Fisher & Phillips Introduces New FMLA Leave App
June 14, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – June 16, 2013 – Fisher & Phillips LLP has developed a Smartphone and Tablet app that allows employers to calculate certain FMLA leaves of absence. The Beta…
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Richardson Plowden's Bias Selected as Vice-Chair of the Columbia Cinderella Project
June 13, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – June 13, 2013 – Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. announced that attorney Sheila M. Bias was recently selected as vice-chair of the Columbia Cinderella Project, a program…
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Parker Poe Appoints Dwight Floyd in New Director of Knowledge Management Position
June 13, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – June 13, 2013 – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has implemented a new corporate position dedicated to identifying best practices for knowledge management. Dwight Floyd, who…
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Hon. John Waites recognized with S.C. Bar Special Pro Bono Award
June 11, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – June 11, 2013 – The S.C. Bar Board of Governors bestowed the Special Pro Bono Award upon Hon. John E. Waites for his outstanding leadership in the…
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Kirsten Small, Most Wonderful Time of the Year
June 10, 2013Kirsten Small, Nexsen PruetGreenville, SCJune 11, 2013 Ah, June. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Supreme Court lawclerks are showing signs of rickets. June is that magical…
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Kirsten Small, Most Wonderful Time of the Year
June 10, 2013Kirsten Small, Nexsen PruetGreenville, SCJune 11, 2013 Ah, June. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Supreme Court lawclerks are showing signs of rickets. June is that magical…
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Supreme Court: Good, Bad or Ugly, Arbitrator's Class Action Upheld
June 10, 2013By Matthew Korn, Associate, Fisher & Phillips LLPCOLUMBIA, SCJune 10, 2013 On June 10, 2013 a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standard of review federal courts will…
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Richardson Plowden Welcomes Bill Woods to the Firm
May 30, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 30, 2013 – Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. announced that William B. Bill Woods has joined the Firm as Special Counsel in the Columbia office. …
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Young Lawyers Division awarded grants from American Bar Association
May 29, 2013ABA recognizes S.C. Bar YLD for efforts in two pro bono projects COLUMBIA, SC – May 29, 2013 – The S.C. Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) was awarded two grants…
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Fisher & Phillips Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA
May 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 27, 2013 – Fisher & Phillips LLP announced today that six attorneys in its Columbia office, and a total of 50 attorneys nationwide, are featured in…
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Four Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA
May 24, 2013COLUMBIA, S.C. – May 24, 2013 – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to…
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Meliah Bowers Jefferson Returns to Wyche
May 20, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – May 20, 2013 – Meliah Bowers Jefferson has rejoined Wyche after serving as law clerk to The Honorable J. Michelle Childs, United States District Judge. Ms. Jefferson focuses her…
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Meliah Bowers Jefferson Returns to Wyche
May 20, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – May 20, 2013 – Meliah Bowers Jefferson has rejoined Wyche after serving as law clerk to The Honorable J. Michelle Childs, United States District Judge. Ms. Jefferson focuses…
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Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, and Delgado Welcomes New Associate, J. Clarke Newton
May 16, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 16, 2013 – Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, and Delgado, LLC (BNTD) announced J. Clarke Newton has joined the team as an associate. His practice will focus on…
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Sowell Gray's Watson new president-elect of SC Bar
May 16, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 16, 2013 – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC Managing Member Cal Watson has been sworn in as president-elect of the South Carolina Bar, a position…
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Robert Williams, RTT May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013Robert Williams, Rogers Townsend & ThomasColumbia, SCMay 14, 2013 The New York Yankees have been known as “Baseball’s Evil Empire” forseveral years now. Looking to capitalize on that association, a…
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May 13 2013 – The Rules of Unpaid Internships
May 13, 2013Christian Boesl, Collins & LacyColumbia, SCMay 13, 2013 The Rules of Unpaid Internships In South Carolina this past weekend, college students proudly marched across the graduation stage ready to enter…
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Sowell Gray's Horner now licensed in North Carolina
May 13, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 13, 2013 – Bob Horner, an associate with Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, has been admitted to practice law in North Carolina. Horner joins three other attorneys…
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May 13 2013 – The Rules of Unpaid Internships
May 13, 2013Christian Boesl, Collins & LacyColumbia, SCMay 13, 2013 The Rules of Unpaid Internships In South Carolina this past weekend, college students proudly marchedacross the graduation stage ready to enter the…
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SC Supreme Court Rules on Tax Exemptions in Bodman v. South Carolina
May 8, 2013By Jim Rourke Nexsen Pruet, LLCMay 8, 2013 Above photos: Burnie Maybank, Rick Reames III and Jim Rourke Close to a year and a half after hearing oral arguments…
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SC Supreme Court Rules on Tax Exemptions in Bodman v. South Carolina
May 8, 2013By Jim Rourke Nexsen Pruet, LLCMay 8, 2013 Above photos: Burnie Maybank, Rick Reames III and Jim Rourke Close to a year and a half after hearing oral arguments…
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Charleston Lawyer Ryan Neville named S.C. Bar Young Lawyer of the Year
May 6, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2013 – Charleston attorney I. Ryan Neville has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the S.C. Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD). The Young…
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Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Recognized By Peers; Twenty-Eight Named to 2013 Super Lawyers® List for South Carolina
May 2, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 2, 2013 – Nexsen Pruet announced that twenty-eight attorneys have been listed in the 2013 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. Those attorneys practice in the…
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Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Recognized By Peers; Twenty-Eight Named to 2013 Super Lawyers® List for South Carolina
May 2, 2013CHARLESTON, SC – May 2, 2013 – Nexsen Pruet announced that twenty-eight attorneys have been listed in the 2013 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. Those attorneys practice in the…
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Ten McAngus Goudelock & Courie Attorneys Named in 2013 S.C. Super Lawyers Magazine
May 1, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – May 1, 2013 – The law firm of McAngus Goudelock & Courie announced that attorneys Rusty Goudelock, Thomas Lydon, Hugh McAngus, Erroll Anne Hodges, Amy Jenkins and…
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South Carolina Super Lawyers selects Wyche's Henry Parr for 2013 magazine cover and recognizes sixteen Wyche attorneys
April 30, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 29, 2013 – Super Lawyers, a rating service of outstanding lawyers, has chosen Wyche’s Henry Parr for the cover of its 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers…
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Robinson McFadden attorneys selected as Super Lawyers
April 30, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 30, 2013 – Robinson McFadden attorneys selected by Thompson Reuters as Super Lawyers and Rising Stars in Super Lawyers® Magazine South Carolina/2013. Super Lawyers uses a…
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Turner Padget Attorneys Named Among South Carolina Super Lawyers
April 29, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 29, 2013 – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announced that 12 of the firm’s attorneys have been named by Super Lawyers magazine as top attorneys…
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Six Fisher & Phillips Partners Listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers; Two Associates Selected as Rising Stars
April 25, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 26, 2013 – Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm with its South Carolina office located in Columbia, announced that six of…
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Richardson Plowden Welcomes Sheila Bias to the Firm
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, S.C., April 23, 2013 – Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. is pleased to announce that Sheila M. Bias has joined the Firm as an associate attorney in the Columbia…
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Marti Bluestein, John Nichols, and Allison Sullivan have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of Super Lawyers
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Super Lawyers has selected Marti Bluestein and John Nichols – founding partners of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, Delgado (BNTD) – for the 2013 edition…
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Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, and Delgado Recognized as Top Tier Law Firm
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Best Lawyers has named Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, and Delgado (BNTD) a first-tier law firm. BNTD was recognized for its work in three practice…
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Burnette, Tighe highlighted in 2013 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Michael W. Tighe and M. Malissa Burnette of Callison Tighe & Robinson are being recognized in the 2013 Edition of South Carolina Super…
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Six Sowell Gray members named Super Lawyers; Gray ranked in Top 10
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announced six members have been honored by 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers®. Betsy Gray is listed among…
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Gaffney honored as 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyer
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Amy L. Gaffney, one of the founders of Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, has been designated a 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyer for her…
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Sowell Gray attorneys recognized as Rising Stars in 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is pleased to announce two attorneys Tina Cundari and Amy L.B. Hill have been highlighted Rising Stars…
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Gaffney Lewis and Edwards associate recognized as Rising Star for personal injury work
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Mary D. LaFave, an associate with Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, has been designated a 2013 South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star for her…
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Callison Tighe associate honored as Rising Star for her work in government law
April 24, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 24, 2013 – Kathleen McDaniel, an associate of Callison Tighe & Robinson, is being honored as a Rising Star in the 2013 Edition of South Carolina…
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Cundari, Sowell Gray associates serving in Inn of Court leadership
April 3, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – April 3, 2013 – – Tina Cundari, a member of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC, has been elected president-elect of the John Belton O’Neall American Inn…
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Callison Tighe, other Richland attorneys help Habitat through BUILDable Hours
March 28, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – March 28, 2013 – Callison Tighe & Robinson LLC is donating $2,500 to BUILDable Hours, a joint venture of the Richland County Bar Association and Central South…
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Lominack: Managing the Madness of March in Your Workplace
March 21, 2013Reyburn LominackFisher & Phillips LLPMarch 21, 2013 The teams have been selected, the brackets have been drawn and thegames have begun. Once again it’s time for business owners, directors,and supervisors…
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John Shannon Nichols Honored with Leadership in Law Award
March 20, 2013COLUMBIA – March 20, 2013 – South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has chosen John Shannon Nichols as one of its 2013 “Leaders in the Law” award recipients. Nichols was honored alongside…
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Lica Colwell: Spring Fashion Season
March 19, 2013Lica ColwellMarch 18, 2013 It’s March, and in Charleston thoughts turn to longer days, springbreak and, relatively recently, fashion. The tents go up in MarionSquare mid-month for fashion fans…
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Lica Colwell: Spring Fashion Season
March 19, 2013Lica ColwellMarch 18, 2013 It’s March, and in Charleston thoughts turn to longer days, spring break and, relatively recently, fashion. The tents go up in Marion Square mid-month for…
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McNair Attorneys Help State Set Up Mortgage Tax Credit Program
March 18, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – March 18, 2013 – Two attorneys with the McNair Law Firm have helped the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority (SC Housing) set up a…
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Steven Hamm of Richardson Plowden Honored with 2013 Compleat Lawyer Award and Leadership in Law Award
March 18, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – March 18, 2013 – Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. announces that Steven Hamm was recently honored for achievements by the University of South Carolina (USC) School of…
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March 18, 2013 – New I-9 Form
March 18, 2013By David Dubberly and David Garrett Nexsen Pruet, LLCMarch 18, 2013 Above photos: David Dubberly and David Garrett On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS)…
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Fisher & Phillips Opens 29th Office in San Antonio
March 12, 2013SAN ANTONIO, TX – March 12, 2013 – Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm with an office in Columbia, opened its 29th office in San…
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Sowell Gray's Hill to receive Compleat Lawyer Award
March 12, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – March 12, 2013 Amy L.B. Hill, of counsel with Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, will be awarded the James Petigru Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion at…
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Midlands tax attorneys offer free help preparing returns
March 11, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – March 11, 2013 – Adam Landy, a tax attorney at the McNair Law Firm, is in his third year organizing law students from the University of South…
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