South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
1320 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-2000
198 lawyers
Partners: 127
Associates: 53
Of Counsel: 18
South Carolina offices: Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach
Other offices: 394 lawyers in Charlotte, NC; Raleigh, NC; Winston-Salem, NC; Atlanta; Baltimore; Huntington, W.Va.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tallahassee, Fla.; Washington, DC; New York; Denver; Los Angeles
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,900
Starting pay for new associate: $115,000-$190,000
Gross revenue for firm 2017: $405,426,258
- Nexsen Pruet
1230 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-771-8900
120 lawyers
Partners: 84
Associates: 19
Of Counsel: 19
South Carolina offices: Columbia (63); Charleston (27); Greenville (24); Hilton Head (4); Myrtle Beach (4)
Other offices: Raleigh, NC (27); Charlotte, NC (22); Greensboro, NC (21)
- Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
1201 Main St., 22nd Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 779-3080
116 lawyers
Partners: 86
Associates: 22
Of Counsel: 8
South Carolina offices: Greenville (47); Columbia (39); Charleston (25); Florence (4); Myrtle Beach (1)
- McNair Law Firm
1221 Main St., Suite 1800
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-9800
90 lawyers
Partners: 67
Associates: 18
Of Counsel: 5
South Carolina offices: Columbia (38); Charleson (12); Greenville (10); Hilton Head (9); Myrtle Beach (8); Bluffton (2)
Other offices: Charlotte, NC (8)
- McAngus Goudelock & Courie
1320 Main St., 10th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 779-2300
85 lawyers
Partners: 49
Associates: 36
South Carolina offices: Columbia (34); Greenville (20); Charleston (21); Myrtle Beach (9); Florence (2)
Other offices: Charlotte, NC (28); Raleigh, NC (22); Asheville, NC (8); Wilmington, NC (6); Atlanta (13); Memphis, Tenn. (4); Knoxville, Tenn. (2); Nashville, Tenn. (7); Oxford, Miss. (5)
- (tie) Turner Padget
1901 Main St., 17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 254-2200
68 lawyers
Partners: 31
Associates: 22
Of Counsel: 15
SC offices: Columbia (31); Charleston (11); Florence (9); Myrtle Beach (9); Greenville (8)
- (tie) Womble Bond Dickinson
550 S. Main St., Suite 400
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 255-5400
68 lawyers
Partners: 50
Associates: 7
Of Counsel: 3
Other: 8
South Carolina offices: Charleston (41); Greenville (24); Columbia (3)
Other offices: North Carolina (296); Georgia (59); Washington, DC (42); California (31); Virginia (21); Maryland (17); Delaware (11); Massachusetts (9)
Hourly billing rates: $185-$685
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,850
Starting pay for new associate: $125,000
Gross revenue for firm 2017: $311,000,000
Revenue per lawyer: $620,000
- (tie) Gallivan White & Boyd
55 Beattie Place
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 271-9580
62 lawyers
Partners: 38
Associates: 20
Of Counsel: 4
South Carolina offices: Greenville (32); Columbia (19); Charleston (6)
Other office: Charlotte, NC (7)
- (tie) Motley Rice
28 Bridgeside Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 216-9000
62 attorneys
Partners: 23
Associates: 37
Of Counsel: 2
South Carolina office: Mount Pleasant (68)
Other offices: Hartford, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; New York; Providence, R.I., Morgantown, W.Va.; Charleston, W.Va.; New Orleans; Kansas City, Mo.
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
300 N. Main Street
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 271-1300
59 lawyers
Partners: 31
Associates: 13
Of Counsel: 8
South Carolina offices: Greenville (41); Columbia (14); Charleston (4)
Other offices: 49 other offices with 881 attorneys
- Willson Jones Carter & Baxley
872 S. Pleasantburg Dr.
Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 272-2667
56 lawyers
Partners: 16
Associates: 40
South Carolina offices: Greenville (26); Charleston (17); Columbia (13)
Other offices: Charlotte, NC (11): Raleigh, NC (5); Atlanta (1)
- Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
1221 Main St., Suite 1100
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 255-8000
48 lawyers
Partners: 27
Associates: 8
Of Counsel: 13
South Carolina offices: Columbia (20); Charleston (17); Greenville (7); Spartanburg (4)
Other offices: Charlotte, NC (89); Raleigh, NC (54); Atlanta (8)
- South Carolina Legal Services
2109 Bull St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 799-9668
45 lawyers
South Carolina offices: Columbia, Charleston, Florence, Greenwood, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Orangeburg, Rock Hill, and Spartanburg
- George Sink
7011 Rivers Ave.
North Charleston, SC 20406
(843) 569-1700
44 lawyers
Partners: 0
Associates: 44
Of Counsel: 0
South Carolina offices: Anderson, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Moncks Corner, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Walterboro
Other office: Savannah, Georgia (1)
- Young Clement & Rivers
25 Calhoun St., Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 577-4000
42 lawyers
Partners: 25
Associates: 14
Of Counsel: 3
- Richardson Plowden & Robinson
1900 Barnwell St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 771-4400
41 lawyers
Partners: 27
Associates:11
Of counsel: 3
South Carolina offices: Columbia, Charleston, Myrtle Beach
- Dority & Manning
75 Beattie Place
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 271-1592
40 lawyers
Partners: 27
Associates: 11
Of Counsel: 2
South Carolina office: Greenville (40)
- K&L Gates
134 Meeting St., Suite 500
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 579-5600
37 lawyers
Partners: 21
Associates: 13
Of counsel: 3
South Carolina office: Charleston (37)
Other offices: 1,857 lawyers in 44 other offices globally
Starting pay for a new associate: $145,000
Gross revenue for firm: $989,900,000 (2017 global firm revenue)
- Clawson & Staubes
126 Seven Farms Dr., Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29492
(843) 577-2026
33 lawyers
Partners: 11
Associates: 18
Of Counsel: 4
South Carolina offices: Charleston (21); Columbia (7); Greenville (5)
Other office: Charlotte, NC (6)
- Wyche
44 E. Camperdown Way
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 242-8200
31 lawyers
Partners: 16
Associates: 5
Of Counsel: 8
South Carolina offices: Greenville, Spartanburg
- (tie) Smith Moore Leatherwood
2 W. Washington St., Suite 1100
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 751-7600
30 lawyers
Partners: 18
Associates: 8
Of Counsel: 4
South Carolina offices: Greenville (30)
Other offices: Greensboro, NC (48); Raleigh, NC (22); (18); Atlanta (17); Wilmington, NC (7)
- (tie) Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte
1310 Gadsden St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 929-1400
30 lawyers
Partners: 20
Associates: 7
Of Counsel: 3
South Carolina office: Columbia (30)
- Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman
1037 Chuck Dawley Blvd.
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 727-6634
29 lawyers
Partners: 19
Associates: 5
Of Counsel: 5
South Carolina offices: Mount Pleasant (19); Columbia (3); Aiken (3); Charleston (2); Barnwell (1)
Other office: Edwardsville, Ill. (1)
- (tie) Moore & Van Allen
78 Wentworth St.
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 579-5000
28 lawyers
South Carolina office: Charleston (28)
Other offices: Charlotte, NC and Morrisville, NC
- (tie) Rogers Townsend
1221 Main St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 771-7900
28 lawyers
South Carolina offices: Columbia, Greenville, Charleston
Other offices: Charlotte, NC; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Finkel Law Firm
4000 Faber Place Dr., Suite 450
North Charleston, SC 29405
(843) 593-0399
25 lawyers
Partners: 7
Associates: 12
Of Counsel: 6
South Carolina offices: Charleston, Columbia
- Collins & Lacy
1330 Lady St., 6th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 256-2660
24 lawyers
Partners: 14
Associates: 8
Of Counsel: 2
South Carolina offices: Columbia (21); Myrtle Beach (3)
Annual billable hours expected of associates: 1,900
- Hood Law Firm
172 Meeting St.
Charleston, SC 29401
22 lawyers
Partners: 11
Associates: 9
Of Counsel: 2
South Carolina office: Charleston (22)
- Carlock Copeland & Stair
40 Calhoun St., Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 727-0307
21 lawyers
Partners: 11
Associates: 10
South Carolina office: Charleston
Other offices: Atlanta (48); Chattanooga, Tenn. (3)
- (tie) Murphy & Grantland
4406-B Forest Drive
Columbia, SC 29204
(803) 782-4100
20 lawyers
Partners: 9
Associates: 8
Of Counsel: 2
South Carolina office: Columbia (20)
- (tie) McDonell & Associates
2442 Devine St.
Columbia SC 29205
(866) 931-8793
20 lawyers
South Carolina offices: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Hilton Head, Lexington, Mount Pleasant, Myrtle Beach
Other offices: Charlotte, NC; Atlanta; Augusta, Ga.
