South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Baker, Ravenel & Bender LLC, is welcoming three new attorneys, according to a news release.
William A. Collins Jr. is joining as a partner, and Michal Kalwajtys and JC Davis are coming on board as associates. Collins and Kalwajtys join the law firm as a result of its merger with their former firm, Dougall & Collins.
Davis
Collins practices in the areas of Construction Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Asbestos Litigation and General Litigation. In addition to the South Carolina Bar, he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his bachelor’s in political science from the University of South Carolina in 1992, and his J.D. from the USC School of Law in 1995.
Collins
Kalwajtys practices in the areas of Personal Injury Defense, Construction Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Product Liability, and Appellate Advocacy. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as state courts. He is a graduate of two law schools, in his native Poland in 2002, and the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he earned his J.D. in 2012.
JC Davis practices in the areas of Construction Litigation and Products Liability. She, too, is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, in addition to state courts.
She got her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in 2015, and her master’s in Homeland Security and Emergency Management from Sam Houston State University in 2016. She earned her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2020.
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