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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly > South Carolina's Largest Law Firms: 2012

A New World Order

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

A new world order arrived in 2011 as growth in Charleston and elsewhere attracted national and international practices to the state’s legal community.

A note from the editor

By G. D. Gearino
Published: April 13,2012

The making of lists is an irresistible human urge, so much so that it would surprise almost nobody to learn that the cave drawings left by early man were, in fact, rankings of the Top Ten Mastodons We Killed and Ate. Our list of South Carolina’s Largest Law Firms can’t match those cave drawings for mystery, but then again obscurity isn’t our aim. Clarity is, and it doesn’t get much more simple and clear than a ranking based on a single statistic: The number of lawyers a firm has in the state.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd: Steady as she goes

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

Anne Ellefson had spent her entire legal career – nearly 30 years – in the Greenville office of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd before being elected the firm’s managing director in 2008. That made her the first woman to lead a large law firm in South Carolina.

Gallivan White & Boyd: Finding the silver lining

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

While most firms looked to cut expenses and reduce staff in order to survive over the past few years, Greenville’s Gallivan White & Boyd did just the opposite. “We actually infused more capital into that because although the downturn was a challenge for everyone, we strongly believed that it really presented some tremendous opportunities,” said Billy McGee, the firm’s managing shareholder.

Rogers Townsend & THOMAS – Adding legs to the stool

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

For some firms, the recession presented opportunities for growth, particularly those with established mortgage banking and creditor’s rights departments. That certainly held true for Columbia-based Rogers Townsend & Thomas, which expanded its mortgage banking and default services practice – already established in South Carolina – to Charlotte in January 2010.

Legal Services endures a million-dollar budget cut

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

Last year, the 54 lawyers employed by South Carolina Legal Services would have been enough to rank it No. 8 in the state. In 2011, that number dropped to 50 attorneys – still enough to keep the organization in the rankings, but that 7.5 percent drop in attorney numbers doesn’t impart the full impact the recession has had on the state’s largest provider of free legal services to low income residents.

1: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

(1 in 2011) Locations and number of attorneys at each: Atlanta 87 (84 in 2011); Boston 34 (39 in 2011); Charleston, S.C. 34 (35 in 2011); Chicago 1 (unchanged); Charlotte 26 (22 in 2011); Columbia, S.C. 114 (117 in 2011); Greenville, S.C. 37 (unchanged); Huntington, W.Va. 8 (unchanged); Myrtle Beach, S.C. 12 (11 in 2011); [...]

-2- Nexsen Pruet

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

(3 in 2011) Locations and number of attorneys at each: Columbia, S.C. 72 (71 in 2011); Charleston, S.C. 26 (29 in 2011); Greenville, S. C. 21 (20 in 2011); Myrtle Beach, S.C. 4(unchanged); Hilton Head, S.C. 5 (6 in 2011); Charlotte, N. C. 17 (15 in 2011); Greensboro, N.C. 24 (29 in 2011); Raleigh, N.C. [...]

-3- Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

(2 in 2011) Locations and number of attorneys at each: Charleston 29; Columbia 46; Florence 4; Greenville 45; Myrtle Beach 1; Washington, D.C. 1 Total number of S.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2012: 126 (131 in 2011) Percentage change: -3.8% Total number of S.C. paralegals: 48 (46 in 2011 Total number of S.C. [...]

5: Turner Padget Graham & Laney

By Sharon McCloskey
Published: April 13,2012

(5 in 2011) Locations and number of attorneys at each: Charleston 16; Columbia 37; Florence 17; Greenville 15; Myrtle Beach 8 Total number of S.C. attorneys as of Jan. 1, 2012: 93 (90 in 2011) Percentage change: +3.3% Total number of S.C. paralegals: 29 (28 in 2011) Total number of S.C. personnel (includes lawyers, paralegals [...]