South Carolina Largest Law Firms 2021

1. Nelson Mullins

(Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP)

1320 Main Street, Meridian,17th Floor

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 799-2000

www.nelsonmullins.com 

204 attorneys

Partners: 128

Associates: 48

Of counsel: 16

Other: 12

South Carolina offices: Columbia (116), Charleston (41), Greenville (40), Myrtle Beach (12)

2. Nexsen Pruet

1230 Main St, Suite 700

Columbia, SC  29201

(803) 771-8900

www.nexsenpruet.com

120 attorneys

Partners: 73

Associates: 16

Of counsel: 31

South Carolina offices: Columbia (65), Greenville (25), Charleston (23), Myrtle Beach (4), Hilton Head (3)

3. Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd

1201 Main Street, 22nd floor

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 779-3080

www.hsblawfirm.com

117 attorneys

Partners: 76

Associates: 21

Of counsel: 11

Other: 9

South Carolina offices: Greenville (45), Columbia (43), Charleston (24), Florence (5)

4. Motley Rice

28 Bridgeside Blvd.

Mt Pleasant, SC 29464

(843) 216-9315

www.motleyrice.com

101 attorneys

Members: 25

Associates: 35

Of counsel/Senior counsel: 9

Staff attorneys: 9

Project Attorneys: 23

South Carolina offices: Mt. Pleasant (101)

5. MGC

(McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC) 

1320 Main Street, Floor 10 

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 779-2300

www.mgclaw.com

89 attorneys

Partners: 49 

Associates: 40 

South Carolina offices: Columbia (35), Greenville (20), Charleston (19), Myrtle Beach (9), Florence (3), Northeast Columbia (1), Summerville (1), Irmo (1)

6. Burr Forman McNair

1221 Main Street, Suite 1800

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 799-9800

www.Burr.com

65 attorneys

Partners: 44

Associates: 9

Of Counsel: 12

South Carolina offices: Columbia (33), Greenville (12), Charleston (7), Hilton Head (7), Myrtle Beach (4), Bluffton (2)

7 (tie). Turner Padget

(Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA)

40 Calhoun St #200

Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 576-2800

https://www.turnerpadget.com/ 

62 attorneys

Partners: 32

Associates: 16

Of Counsel: 14

South Carolina offices: Columbia (30), Charleston (9), Florence (6), Greenville (6), Myrtle Beach (5)

7 (tie). Ogletree Deakins

(Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC)

300 North Main Street 

Greenville, SC 29601

(864) 271-1300

www.ogletree.com

62 attorneys

Partners:  28

Associates: 17

Of counsel: 17

South Carolina offices: Greenville (38), Columbia (18), Charleston (6)

7 (tie). Womble Bond Dickinson

(Womble Bond Dickinson US)

550 South Main Street, Suite 400

Greenville, SC, 29601

(864) 255-5400

https://www.womblebonddickinson.com/us 

62 attorneys

Partners: 42

Associates: 9

Of counsel: 5

Other: 6

South Carolina offices: Charleston (40), Greenville (18), Columbia (4)

10. Willson Jones Carter & Baxley

325 Rocky Slope Road, Suite 201

Greenville, SC 29607

(864) 272-2667

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58 attorneys

Partners: 18

Associates: 40

South Carolina offices: Greenville (27), Charleston (15), Columbia (14), Myrtle Beach (2)

11. Gallivan White & Boyd

55 Beattie Place, Suite 1200

Greenville, SC 29601

(864) 271-9580

www.gwblawfirm.com

57 attorneys

Partners: 32

Associates: 22

Of counsel: 2

Other: 1

South Carolina offices: Greenville (32), Columbia (16), Charleston (9)

12. South Carolina Legal Services

2109 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29202

(803) 799-9668

www.sclegal.org

54 attorneys

SCLS is a non-profit law firm.

South Carolina offices: Greenville (12), Charleston (11), Columbia (9), Spartanburg (6), Florence (4), Greenwood (3), Orangeburg (3), Rock Hill (3), Conway (3)

13. Parker Poe

(Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein)

1221 Main Street, Ste 1100

Columbia SC 29201 

(843) 255-8000

www.parkerpoe.com

51 attorneys

Partners:  19

Associates: 13

Of counsel: 12

South Carolina offices: Columbia (22), Charleston (16), Greenville (11) Spartanburg (2)

14. Clement Rivers

25 Calhoun Street, Suite 400

Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 577-4000

www.ycrlaw.com

41 attorneys

Partners: 25

Associates: 10

Other: 6

South Carolina offices: Charleston (41)

15. Richardson Plowden

(Richardson Plowden & Robinson)

1900 Barnwell Street

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 771-4400

www.RichardsonPlowden.com

39 attorneys

Partners: 27

Associates: 11

Of counsel: 1

South Carolina offices: Columbia (26), Charleston (9), Myrtle Beach (5)

16 (tie). K&L Gates 

134 Meeting Street, Suite 500

Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 579-5600

www.klgates.com

33 attorneys

Partners: 19

Associates: 14

South Carolina offices: Charleston (33)

16 (tie). Clawson and Staubes

126 Seven Farms Drive, Suite 200

Charleston, South Carolina 29492

(843) 577-2026

www.clawsonandstaubes.com

33 attorneys

Partners: 15

Associates: 11

Of counsel: 7

South Carolina offices: Charleston (22), Columbia ( 6), Greenville (5)

16 (tie). Wyche

200 East Camperdown Way

Greenville, SC 29601

864-242-8200

www.wyche.com

33 attorneys

Partners: 21

Associates: 6

Of Counsel: 6

South Carolina offices: Greenville (27), Columbia (5), Spartanburg (1)

19. Rogers Townsend

(Rogers Townsend, LLC

1221 Main Street, 14th Floor

Columbia, SC 29201

803-771-7900

www.rogerstownsend.com

30 attorneys

Partners: 19

Associates: 8

Of counsel: 3

South Carolina offices: Columbia (20), Charleston (8), Greenville (1), Beaufort (1)

20. CSKL – Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell

(Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell)

40 Calhoun Street, Suite 400

Charleston, SC 29201

(843) 727-0307

www.cskl.law

27 attorneys

Partners: 14

Associates: 12

Of counsel:  1

South Carolina offices: Charleston (27)

21 (tie). RPWB

Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman

1037 Chuck Dawley Blvd., Building A

Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

(843) 727-6500

www.rpwb.com

23 attorneys

Partners: 18

Associates: 4

Of Counsel: 1

South Carolina offices: Mount Pleasant (18), Aiken (2), Charleston (2), Columbia (1)

21 (tie). Finkel Law Firm 

1201 Main Street, Suite 1800

Columbia SC 29201

(803) 765-2935

(843) 577-5460

www.finkellaw.com

23 attorneys

Partners: 9

Associates: 9

Of counsel: 5

South Carolina offices: Columbia (13), Charleston (10)

23. Moore & Van Allen

78 Wentworth Street

Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 579-7000

www.mvalaw.com

22 attorneys

Members: 14

Associates: 5

Of counsel: 2

Other: 1

South Carolina offices: Charleston (22)

24 (tie). McGowan Hood & Felder

1539 Health Care Dr.

Rock Hill, SC 29732

(803) 327-7800

www.mcgowanhood.com

21 attorneys

Partners: 4

Associates: 7

Of counsel: 10

South Carolina offices: Columbia (8), Rock Hill (7), Mt. Pleasant (3), Greenville (2), Pawleys Island (1)

24 (tie). Fox Rothschild

2 W. Washington St., Suite 1100

Greenville, SC 29601-2784

(864)751-7800

https://www.foxrothschild.com/

21 attorneys

Partners: 13

Associates: 6

Of counsel: 2

South Carolina offices: Greenville (21)

24 (tie). Collins & Lacy

1330 Lady Street

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 256-2660

www.collinsandlacy.com

21 attorneys

Partners: 9

Associates: 7

Of Counsel: 5

South Carolina offices: Columbia (20), Murrells Inlet (1)

27. Barnwell Whaley

(Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC)

211 King St., Suite 300

Charleston, SC 29401

(843) 577-7700

https://barnwell-whaley.com/

18 attorneys

Partners: 12

Associates: 4

Of Counsel: 2

South Carolina offices: Charleston (18)