The Best Lawyers in the Midlands

From Best Lawyers in America©

Face it: at some point in your life, you’re probably going to need a lawyer, whether it’s to buy a home, establish a trust for your children, defend a lawsuit or handle a business deal, and having good legal representation is of the utmost importance. But how do you know where to find the right counsel? Woodward/White, an Aiken-based publishing company, compiles the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Published since 1983, Best Lawyers in America® lists attorneys in 124 specialties, representing all 50 states, who have been chosen via an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation’s top lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2012 edition of Best Lawyers is based on more than 3.9 million evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. This method used to compile Best Lawyers remains unchanged since the first edition was compiled more than 25 years ago. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based solely on the vote of their peers. Listings cannot be bought, and no purchase is required to be included. In this regard, Best Lawyers remains the gold standard of reliability and integrity in lawyer ratings.
Here, Columbia Metropolitan provides the complete list of lawyers in the Midlands who were chosen for inclusion, as well as contact information for their respective firms. Following these lists you’ll find our special advertising section, where some of the lawyers named to the list have provided more information about themselves and their firms. While we hope you never need a lawyer, when you do, we know this information will prove to be invaluable.

Click here to view the profiles that appeared in the December 2011 issue of Columbia Metropolitan.

 

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Administrative /Regulatory Law                  

James C. Gray, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Steven W. Hamm 
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
David B. Summer, Jr.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Antitrust Law                                  

William C. Boyd 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Appellate Practice               

Weston Adams, III
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
C. Mitchell Brown 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.
Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC
C. Dixon Lee, III
McLaren & Lee
Steve A. Matthews 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd,PA
Hamilton Osborne, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd,PA
James B. Richardson, Jr.
James B. Richardson, Jr.
Jack B. Swerling 
Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling
William T. Toal 
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA

Arbitration                            

Harry L. Goldberg 
Finkel Law Firm, LLC
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Walter B. Todd, Jr.
Todd & Ward, PC

Banking and Finance Law 

John W. Currie 
McNair Law Firm, PA
M. Craig Garner, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
Lanneau W. Lambert, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Alan M. Lipsitz 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Judith L. McInnis 
McNair Law Firm, PA
L. Henry McKellar 
Collins & Lacy, PC
John A. Sowards 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
H. Dave Whitener, Jr.
Whitener & Wharton, PA

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law           

Barbara George Barton 
Barton Law Firm, PA
Michael M. Beal 
McNair Law Firm, PA
John B. Butler, III
John B. Butler, III, PA

George B. Cauthen 

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Sherwood  M. Cleveland 
Sherwood M. Cleveland
Richard R. Gleisner 
Gleissner Law Firm, LLC
R. Geoffrey Levy 
Levy Law Firm, LLC 
John  McCants 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
G. William McCarthy, Jr.
McCarthy Law Firm,LLC
Stanley H. McGuffin 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Julio E. Mendoza, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
R. William Metzger 
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC
Tara E. Nauful 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
William H. Short, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Bet-the-Company Litigation                                        

Russell T. Burke  
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Gray T. Culbreath 
Collins & Lacy, PC
David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Elizabeth Van Doren Gray 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Paul D. Harrill 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Robert  Knowlton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
LeRoy F. Laney 
Riley Pope & Laney,LLC
John T. Lay, Jr.
Gallivan, White & Boyd, SC
Stephen F. McKinney 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Stephen G. Morrison 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Edward W. Mullins, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
B. Rush Smith, III
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Joel H. Smith 
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
Thornwell F. Sowell 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
J. Calhoun Watson 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Commercial Litigation          

C. Mitchell Brown 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Russell T. Burke 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.
Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC
Gray T. Culbreath 
Collins & Lacy, PC
David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Elizabeth Van Doren Gray 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Manton M. Grier 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
Kevin A. Hall 
Hall and Bowers, LLC
Paul D. Harrill 
McNair Law Firm, PA
William C. Hubbard 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
S. Keith Hutto 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Celeste T. Jones 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Robert  Knowlton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
D. Larry Kristinik, III
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John F. Kuppens 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
LeRoy F. Laney 
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
John T. Lay, Jr.
Gallivan, White & Boyd, SC
James K. Lehman 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Susan Batten Lipscomb 
Lipscomb Law Firm, PA
Francis M. Mack 
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr.
McCutchen Blanton, LLP
Stephen F. McKinney 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
W. Cliff Moore, III
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Stephen G. Morrison 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John C. Moylan, III
Wyche, PA
Edward W. Mullins, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Benjamin E. Nicholson, V
McNair Law Firm, PA
Hamilton  Osborne, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
Curtis L. Ott 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
A. Victor Rawl, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
Joel H. Smith 
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
Thornwell F. Sowell 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
W. Duvall Spruill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Robert E. Stepp 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
J. Preston Strom, Jr.
Strom Law Firm
Ronald J. Tryon 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
J. Calhoun Watson 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
James Lynn Werner 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Daryl  Williams 
Jeter & Williams, PA

Construction Law                  

Daniel T. Brailsford 
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC
Henry W. Brown 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
James L. Bruner 
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC
Thomas B. Jackson, III
Tyler, Cassell, Jackson, Peace & Silver, LLP
Franklin J. Smith, Jr.
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
Henry P. Wall 
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC
James Lynn Werner 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Copyright Law                           

William Y. Klett III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Corporate Compliance Law                                            

Suzanne H. Clawson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
 

Corporate Governance Law                                           

Suzanne H. Clawson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
John W. Foster 
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP

Corporate Law                       

Mark L. Bender 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William C. Boyd 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Joseph D. Clark 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Suzanne H. Clawson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
John W. Currie 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Gus M. Dixon 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
C. Jones DuBose, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Randolph B. Epting 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Daniel J. Fritze 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Julian  Hennig, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
P. Mason Hogue, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
George S. King, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
G. Marcus Knight 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Martin C. McWilliams, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Edward G. Menzie 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William M. Musser 
McNair Law Firm, PA
James C. Siokos 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar               

John D. Delgado 
Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC
Jonathan S. Gasser 
Harris & Gasser
I. S. Leevy Johnson 
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA
Leigh J. Leventis 
Leigh J. Leventis Law Office
Jack B. Swerling 
Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling

Criminal Defense: White-Collar                          

Joel W. Collins, Jr.
Collins & Lacy, PC
John D. Delgado 
Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC
Jonathan S. Gasser 
Harris & Gasser
I. S. Leevy Johnson 
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA
Celeste T. Jones 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Jack B. Swerling 
Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling

DUI/DWI Defense                        

C. Bradley Hutto 
Williams & Williams
Leigh J. Leventis 
Leigh J. Leventis Law Office
Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.
Law Offices of Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.

Economic Development Law                                                     

Ray E. Jones 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Edward G. Kluiters 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law               

Keith M. Babcock 
Lewis & Babcock, LLP

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law                               

Michael T. Brittingham 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kenneth Allan Janik 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Joseph D. Walker 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Employment Law - Individuals                            

M. Malissa Burnette 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
J. Lewis Cromer 
J. Lewis Cromer & Associates
David E. Dubberly 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Victoria L. Eslinger 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Amy L. Gaffney 
Gaffney Lewis & Edwards
Herbert W. Louthian 
Louthian Law Firm
Nekki  Shutt 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC

Employment Law -Management                          

Vance J. Bettis  Gignilliat
Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Carl B. Carruth 
McNair Law Firm, PA
David E. Dubberly 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
G. Daniel Ellzey 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Victoria L. Eslinger 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William H. Floyd, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
James  Fowles 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Sue Erwin Harper 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Katherine Dudley Helms 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Henry S. Knight, Jr.
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
Fred  Manning, II
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Susan P. McWilliams 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Stephen C. Mitchell 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Richard J. Morgan 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Leigh Mullikin Nason 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Jonathan P. Pearson 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Nekki  Shutt 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Charles T. Speth, II
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
J. Hagood  Tighe 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
J. Hagood Tighe 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP

Energy Law                               

Robert T. Bockman 
McNair Law Firm, PA
M. John Bowen, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA

Environmental Law              

Karen A. Crawford 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Bernard F. Hawkins, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John Adams Hodge 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

W. Thomas Lavender, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Elizabeth B. Partlow 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
James W. Potter 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Sara S. Rogers 
McNair Law Firm, PA
W. Marshall Taylor, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
Ethan R. Ware 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Lee W. Zimmerman 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Family Law                               

Victoria L. Eslinger 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kermit S. King 
Law Office of Kermit S. King
C. Dixon Lee, III
McLaren & Lee
Ken H. Lester 
Lester & Hendrix
John O. McDougall 
McDougall & Self
James T. McLaren 
McLaren & Lee
Sandra R. Parise 
Parise Law Firm
Carol H. Sanders 
Carol Sanders, PA
J. Mark Taylor 
Moore, Taylor & Thomas, PA

Financial Services Regulation Law                    

Sharon  Bramlett 
McNair Law Firm, PA
George S. King, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd,PA
Alan M. Lipsitz 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
John T. Moore 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John A. Sowards 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
H. Dave Whitener, Jr.
Whitener & Wharton,PA

First Amendment Law       

Jay Bender 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Franchise Law                          

S. Keith Hutto 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Steven A. McKelvey, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Government Relations Practice                                     

Stephen K. Benjamin 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Dwight F. Drake 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
James P. Fields, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
James H. Hodges 
McGuireWoods, LLP
James H. Quackenbush, Jr.
Berry, Quackenbush & Stuart, PA
Theodore D. Riley 
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
George B. Wolfe 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Health Care Law                     

Stuart M. Andrews, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Ralph  Barbier 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.
Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC
Frederick A. Crawford 
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
M. Elizabeth Crum 
McNair Law Firm, PA
M. Craig Garner, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
Timothy L. Hewson 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Celeste T. Jones 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Matthew B. Roberts 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
David B. Summer, Jr.
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Daniel J. Westbrook 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Insurance Law                        

John C. Bruton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
James C. Gray, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Catharine G. Griffin 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Rebecca Laffitte 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Thomas C. Salane         
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Labor Law - Management   

Michael D. Carrouth 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Carl B. Carruth 
McNair Law Firm, PA
David E. Dubberly 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
G. Daniel Ellzey 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Victoria L. Eslinger 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William H. Floyd, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Katherine Dudley Helms 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Henry S. Knight, Jr.
Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
Susan P. McWilliams 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Stephen C. Mitchell 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Richard J. Morgan 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Jonathan P. Pearson 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Hagood  Tighe 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
J. Hagood Tighe 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP

Legal Malpractice Law        

Leslie  Cotter, Jr.
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants                            

Charles E. Hill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Warren C. Powell, Jr.
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC

Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs                                 

A. Camden Lewis 
Lewis & Babcock, LLP

Litigation - Antitrust            

Manton M. Grier 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA
Celeste T. Jones 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Litigation - Banking & Finance                                      

James Y. Becker 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Paul D. Harrill 
McNair Law Firm, PA
William C. Hubbard 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
S. Keith Hutto 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Thomas E. Lydon 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
L. Henry McKellar 
Collins & Lacy, PC
W. Cliff Moore, III
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Hamilton  Osborne, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
B. Rush Smith, III
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
W. Duvall Spruill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Litigation - Bankruptcy       

Barbara George Barton 
Barton Law Firm, PA
Michael M. Beal 
McNair Law Firm, PA
John B. Butler, III
John B. Butler, III, PA
George B. Cauthen 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John  McCants 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA

G. William McCarthy, Jr.
McCarthy Law Firm, LLC
Stanley H. McGuffin 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Tara E. Nauful 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Hamilton  Osborne, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
William H. Short, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler , PA

Litigation -Construction                       

Robert Bryan Barnes 
Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC
Daniel T. Brailsford 
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC
Henry W. Brown 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
James L. Bruner 
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC
John E. Cuttino 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Rebecca  Laffitte 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Francis M. Mack 
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
John  McCants 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
E. Wade Mullins, III
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC
Benjamin E. Nicholson, V
McNair Law Firm, PA
Franklin J. Smith, Jr.
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
W. Duvall Spruill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Henry P. Wall 
Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins, LLC
James Lynn Werner 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Litigation -Environmental                       

Karen A. Crawford 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Bernard F. Hawkins, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
James K. Lehman 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Stephen F. McKinney 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Elizabeth B. Partlow 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
W. Marshall Taylor, Jr.
McNair Law Firm, PA
Ethan R. Ware 
McNair Law Firm, PA
James Lynn Werner 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Lee W. Zimmerman 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Litigation - ERISA                   

Michael T. Brittingham 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Kenneth Allan Janik 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Litigation - First Amendment                              

Jay Bender 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
John C. Moylan, III
Wyche, PA

Litigation - Intellectual Property                                  

Mark C. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
William Y. Klett, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robert  Knowlton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Benjamin E. Nicholson, V
McNair Law Firm, PA
Ronald J. Tryon 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Litigation - Labor & Employment                            

Vance J. Bettis 
Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
M. Malissa Burnette 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Michael D. Carrouth 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Carl B. Carruth 
McNair Law Firm, PA
David E. Dubberly 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Victoria L. Eslinger 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William H. Floyd, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Amy L. Gaffney 
Gaffney Lewis & Edwards
Sue Erwin Harper 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Katherine Dudley Helms 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Susan P. McWilliams 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
John C. Moylan, III
Wyche, PA
Leigh Mullikin Nason 
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
Jonathan P. Pearson 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Nekki  Shutt 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Charles T. Speth, II
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC
J. Hagood Tighe 
Fisher & Phillips, LLP

Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions                           

P. Mason Hogue, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
James K. Lehman 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Litigation - Municipal            

Danny C. Crowe 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Litigation - Patent                

David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

William Y. Klett, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Litigation - Real Estate         

Edward D. Barnhill, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Paul D. Harrill 
McNair Law Firm, PA
W. Cliff Moore, III
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
W. Duvall Spruill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Litigation - Securities           

David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Julian  Hennig, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robert  Knowlton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
D. Larry Kristinik, III
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
James K. Lehman 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Litigation - Trusts & Estates                                     

George S. Bailey 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Wm. Bert Brannon 
Moses Koon & Brackett, PC
Rita Bragg Cullum 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Carole H. Gunter 
Mays, Foster & Gunter, LLP
Catherine H. Kennedy 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr.
McCutchen Blanton, LLP

Litigation & Controversy - Tax                                           

Erik P. Doerring 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Mass Tort Litigation            

Gray T. Culbreath 
Collins & Lacy, PC

Clarke W. DuBose 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants                              

Gray T. Culbreath
Collins & Lacy, PC
Clarke W. DuBose 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Steven W. Ouzts 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants                             

R. Bruce Shaw 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
David G. Traylor, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs                                

Kenneth M. Suggs 
Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC

Mediation                                 

M. Malissa Burnette 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Danny C. Crowe 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Harry L. Goldberg 
Finkel Law Firm, LLC
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Pamela J. Roberts 
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Walter B. Todd, Jr.
Todd & Ward, PC

Medical Malpractice Law  - Defendants                          

Charles E. Hill 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Medical Malpractice Law  - Plaintiffs                              

Kenneth M. Suggs 
Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC

Mergers & Acquisitions Law                                            

Mark L. Bender 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robert P. Bethea, Jr.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
William C. Boyd 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Gus M. Dixon 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
C. Jones DuBose, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Randolph B. Epting 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Daniel J. Fritze 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
P. Mason Hogue, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
G. Marcus Knight 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Edward G. Menzie 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William M. Musser 
McNair Law Firm, PA
James C. Siokos 
McNair Law Firm, PA

Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law                     

Ronald C. Scott 
Scott Law Firm, PA

Municipal Law                          

Danny C. Crowe 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA

Non-Profit/Charities Law                                            

Theodore J. Hopkins, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Patent Law                               

William Y. Klett, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Personal Injury Litigation                                 

John C. Bruton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Clarence  Davis 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Robert W. Foster, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Catharine G. Griffin 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Anthony  Livoti 
Murphy & Grantland 
R. Bruce Shaw 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Kirby Darr Shealy, III
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants      

Christopher J. Daniels 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Carl B. Epps, III
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Robert W. Foster, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Pope D. Johnson, III
Johnson & Barnette
Rebecca  Laffitte 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Edward W. Laney, IV
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr.
McCutchen Blanton, LLP
Robert A. McKenzie 
McDonald, McKenzie, Rubin, Miller & Lybrand, LLP
Edward W. Mullins, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
R. Bruce Shaw 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Joel H. Smith 
Bowman and Brooke, LLP

William O. Sweeny, III
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, PA
Monteith P. Todd 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
David G. Traylor, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs         

Luther J. Battiste, III
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA
Ruskin C. Foster 
The Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC
Richard A. Harpootlian 
Richard A. Harpootlian, PA
I. S. Leevy Johnson 
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA
John D. Kassel 
John D. Kassel, LLC
John C. Moylan, III
Wyche, PA
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Carl L. Solomon 
The Solomon Law Group
Kenneth M. Suggs 
Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC

Product Liability Litigation                                

J. Kenneth Carter, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
John E. Cuttino 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Clarence Davis 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Clarke W. DuBose 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Thomas R. Gottshall 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Catharine G. Griffin 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
George  Hanna, IV
Howser, Newman & Besley, LLC
Duval Cravens Ravenel 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants      

Gray T. Culbreath 
Collins & Lacy, PC

Christopher J. Daniels 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Clarke W. DuBose 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
David E. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Robert W. Foster, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Pope D. Johnson, III
Johnson & Barnette
Frank B. B. Knowlton 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
John F. Kuppens 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Rebecca  Laffitte 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
John T. Lay, Jr.
Gallivan, White & Boyd, SC
Stephen G. Morrison 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Curtis L. Ott 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Steven W. Ouzts 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
R. Bruce Shaw 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Joel H. Smith 
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
David G. Traylor, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs         

John D. Kassel 
John D. Kassel, LLC
Kenneth M. Suggs 
Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC

Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants                             

J. Calhoun Watson 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Project Finance Law             

Edward G. Kluiters 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Public Finance Law                

O. Wayne Corley 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Theodore B. DuBose 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Ray E. Jones 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Edward G. Kluiters 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Alan M. Lipsitz 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William M. Musser 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Margaret Christian Pope 
Pope Zeigler, LLC
Michael Seezen 
McNair Law Firm, PA
John K. Van Duys 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P A

Real Estate Law                      

Edward D. Barnhill, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Durham T. Boney 
McNair Law Firm, PA
William C. Boyd 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Simpson Z. Fant 
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Joel E. Gottlieb 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Catharine G. Griffin 
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP
Dorothy M. Helms 
McNair Law Firm, PA
William O. Higgins 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Lanneau W. Lambert, Jr.
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
W. Leighton Lord, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
John B. McArthur 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
William P. McElveen, Jr.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Judith L. McInnis 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Edward G. Menzie 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Gary W. Morris 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Frank E. Robinson, II
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA
Ralph C. Robinson, Jr.
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Michael W. Tighe 
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Ralston B. Vanzant, II
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
H. Dave Whitener, Jr.
Whitener & Wharton, PA
Benton D. Williamson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA

Securities / Capital Markets Law                     

Joseph D. Clark 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Suzanne H. Clawson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
John W. Currie 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Gus M. Dixon 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
C. Jones DuBose, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Daniel J. Fritze 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Julian  Hennig, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
P. Mason Hogue, Jr.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
George S. King, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
G. Marcus Knight 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Edward G. Menzie 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Securities Regulation          

Suzanne H. Clawson 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
John W. Currie 
McNair Law Firm, PA
C. Jones DuBose, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Daniel J. Fritze 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Julian  Hennig, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
George S. King, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
G. Marcus Knight 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Edward G. Menzie 
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Tax Law                                       

George S. Bailey 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Robert P. Bethea, Jr.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Jeff Z. Brooker, III
The Brooker Law Firm
Frank W. Cureton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
J. Donald Dial, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Erik P. Doerring 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Randolph B. Epting 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Theodore J. Hopkins, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Kenneth Allan Janik 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Burnet R. Maybank, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Jonathan H. Nason 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Joseph D. Walker 
McNair Law Firm, PA
Robert  Young 
Belser & Belser, PA

Technology Law                  

Mark C. Dukes 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Trademark Law                      

William Y. Klett, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Trusts and Estates               

George S. Bailey 
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Wm. Bert Brannon 
Moses Koon & Brackett, PC
Rita Bragg Cullum 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Frank W. Cureton 
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
J. Donald Dial, Jr.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Carole H. Gunter 
Mays, Foster & Gunter, LLP
W. Steven Johnson 
Todd & Johnson, LLP
Catherine H. Kennedy 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr.
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William G. Newsome, III
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
David C. Sojourner 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Karen Hudson Thomas 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Kenneth B. Wingate 
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, PA

Water Law                               

M. McMullen Taylor 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC

Workers’ Compensation Law                                            

William R. Harbison 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA

Workers’ Compensation Law - Claimants                         

Luther J. Battiste, III
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA
Thomas P. Bellinger 
McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, PA
Sherod H. Eadon, Jr.
Lee, Eadon, Isgett, Popwell & Reardon, PA
Christopher G. Isgett 
Lee, Eadon, Isgett, Popwell & Reardon, PA
D. Michael Kelly 
The Mike Kelly Law Group, LLC
Ernest G. Lawhorne 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
H. Patterson McWhirter 
McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, PA
Andrew N. Safran 
Andrew N. Safran, LLC
William L. Smith, II
Chappell, Smith & Arden

Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers                       

Ellen M. Adams 
Collins & Lacy, PC
Grady L. Beard 
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Michael E. Chase 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Ajerenal  Danley 
The Danley Law Firm
Cynthia C. Dooley 
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, PA
Peter H. Dworjanyn 
Collins & Lacy, PC
F. Earl Ellis, Jr.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Scott B. Garrett 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
A. Mundi George 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
J. Russell Goudelock 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
William R. Harbison 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Stanford E. Lacy 
Collins & Lacy, PC
Marcy J. Lamar 
McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, PA
Ernest G. Lawhorne 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
Mary Sowell League 
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA
W. Hugh McAngus 
McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC
James P. Newman, Jr.
Howser, Newman & Besley, LLC
Shannon T. Poteat 
Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley, PA
Lana H. Sims, Jr.
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, PA