Kelley Shull Cannon practices civil-litigation defense for Howser, Newman & Besley, LLC, in Columbia. She is a 1995 graduate of the University of South Carolina Law School, and although she is proficient behind the wheel of a forklift, what she would prefer to drive is a ’60s-vintage sports car. SCLW: What was your best/worst summer [...]
Kirsten Small is an appellate attorney in the Greenville office of Nexsen Pruet. A Washington state native, Small graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1994. She then completed a federal clerkship in Greenville. Small is a member of the South Carolina Bar's ethics advisory committee and secretary of the trial and appellate advocacy section. She is also active in the Defense Research Institute, where she serves as a liaison for the appellate advocacy committee and chairs the networking subcommittee for the women in the law committee.
Marcy J. Lamar is special counsel with McKay Cauthen Settana & Stubley in Columbia, where she practices workers' compensation law. She is co-author in multiple editions of The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina and a member of several professional associations, including the American Bar Association, Richland County Bar Association, S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the S.C. Bar.
Reyburn W. Lominack III is an associate in the Columbia office of Fisher & Phillips. He represents employers in state, federal and appellate courts, as well as administrative tribunals. Lominack focuses his practice on Title VII, FMLA, ADA, ADEA and FLSA matters. He also assists traditional employers in issues such as union-avoidance campaigns, unfair labor practice charges, grievance arbitrations and collective-bargaining negotiations.
For the first time, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly is recognizing a select group of attorneys - all of whom have practiced for 10 years or less - for their service to the profession and their communities. Colleagues, clients, firms and friends nominated a large number for the honors, and that group has been narrowed to 18 finalists. In order to get to know them better, we asked each finalist a series of personal questions. Their answers to one question apiece are presented here.
Ronald Cox is a founding member of Proffitt & Cox in Columbia. A graduate of the University of South Carolina at Aiken, Cox graduated with a B.S. in business administration in 1993. He went on to receive a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Here he discusses his decision to start a new small firm during tough economic times.
By DIANA SMITH, Staff Writer diana.smith@sc.lawyersweekly.com Amy Allen Hinson is an attorney at Nexsen Pruet’s Greenville office and practices in the areas of intellectual property law and general litigation. She earned her law degree from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor’s of science in ceramic engineering from Clemson University. Hinson sits on the [...]
Carrington Wingard of Florence is the current chair of the S.C. Bar’s Pro Bono Committee. A sole practitioner, Wingard received her undergraduate degree in government from the College of William and Mary and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Wingard previously served as counsel to the S.C. House Judiciary Committee, [...]
Q&A with Columbia attorney Gary Pennington
Q&A with Columbia's Sue Guitar Odom
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