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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Babcock included in new edition of “Legal Elite”
August 6, 2024Keith Babcock, a co-founder of Lewis Babcock, is again honored in the just-released 2024 edition of “Legal Elite of the Midlands.” He’s listed in the category of business litigation. Mr.…
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Seven Bluestein Attorneys named to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2024 Legal Elite
August 6, 2024This year, Columbia Business Monthly has named seven Bluestein Attorneys to its “Legal Elite of the Midlands” list. That’s two more than in 2023. The list recognizes attorneys in the…
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Experienced employment lawyer Janet Rhodes joins Burnette Shutt & McDaniel
August 5, 2024Janet Rhodes, a skilled employment lawyer and litigator who’s practiced in Columbia for more than a decade, has joined Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. Long dedicated to moving employment law forward,…
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9 at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel included in new edition of “Legal Elite”
August 5, 2024Nine attorneys at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel are included in the 2024 edition of “Legal Elite of the Midlands,” an annual directory of attorneys based on a poll of the…
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Columbia Business Monthly honors Demetri “Jim” K. Koutrakos to 2024 ‘Legal Elite’ list
August 5, 2024Columbia Business Monthly has named Callison Tighe & Robinson member Jim Koutrakos to its 2024 “Legal Elite of the Midlands” list. Mr. Koutrakos was named in the practice area of…
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Columbia Business Monthly names 11 Robinson Gray attorneys to its Legal Elite list
August 5, 2024Columbia Business Monthly has named 11 Robinson Gray attorneys to its “Legal Elite of the Midlands” list for 2024. The list, based on a vote of active attorneys in the…
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Court Walsh joins Robinson Gray law firm as a member
July 31, 2024Courtney Eamon Walsh has joined Robinson Gray law firm as a member. Court Walsh is a litigator whose practice areas include administrative and regulatory law, construction litigation, and insurance. He…
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Town of Irmo renames Community Park in honor of Jake Moore, Sr.
July 19, 2024Moore Bradley Myers Senior Partner, S. Jahue “Jake” Moore, Sr., was recognized by the Town of Irmo for his years of dedication to conservation, beautification, literacy and community service. At the July…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd welcomes attorney Mallory Vincelli to Columbia office
July 17, 2024Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A. welcomed Mallory C. Vincelli to their Columbia office. Mallory joins the firm’s tax practice group, focusing on estate planning, tax-exempt financing and corporate tax matters. She…
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OSHA issues proposed workplace heat exposure standard
July 15, 2024By David Dubberly Maynard Nexsen PC. On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its proposed national heat standard, titled Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in…
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Mary Caskey named to South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s ‘Influential Women of Law 2024’ list
July 14, 2024Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. shareholder Mary M. Caskey has been named to the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s “Influential Women of Law 2024” list (subscription required). She is one of just…
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Derrick Quattlebaum named 2024 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for insurance law in Greenville
July 5, 2024Best Lawyers has recognized Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. shareholder Derrick Quattlebaum as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Insurance Law in Greenville. In addition to this honor, Derrick was…
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Shannon Poteat honored among ‘Influential Women in Law’ by SC Lawyers Weekly
July 5, 2024Shannon Till Poteat, a member of Robinson Gray law firm, has been named as one of 22 “Influential Women of Law” by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. This is the inaugural…
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MPA Strategies selected as the 2024 Best Marketing Firm in South Carolina
July 2, 2024A Statewide Public Relations and Crisis Communications Agency, MPA Strategies, has been named as the 2024 Best Marketing Firm in South Carolina by the Guide to South Carolina. When announced,…
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Collins joins MGC’s Columbia office
July 1, 2024Law firm McAngus Goudelock & Courie (MGC) announced the addition of attorney Chip Collins to their Columbia office. For nearly three decades, Collins has represented insurance carriers in construction litigation,…
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Shelby Leonardi joins Polales Horton & Leonardi
June 24, 2024Polales Horton & Leonardi LLP (PHL) welcomes Shelby Leonardi as its newest partner in the firm’s Columbia office. Shelby’s experience in complex civil litigation and her familiarity with the federal…
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Saluda Law, LLC
June 24, 2024Founded in 2017, Saluda Law, LLC serves those who are seeking representation for criminal defense matters, professional license defense, and those who are ready to become whistleblowers. The firm is…
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Saluda Law, LLC welcomes Bryan Letteer
June 21, 2024Saluda Law, LLC announced that Attorney Bryan Letteer has joined the firm. Letteer’s practice will focus on criminal defense and professional license defense. His experience as an Attorney at the…
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“Operation: Cool Down” provides a fan to beat the heat
June 17, 2024With temperatures staying steady over 90 degrees for the foreseeable future, Chief Terrence Green would like to remind the Town of Lexington community that the Lexington Police Department offers free…
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