South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The South Carolina Supreme Court has certified Nexsen Pruet attorneys Mary L. “Molly” Hughes and John F. Emerson as specialists in employment and labor law. The designation, which required Hughes and Emerson to pass an interview and a written examination, ...

Attorney General Henry McMaster was presented with The Humane Society of the United States’ inaugural Humane Law Enforcement Official of the Year Award for 2005. McMaster received the award in recognition of his efforts to combat illegal animal fighting in ...

Melissa L. Azallion has been sworn into the Georgia Bar, becoming the third attorney in Nexsen Pruet’s Hilton Head Island office to be admitted to practice in Georgia as well as South Carolina. Azallion practices in the employment and immigration ...

M. Craig Garner Jr., a shareholder in the Columbia office of McNair Law Firm, P. A. has been selected by in-house counsel and his legal peers as one of the leading advisers in the field of health care law in ...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough honored four firm attorneys with the 2005 Claude M. Scarborough Jr. Award during the firm’s annual retreat Feb. 24 in Kiawah. The Scarborough Award is named for Claude M. Scarborough Jr., Nelson Mullins chairman emeritus, ...

Briefly . . . Attorney Stuart M. Lee has joined the law firm of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC., where he will concentrate his practice in the areas of land development, commercial real estate financing and condominium and community association ...

Legal And Market Trends In The Insurance Industry

Two lawyers have joined the Charleston School of Law as visiting professors, Dean Richard Gershon announced recently. Gerald M. Finkel, a South Carolina expert in insurance law, joins the law school as a distinguished visiting professor. Finkel will teach insurance ...

Attorney Kristine Cato, a shareholder in the firm of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, P.C., has been elected to the board of directors of the Young Women’s Christian Association of the Midlands. “I am honored to be a part of this ...

Attorney Burnet R. “Burnie” Maybank III will return to private practice at Nexsen Pruet, PLLC after serving as director of the S.C. Department of Revenue under Gov. Mark Sanford. Maybank also served on the Coordinating Council for Economic Development and ...