 10, 2017Fisher Phillips attorney Sheila Bias has been named president-elect of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Established in 1993, SCWLA’s mission is to enhance the status, influence and effectiveness…
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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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Aaron M. Scheuer joins Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
February 10, 2017Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently welcomed Aaron M. Scheuer to the firm’s corporate tax practice as an associate in the Columbia office. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center’s LL.M. in…
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Aaron M. Scheuer joins Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
February 9, 2017Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently welcomed Aaron M. Scheuer to the firm’s corporate tax practice as an associate in the Columbia office. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center’s LL.M. in…
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Fisher Phillips Columbia attorney named president-elect of South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
February 9, 2017Fisher Phillips attorney Sheila Bias has been named president-elect of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Established in 1993, SCWLA’s mission is to enhance the status, influence and effectiveness…
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Nelson Mullins’ Carmen Harper Thomas selected as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
February 8, 2017Carmen Harper Thomas, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia office, has been named a Fellow in the 2017 class of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity…
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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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Motley Rice adds two new members, expands public client experience
February 6, 2017Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation’s largest plaintiffs’ firms, is bolstering its experience representing public entities in consumer and financial fraud, health care and other litigation by adding two…
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Sam Clawson Jr. named member of Clawson and Staubes, LLC.
February 6, 2017Sam Clawson Jr., son of former managing partner, Sam Clawson Sr., has been named member of Clawson and Staubes, LLC. Licensed since 2008, Clawson Jr. is a Charleston native and…
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Edward G. McDonnell, CEO of McDonnell and Associates, PA, selected as honoree for 2017 South Carolina Leadership in Law Awards
February 5, 2017Edward G. McDonnell, CEO and founder of McDonnell and Associates, PA., has been announced in the 2017 class of honorees for the ninth annual South Carolina Leadership in Law awards,…
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South Carolina Court of Appeals affirms teacher firing was unlawful; Court says personnel file did not contain substantial evidence
February 5, 2017The South Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court’s reversal of a School Board’s decision to terminate a high school social studies teacher. The February 1st ruling came…
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South Carolina Court of Appeals affirms teacher firing was unlawful; Court says personnel file did not contain substantial evidence
February 4, 2017The South Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court’s reversal of a School Board’s decision to terminate a high school social studies teacher. The February 1st ruling came…
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Edward G. McDonnell, CEO of McDonnell and Associates, PA, selected as honoree for 2017 South Carolina Leadership in Law Awards
February 4, 2017Edward G. McDonnell, CEO and founder of McDonnell and Associates, PA., has been announced in the 2017 class of honorees for the ninth annual South Carolina Leadership in Law awards,…
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South Carolina Court of Appeals affirms teacher firing was unlawful; Court says personnel file did not contain substantial evidence
February 3, 2017The South Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court’s reversal of a School Board’s decision to terminate a high school social studies teacher. The February 1st ruling came…
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Litigator Court Walsh joins Nelson Mullins in Columbia
February 3, 2017Courtney E. Walsh has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in the Columbia office as an associate where he will focus on litigating complex business and commercial matters, including…
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South Carolina Court of Appeals affirms teacher firing was unlawful; Court says personnel file did not contain substantial evidence
February 3, 2017The South Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court’s reversal of a School Board’s decision to terminate a high school social studies teacher. The February 1st ruling came…
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James H. Suddeth III joins South Carolina Aquarium Board of Directors
February 1, 2017As part of the firm’s longstanding commitment to community involvement, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s James H. “Jeddie” Suddeth III was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the…
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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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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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Free Ask-A-Lawyer web chats next week
January 30, 2017The SC Bar Ask-A-Lawyer program, which coordinates volunteer lawyers in a regional effort to assist the public with its legal questions, will host statewide web chats next week on Tuesday,…
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Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorney selected in the 2017 class of honorees for the South Carolina Leadership in Law Awards
January 30, 2017Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced Ashley Kirkham has been chosen as a 2017 South Carolina Leadership in Law Award honoree. She will receive the award on March 24, 2017 at a special…
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Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorney selected in the 2017 class of honorees for the South Carolina Leadership in Law Awards
January 30, 2017Collins & Lacy, P.C. announced Ashley Kirkham has been chosen as a 2017 South Carolina Leadership in Law Award honoree. She will receive the award on March 24, 2017 at a special…
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Ogletree Deakins elects Lucas Asper and Ellis Fisher as shareholder
January 30, 2017Ogletree, 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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Gibbs Leaphart, Jr. named member of Sowell Gray Robinson
January 30, 2017Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announced B. Gibbs Leaphart, Jr., has become the firm’s newest member. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Gibbs graduated cum laude from Wofford…
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Gibbs Leaphart, Jr. named member of Sowell Gray Robinson
January 30, 2017Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announced B. Gibbs Leaphart, Jr., has become the firm’s newest member. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Gibbs graduated cum laude from Wofford…
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R. Wilder Harte joins Richardson Plowden’s Columbia office
January 27, 2017Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. announced that R. Wilder Harte has joined the Firm as associate attorney in the Columbia office. Harte will focus his practice in General Litigation. Harte…
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Growth Continues at Murphy & Grantland Law Firm
January 25, 2017Cordes Kennedy has joined Murphy Grantland’s team of attorneys. Kennedy comes to the law firm to focus his practice on matters related to insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial litigation,…
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Former S.C. House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham receives Order of the Palmetto
January 25, 2017Former South Carolina House Majority Leader Kenneth A. “Kenny” Bingham has been awarded the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, in recognition of his extraordinary work and…
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Attorney Cordes Kennedy joins Murphy & Grantland Law Firm
January 25, 2017Cordes Kennedy has joined Murphy Grantland’s team of attorneys. Kennedy comes to the law firm to focus his practice on matters related to insurance coverage and bad faith, commercial litigation,…
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