South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney Daniel W. Hayes has joined the Columbia firm of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC as an associate. Hayes will concentrate his practice on workers’ compensation litigation. He is a 1997 graduate of the University of South Carolina School ...

Two experienced lawyers will join the Charleston School of Law faculty in August to bring the total number of professors at the new law school to 12, Dean Richard Gershon announced late last month. Columbia lawyer Elizabeth H. McCullough will ...

In the list of “Top 10 Competitive Bond Counsel” for the first quarter of 2005, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. ranked ninth among all bond counsel in the United States for municipal bond issues handled — the only Southeastern law firm ...

Attorney Lewis M. Levy has joined the law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP as special counsel in Columbia. As a member of Parker Poe’s public finance practice group, Levy brings significant public sector experience with tax-exempt bond ...

Circuit Judge James Lockemy was honored with the Order of Palmetto — the state’s highest civilian honor — on the same day he was promoted to brigadier general and retired from the South Carolina Army National Guard. The presentation was ...

Arthur Morgenstern, who has more than 25 years of experience in patent law and most recently served as senior patent counsel to a North Carolina pharmaceutical company, has joined Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office in an of counsel capacity. Morgenstern, a ...

Attorney Amanda L. Callander has joined the law firm of Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC as partner. Callander will manage the firm’s newly opened West Ashley office where she will concentrate her practice on residential and commercial real estate ...

Attorney Belton T. Zeigler has become a shareholder with the firm of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Zeigler practices in the firm’s Columbia office where he concentrates in regulatory and administrative law. He also has substantial experience in litigating local government ...

Attorney Ryan Thomas Gardner has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in the law firm’s Columbia office. Gardner is an associate of the firm who practices in the areas of tax planning, tax litigation, corporate and securities and financial institutions. ...

The South Carolina Women Lawyers Association recently elected new officers for 2005. They include: * President: Katherine Dudley Helms, a shareholder with the law firm of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart, PC in Columbia. Helms practices in the areas ...