South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Charleston ABOTA Chapter Honors Judge Fields With Civility Award

Nelson Mullins Honored With National Pro Bono Award

Charleston attorney C. Allen Gibson Jr. has been selected to serve on the American Arbitration Association’s construction arbitrator master panel, a group of approximately 100 highly experienced construction arbitrators nationwide. Gibson is a principal in the law firm of Buist ...

Rogers Townsend & Thomas Announces Five New Shareholders

Attorney Ellis R. Lesemann has joined Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP as an associate in the firm’s Charleston office. Lesemann concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law and business litigation and is a member of Parker Poe’s ...

The Palmetto Paralegal Association has selected Tina L. D. Perkins of SCANA Corp. as its Paralegal of the Year for 2004. The award recognizes her “exceptional dedication to the Palmetto Paralegal Association, her unfailing professionalism and ethical standards, her service ...

Nelson Mullins attorney Charles S. Verdin IV has received certifications from the South Carolina Supreme Court as a taxation law specialist and an estate planning and probate law specialist. Verdin is a partner in the firm’s Greenville office and practices ...

The National Safety Council has installed Joel W. Collins Jr., founding partner of Collins & Lacy, P.C., Attorneys at Law, as president of its South Carolina chapter. Collins was inducted as president at the chapter’s annual meeting held Jan. 19 ...

Oliver Wendell Homes Jr., said, “Every calling is great, when greatly pursued.” In 2005, resolve to “greatly pursue” your legal career. The quest includes continuing to build substantive knowledge and related skills to better serve current and prospective clients. It ...

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough attorney Joel Smith has been named the 2004 Honda Product Liability Trial Attorney of the Year. Smith, a partner in Nelson Mullins’ Columbia office, successfully defended Honda in a products liability dispute last year. “It ...