South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Cari Hicks, an attorney with the firm of Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, P.C., was recently elected to serve in the South Carolina Bar house of delegates when the Bar’s board of governors decided to expand the number of representatives. ...

Nationwide, collaborative divorce is attracting considerable attention as a proactive and humane settlement option, and it’s starting to catch on here in the Carolinas as well. When executed as agreed to by divorcing individuals and their attorneys, studies show that ...

The South Carolina Bar recently announced its committee chairpersons for the 2005-2006 term. The new chairpersons include: * William Booth III of the Booth Law Firm, LLC in West Columbia, Law Office Technology Committee. * Mark Buyck Jr. of Willcox ...

Attorney Hamilton E. “Bo” Russell III has joined the law firm of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Greenville. Russell’s practice will focus on corporate and securities law — particularly for technology companies, community banks, financial institutions and venture-stage ...

Upstate attorney Roy McBee Smith was recently spotlighted in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Smith, 76, served as the Spartanburg County attorney for 41 years before stepping aside earlier this year. In the article, Smith reminisced about the first military case he ...

The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace, the Standard & Poor’s public finance rating directory, has ranked McNair Law Firm, P.A. 26th out of the top 100 bond counsel firms in the United States for underwriters’ counsel in dollar volume of long-term ...

Nelson Mullins’ products liability practice is the fourth-best in the nation, according to legal publishers Chambers & Partners. The firm’s corporate/mergers and acquisitions, and general commercial litigation practices were selected as the best in South Carolina, while labor and employment, ...

Margaret C. Pope, a public finance attorney in the Columbia office of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., has been appointed by Gov. Mark Sanford to serve on the Governor’s Commission on Women. The GCW’s mission is to enhance the quality of ...

Attorney Michael A. Graham has joined the firm of Rogers Townsend & Thomas in Columbia. Graham’s practice involves construction law, products liability litigation, as well as risk management and litigation. Graham earned his law degree from Campbell University, where he ...

Blogs, or blawgs, are being hailed by some as the key to Web success in 2005. According to two surveys conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in November 2004, 8 million Americans reported that they had created ...