South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Charleston lawyer Capers G. Barr III has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The induction ceremony at which Barr became a fellow took place during the 2005 annual meeting of the ACTL in Chicago. Founded in ...

The South Carolina Women Lawyer’s Association presented its highest award, the Jean Galloway Bissell Award, to Harriet McBryde Johnson on Oct. 13. Johnson is an author, attorney and disability rights advocate. The Bissell Award is presented each year to an ...

Attorneys Bradish J. Waring and John F. Emerson, who practice in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston and Columbia offices respectively, have been honored with the Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law. The award recognizes USC law ...

Attorney Howell Morrison of Moore & Van Allen was recently elected to membership in the Charleston chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Morrison is a partner with the firm and practices in the Charleston office. His trial and ...

Attorney Joel W. Collins Jr., founding partner of the firm Collins & Lacy, P.C., is one of three attorneys to receive the Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award given by the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association. The award ...

Greenville attorney and entrepreneur Merl F. Code is joining Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. in an of counsel position. Code will concentrate his practice in the areas of positive employee relations and diversity. In addition to his legal ...

Distinguished past members of the South Carolina Bar were memorialized at the annual Memory Hold the Door ceremony Oct. 19 at the University of South Carolina School of Law. This year’s honorees were James C. Anders of Columbia, Ralph Bailey ...

Attorney William “Al” Pollard, a member of Nexsen Pruet in Columbia, has been inducted into the Heritage Society of Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals. The society, established in 2003, recognizes individuals who have given generously of their time, talent and ...

Attorneys Shawn E. Allen and Reid T. Sherard have joined the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. Allen will practice in the firm’s Myrtle Beach office and Sherard will work out of Greenville. Allen’s areas of practice include ...

Employers routinely ask employees to sign general releases of potential claims in exchange for severance packages or to resolve employment-related disputes. However, a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which has jurisdiction over North ...