Lawyers in the News – July
Harriet Wallace has joined Fox Rothschild in its Greenville office as a partner in its financial restructuring and bankruptcy department. Wallace represents lenders and creditors in a range of litigation, workouts, and transactions. Rob Peele has joined Collins & Lacy in its Columbia office. Peele’s practice will focus on matters involving construction, professional liability, and […]
Lawyers in the News – May
K&L Gates has announced that Caitlin Nevin has joined its Charleston office as an associate in its real estate practice group and Ryan Goer has joined as an associate in the its banking and asset finance practice group, also in its Charleston office. Timothy C. Thompson has joined Robinson Gray in Columbia as of counsel. […]
Lawyers in the News – March
Turner Padget Graham & Laney has announced the addition of three new attorneys. William S. “Wilson” Jackson IV joins as an associate in the firm’s insurance litigation practice and is based in Charleston, William G. Oncken joins as an associate in its workplace law practice and is based in Myrtle Beach, and W. Taylor Stanley […]
Lawyers in the News – February
Meredith Ann Krzyston has joined Robinson Gray in Columbia as an associate, focusing on workers’ compensation. She previously worked in the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s office. Clawson and Staubes announced that it has named South Carolina-based attorneys Penn Ely and Kelli Sullivan as new members to the firm. Ely has been with the firm since 2014 […]
Lawyers in the News – January
K&L Gates announced four hires in the firm’s Charleston office, all as associates: Lauren McFadden in the firm’s Corporate/M&A practice group, Laura Musselman in its Complex Commercial Litigation and Disputes practice group, Whit McGreevy in its Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety practice group, and Reed deMent in its Banking and Asset Finance practice group. Kelly […]
Lawyers in the News – December
Nexsen Pruet has announced the hiring of three new attorneys in South Carolina: Hamilton Barber, an associate with its health care group in Charleston; Maressa Cuenca, an associate with its employment and labor law group in Columbia; and Shannon Vogan, an associate with its health care practice group in Columbia. Beal LLC in Columbia has […]
Lawyers in the News — November
Hunter Adams has joined Baker, Ravenel & Bender in Columbia as an associate, where he practices in the areas of automobile liability, civil litigation, premises liability, and insurance coverage. Maheen Akhter has joined Wyche as an associate in the firm’s Greenville office. She will join the firm’s real estate practice group, focusing on multi-family and […]
Lawyers in the News – September/October
The American College of Trial Lawyers has presented its Griffin Bell Award for Courageous Advocacy to criminal defense attorney Andy Savage. The award honors “trial lawyers who have persevered in the pursuit of an important cause despite substantial personal danger, fear, unpopularity, opposition or other extreme difficulties.” Savage is the fifteenth recipient of the award in […]
Lawyers in the News July/August
Lawyers in the News July/August Nexsen Pruet has announced that Jennie Cluverius in the firm’s Greenville office and Matthew Roberts in the firm’s Columbia office have been elected to its board of directors. Cluverius is a member of the firm’s employment and labor group and Roberts is the chair of its health care group. They […]
Lawyers on the Move
The board of directors for the South Carolina Public Employee Benefit Authority elected Nexsen Pruet member John Sowards as its chairman on July 21. Anthony M. Quattrone has joined the Columbia office of Adams and Reese as an associate and a member of the firm’s transactions and corporate advisory services practice group and government […]
Lawyers on the Move
Businessman and former S.C. House Majority Leader Kenneth A. “Kenny” Bingham of Lexington has joined the Columbia office of Adams and Reese as a government affairs adviser. John T. Lay Jr., a shareholder with Gallivan White & Boyd of Columbia, has been elected president of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Kurt Schumacher, a Greenville […]
SC Bar’s wellness committee honored by ABA
The South Carolina State Bar’s Attorney Wellness Committee will receive the American Bar Association’s 2016 E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award, the committee has announced. The award is given every year to an organization that distinguishes itself through the development and implementation of programs demonstrating the highest level of dedication to lawyer professionalism. The wellness c[...]
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- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
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