The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society announces Rikard & Protopapas as presenting sponsor for 2024 Light The Night Columbia event
October 2, 2024The Midlands Region of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has announced that Rikard & Protopapas has joined LLS’s 2024 Light The Night® campaign as this year’s Presenting Sponsor. Held…
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Entrepreneur Minute – Lisa Hostetler Brown, LawyerLisa
September 26, 2024The Who’s on the Move, Entrepreneur Minute is an interview in support of the undeniable impact that entrepreneurs have on our communities. In this series you will see a diverse group…
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Cal Watson and Molly Campolong honored for excellence by SC Lawyers Weekly
September 25, 2024Two attorneys with Robinson Gray – Cal Watson and Molly Campolong – were honored by S.C. Lawyers Weekly at its annual “SC Excellence in Law” award banquet in Charleston. They…
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Paige Christopher joins Smith Robinson law firm
September 25, 2024Attorney Paige Christopher has joined Smith Robinson law firm to practice in the area of general civil litigation. Paige earned her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School…
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Jasmine Smith to chair Business Law committee with American Bar Association
September 24, 2024Jasmine Smith of Robinson Gray law firm is the new chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section. She was officially named to the…
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Midlands Technical College Police Chief graduates from FBI National Academy
September 23, 2024Midlands Technical College Chief of Police Tim Martin has graduated as a member of the 291st session of the FBI National Academy. Chief Martin is the first police chief of…
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Green honored in list of Columbia’s “Best and Brightest”
September 18, 2024Brendan Green, a partner at Richardson Thomas, is being honored in Columbia Business Monthly’s 2024 “Best & Brightest 35 and Under” special edition. He’s listed among 38 Columbia professionals working…
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Turner Padget shareholder selected for elite statewide diversity program
September 12, 2024Turner Padget announced that shareholder Nickisha M. Woodward has been selected to participate in the Riley Institute’s intensive five-month Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI) program. Woodward joins 41 other leaders from…
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Sarah Frierson named to 2024 ‘Best & Brightest 35 and Under’ list by Columbia Business Monthly
September 11, 2024Columbia Business Monthly has named Sarah Frierson, an attorney with Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, to its 2024 roster of the Best and Brightest community leaders under 35. The…
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Attorney John McCants joins Baker, Ravenel & Bender
September 10, 2024John McCants, a civil litigation attorney who has practiced since 1988, has joined Baker, Ravenel and Bender, as a partner. His full range of practice includes construction litigation, insurance coverage,…
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Collins & Lacy, P. C. welcomes Attorney Ty Zeigler
September 5, 2024Collins & Lacy announced that Attorney Ty Zeigler has joined our growing team of lawyers at Collins & Lacy, P.C. A graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Joseph F.…
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Pope Flynn public finance attorney Lawrence Flynn appointed to Memory Hold the Door committee of South Carolina Bar
September 4, 2024Lawrence Flynn, a public finance attorney and member of the management team with Pope Flynn, a Columbia-based law firm concentrating in public finance and governmental law, has been appointed to…
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Established law firm expands reach with new Charleston location and welcomes Lowcountry attorney
August 29, 2024CHARLESTON, SC – LawyerLisa, an elder law and estate planning firm, announced the opening of its newest office in Mount Pleasant, strategically located to better serve clients in the Lowcountry…
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Becky Laffitte named a Lawyer of the Year in two practice areas by Best Lawyers for 2025
August 29, 2024Becky Lafitte, a member of Robinson Gray law firm, is being honored as Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America® in the publication’s 2025 edition. Not only…
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Best Lawyers names Bill Metzger a Lawyer of the Year in Banking and Finance Law
August 29, 2024Bill Metzger, a member of Robinson Gray law firm, is being honored in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® as Lawyer of the Year in the practice…
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Collins & Lacy, P.C. attorneys honored by Best Lawyers®
August 28, 2024Collins & Lacy, P.C., a leading defense law firm serving retail and hospitality, professional liability, construction, product liability, trucking defense, and insurance coverage clients, announces that several of its attorneys…
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Columbia attorney Sydney Lynn elected President of State’s leading association of lawyers
August 28, 2024The South Carolina Association for Justice has unanimously elected Sydney Lynn as its new President. Lynn, an attorney at Charleston-based Joye Law Firm, will preside over the 1,400-member Association, which…
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Moore & Van Allen recommits to Mansfield Certification process for 2024-25
August 27, 2024Moore & Van Allen PLLC (MVA) announce that the firm has renewed its commitment for the Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Certification process, a year-long undertaking designed to ensure that qualified legal…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd welcomes four new associates
August 21, 2024Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. announced that Luther F. “Luke” Carter, Jr., Miranda B. Nelson, Sabrina M. Pappas and Garrett M. Simpson have joined the firm. Luke Carter is based in…
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Client awarded more than $96 million in jury trial in Columbia, SC
August 19, 2024Maynard Nexsen litigators on trial team in trade secrets case Maynard Nexsen shareholders Susi McWilliams and Sara Svedberg joined Frost Brown Todd in a successful trade secrets case on behalf…
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29 Turner Padget attorneys honored among top in the nation by Best Lawyers
August 19, 2024Turner Padget is pleased to announce the recognition of 29 of its attorneys across South Carolina by Best Lawyers in America’s 2025 edition. Four of these attorneys were named “Ones…
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Beal, LLC recognizes its inclusion in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers Magazine
August 19, 2024Beal, LLC, a Columbia, South Carolina restructuring and insolvency boutique, announces that Michael M. Beal has been selected for inclusion in the 31st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America®…
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Joye Law Firm attorneys honored in 2025 Best Lawyers in America® and Ones to Watch
August 16, 2024Joye Law Firm is proud to announce that 18 attorneys from our five South Carolina offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in…
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South Carolina jury awards $63.4 million to Johnson & Johnson asbestos victim
August 16, 2024Dean Omar Branham Shirley trial team secures verdict on behalf of man diagnosed with mesothelioma A South Carolina jury has sided with a cancer patient who sued pharmaceutical giant Johnson…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers
August 15, 2024Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. announced that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has selected 24 attorneys in our Columbia office for inclusion in The 2025 Best Lawyers in America©, including…
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Adams and Reese has 10 Columbia office attorneys honored in 2025 Best Lawyers
August 15, 2024The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 edition features 160 Adams and Reese attorneys ranked by their peers among “Best Lawyers” and “Ones to Watch”. Ten of those attorneys practice in…
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Best Lawyers in America honors 32 Robinson Gray attorneys in 2025 edition
August 15, 2024Robinson Gray has achieved a new firm record as The Best Lawyers in America® recognizes 32 of its attorneys. Twenty-seven in the firm made the main Best Lawyers list in…
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Robinson and Smith honored again by Best Lawyers in 2025 edition
August 15, 2024Jonathan M. Robinson and G. Murrell Smith of Smith Robinson law firm are being honored again by The Best Lawyers in America® in the publication’s upcoming 2025 edition. This is…
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Six Morton & Gettys attorneys included in new edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2024Six Morton & Gettys attorneys are being honored in a wide range of practice areas in the newest edition of “Best Lawyers in America” and its companion piece, “Best Lawyers:…
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All attorneys at Lourie Law Firm honored by Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2024In its 2025 edition, The Best Lawyers in America® has again honored every attorney at Lourie Law Firm. Here are those listed, with the practice areas in which they are…
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Callison Tighe’s Brannon and Tighe named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers
August 15, 2024Of the 12 attorneys at Callison Tighe & Robinson recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, two stand out in particular – Bert Brannon and Mike…
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Burnette receives “Best Lawyers” Lawyer of the Year honors
August 15, 2024Burnette Shutt & McDaniel co-founder M. Malissa Burnette is being honored as Lawyer of the Year for the Columbia area in Employment Law – Individuals in the new edition of…
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Twelve attorneys at Callison Tighe honored again in Best Lawyers edition for 2025
August 15, 2024Twelve lawyers at Callison Tighe & Robinson are named in the Columbia area 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Each had been recognized by the publication for the…
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Again in 2025 edition, all attorneys at Lewis Babcock honored by Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2024The quality of representation provided across the board by Lewis Babcock law firm remains high, according to The Best Lawyers in America®. In its 2025 edition, the publication has, for…
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John Cuttino elected 2024-2025 President of the NFJE
August 15, 2024John E. Cuttino elected 2024-25 President of the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence. Gallivan White Boyd (GWB) announced that John E. Cuttino has been elected as the 2024-2025 President of…
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Five Richardson Thomas partners honored in “Best Lawyers”
August 15, 2024The just-released 2025 edition of “Best Lawyers in America” includes another outstanding showing for Richardson Thomas in the national directory, with five of the firm’s partners included in at least…
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Griffin Humphries attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2025 Edition
August 15, 2024Griffin Humphries founding members James M. Griffin and Badge Humphries are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America . James M. Griffin, based in Columbia, is…
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11 at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel honored in “Best Lawyers,” including a Lawyer of the Year
August 15, 2024Eleven attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are listed in the just-released 2025 edition of “Best Lawyers in America” and its companion guide, “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch,” a total…
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Best Lawyers in America honors five Bluestein Attorneys in 2025 edition
August 15, 2024Best Lawyers in America has named four Bluestein Attorneys to its 2025 Best Lawyers list for Columbia, and another to its “Ones to Watch” list. The attorneys on the…
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Barnes Alford attorneys selected to The Best Lawyers in America
August 15, 2024Barnes Alford attorneys Weldon R. Johnson, David G. Wolff, Kay Gaffney Crowe, Alan J. Reyner, Richard C. Thomas, Robert T. Strickland, Curtis W. Dowling, and Matthew G. Gerrald have been…
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Financial Planning Association of South Carolina to host Annual Symposium on October 1 in Columbia
August 13, 2024The Financial Planning Association (FPA) of South Carolina is excited to announce its Annual Symposium, taking place on October 1, 2024, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. This premier event…
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South Carolina Bar Foundation awards 3.7 million in grants for fiscal year 2025
August 13, 2024The South Carolina Bar Foundation has awarded grants to 42 law-related organizations and programs totaling over $3.7 million for Fiscal Year 2025. The grants will go to nonprofit organizations across…
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Smith Robinson names attorney Shanon Peake as a member
August 13, 2024Shanon Peake has been named a member of Smith Robinson, after five years with the law firm. Her practice with the firm covers a wide range of civil litigation, including…
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Adams and Reese expands commercial real estate practice with Drew English
August 12, 2024Adams and Reese LLP announced the addition of Partner Drew English, the newest member of the firm’s Corporate Services Practice Group. English has more than 25 years in commercial real…
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Nelson Mullins partner Larry Kristinik becomes chair of ABA Litigation Section
August 12, 2024Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP is pleased to announce Columbia partner Larry Kristinik has become chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Litigation Section for the 2024-25 bar year.…
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Lourie Law’s Tish Dozier Alleyne named to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2024 Legal Elite
August 12, 2024Tish Dozier Alleyne, a member of Lourie Law Firm in Columbia, has been named to the 2024 “Legal Elite of the Midlands” list compiled by Columbia Business Monthly. She was…
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Thomas, Hill included in new edition of “Legal Elite”
August 12, 2024Brady Thomas and Amy Hill, two partners at Richardson Thomas, are honored in the latest edition of Columbia Business Monthly’s “Legal Elite of the Midlands.” Thomas is listed among the…
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Adams and Reese LLP
August 12, 2024Adams and Reese is a multidisciplinary law firm with more than 315 attorneys and advisors practicing in more than 75 areas of law and representing corporate clients across 10 states,…
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West Columbia Municipal Court rescheduled due to Tropical Storm Debby
August 8, 2024All West Columbia Municipal Court cases scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2024, at West Columbia City Hall, 200 N. 12th Street, West Columbia, SC 29169, have been rescheduled for Tuesday, September…
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McCollum joins Richardson Thomas
August 6, 2024Dixie McCollum, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, has joined Richardson Thomas as an associate attorney. She will practice in the firm’s…
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