Upstate Attorneys Serve SC Bar Foundation
June 29, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – June 29, 2012 – The South Carolina Bar Foundation is proud to announce Jack D. Griffeth as president, Beverly A. Carroll as president-elect and James W. Sheedy as a member of its board of directors. Their terms will begin July 1.
During his presidential year, Griffeth will showcase the work done by Bar Foundation grantees on his blog, Jack Griffeth: A Man with a Stamp on Life and Law. A shareholder at Collins & Lacy, PC, he graduated summa cum laude from Wofford College with a degree in Liberal Arts. He received his Juris Doctor from Duke University, which created the Charles Murphy Award in 1976 to acknowledge his unique collegial contributions to the Duke Law School community. He has been the past president of the Greenville County Bar, president-elect of the S.C. Bar Foundation Board of Directors and a member of the House of Delegates.
A partner of K&L Gates LLP, Carroll earned her bachelor’s degree from Winthrop College and later received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. In 2006, she was named the Citizen/Lay Volunteer of the Year by the South Carolina Recreation & Parks Association. She is a member of the House of Delegates of the South Carolina Bar, vice chair of the Rock Hill Parks and Recreation Commission and chair of the Long Range Planning Committee for the Rock Hill Economic Development Corporation.
Sheedy is the managing shareholder of Driscoll Sheedy, which represents business and government clientele in North Carolina and South Carolina. He received his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College, attended Oxford University and received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1982.
Sheedy is a past president of the York County Bar and has been active with the South Carolina Bar. With the Bar, he has served on the Long Range Planning committee and the Ethics Advisory committee. He also has served in the House of Delegates and the Board of Governors. He has been active with the Bar’s Government Law and Corporation, Banking and Securities sections. He currently serves on the board for South Carolina Legal Services. He is a frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars throughout the state.
About The South Carolina Bar Foundation
The South Carolina Bar Foundation funds the advancement of justice by improving access, education and accountability. Since 1987, the Foundation has allocated approximately $43.8 million to various legal-related organizations that work on behalf of the justice community. Last year alone, Foundation grantees assisted more than 10,200 low income South Carolinians in need of legal services, 450 homeless men and women and 390 victims of domestic abuse. For more information, visit scbarfoundation.org.
