South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The Charleston School of Law has announced a fall lecture series that will allow students — and lawyers — to hear from federal judges, state judges and Charleston attorneys. While students are required to attend as part of their legal ...

Our paper documents are a legal treasure chest. Not only do they contain pearls of legal wisdom to be shared with our clients, but they also include buried artifacts that may be both beneficial and harmful. These artifacts are called ...

The South Carolina Bar Foundation has announced new officers for the 2005-2006 term. Attorney Anne S. Ellefson was selected as president. Ellefson, a shareholder with Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., is past-chair of the Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce and a ...

Attorney Christopher Adams has joined the law firm of Collins & Lacy in Columbia. Adams will focus his practice on civil litigation; construction and transportation law; insurance and criminal defense; and products and premises liability. Said founding partner Joel W. ...

Marguerite S. Willis, an attorney with Nexsen Pruet, LLC in Columbia, has been appointed to a four-year term as a trustee of Columbia College. Willis practices in the area of commercial litigation, with a concentration in antitrust and products liability. ...

Two Charleston lawyers — and a former College of Charleston provost are the latest to join the faculty at the Charleston School of Law, Dean Richard Gershon announced earlier this month. Former Charleston County Master in Equity Louis Condon will ...

Attorney Kathleen Goodpasture Smith has joined the Columbia office of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Smith will be of counsel in the areas of financial services and banking, and she will also practice in the areas of state and federal regulatory ...

The Wyche law firm has been named a leading law firm in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and commercial litigation in South Carolina in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In addition, Chambers cited several ...

Jonathan D. Hammond has rejoined the firm of Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C. as an associate attorney. Hammond will practice in the areas of insurance and tort litigation, products liability and business and commercial litigation. Hammond served as a ...

Henry Hammer, the oldest practicing attorney in South Carolina who was also known for a landmark 1958 U.S. Supreme Court decision, died Aug. 4. He was 94. The Columbia native worked until July 8, when he became sick, said his ...