James W. Fayssoux Jr. has been awarded the American Board of Trial Advocates, South Carolina Chapter, Trial Lawyer of the Year for 2015.
Lanneau Wm. Lambert Jr., a shareholder in Turner Padget’s Columbia office, has been accepted into the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
Nick Stewart has joined the Charleston office of Carlock, Copeland & Stair, focusing on general civil litigation and construction litigation.
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte workers’ compensation attorney Nicolas L. Haigler has been appointed to the Friends of Epworth Children’s Home board of directors.
Katherine Willett has joined Burroughs|Elijah Attorneys as managing attorney of the firm’s new location in Greenville.
Kenneth R. Suggs has received the Southern Trial Lawyers Association War Horse Award. Suggs leads the Columbia office of Janet, Jenner & Suggs.
Joseph Bias has joined the Columbia office of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, a regional insurance defense firm.
Attorney Carson Bacon Penney has joined the Greenville office of Gallivan, White & Boyd.
The Columbia law firm of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline has won the REGAL award for Best Special Promotion. The firm was recognized for helping raise $10,000 for struggling military families in South Carolina.
S. Scott Bluestein of the Bluestein Law Firm of Charleston was elected treasurer of the Admiralty Section of the Federal Bar Association.
Nick Stewart has joined the Charleston office of Carlock, Copeland & Stair, focusing on general civil litigation and construction litigation.