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The 2014 Best Lawyers in the Midlands

By Best Lawyers in America®

When good legal representation is vital, 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 2014 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.

Administrative / Regulatory Law                 

 

Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC

E. Wade Mullins III

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

James C. Gray, Jr.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Robert D. Coble

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

David B. Summer, Jr.

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Steven W. Hamm

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

Frank R. Ellerbe III

 

Antitrust Law                                                     

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

William C. Boyd

 

Appellate Practice

 

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

William Pearce Davis

Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Steve A. Matthews

Hamilton Osborne, Jr.

James B. Richardson, Jr.

James B. Richardson, Jr.

Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA

William T. Toal

Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling

Jack B. Swerling

Law Offices of Tara Dawn Shurling, PA

Tara D. Shurling

McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC

Weston Adams III

McLaren & Lee

C. Dixon Lee III

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

C. Mitchell Brown

 

Arbitration

 

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Duval Cravens Ravenel

Finkel Law Firm LLC

Harry L. Goldberg

Walter B. Todd, Jr., PC

Walter B. Todd, Jr.

 

Banking and Finance Law

 

Collins & Lacy, PC

L. Henry McKellar

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

George S. King, Jr.

McNair Law Firm, PA

John W. Currie

M. Craig Garner, Jr.

Judith L. McInnis

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Alan M. Lipsitz

John A. Sowards

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

R. William Metzger, Jr.

Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC

Robert P. Wood

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Lanneau W. Lambert, Jr.

Whitener & Wharton PA

H. Dave Whitener, Jr.

 

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

 

Barton Law Firm, PA

Barbara George Barton

Gleissner Law Firm, LLC

Richard R. Gleissner

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Stanley H. McGuffin

William H. Short, Jr.

John B. Butler III PA

John B. Butler III

Johnson Law Firm, PA

Lawrence Johnson, Jr.

Levy Law Firm LLC

R. Geoffrey Levy

McCarthy Law Firm, LLC

G. William McCarthy, Jr.

McNair Law Firm, PA

Michael M. Beal

Robin Stanton

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

George B. Cauthen

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Julio E. Mendoza, Jr.

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

R. William Metzger, Jr.

Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC

John L. McCants

Sherwood M. Cleveland

Sherwood M. Cleveland

 

Bet-the-Company Litigation

 

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Duval Cravens Ravenel

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Joel H. Smith

Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA

Gray T. Culbreath

John T. Lay, Jr.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Robert Knowlton

Stanley H. McGuffin

Stephen F. McKinney

McNair Law Firm, PA

Michael M. Beal

Paul D. Harrill

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

George B. Cauthen

David E. Dukes

Stephen G. Morrison

Edward W. Mullins, Jr.

B. Rush Smith III

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Russell T. Burke

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Francis M. Mack

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC

Roy F. Laney

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Elizabeth Van Doren Gray

Thornwell F. Sowell

J. Calhoun Watson

 

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

 

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

R. William Metzger, Jr.

 

Commercial Litigation

 

Adams and Reese LLP

John F. Beach

W. Cliff Moore III

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Duval Cravens Ravenel

Bowman and Brooke LLP

Pamela J. Roberts

Joel H. Smith

Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.

Deborah B. Barbier

Deborah Barbier

Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA

Gray T. Culbreath

John T. Lay, Jr.

Curtis L. Ott

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Manton M. Grier

Robert Knowlton

Stephen F. McKinney

Hamilton Osborne, Jr.

Jeter & Williams, PA

Russell Jeter

Daryl Williams

Lipscomb Law Firm, PA

Susan Batten Lipscomb

McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC

Sterling G. Davies

Thomas E. Lydon

McNair Law Firm, PA

Paul D. Harrill

Celeste T. Jones

Benjamin E. Nicholson V

Jane W. Trinkley

Murphy & Grantland PA

Anthony Livoti

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

C. Mitchell Brown

Clarence Davis

David E. Dukes

Michael W. Hogue

William C. Hubbard

S. Keith Hutto

J. Mark Jones

D. Larry Kristinik III

John F. Kuppens

James K. Lehman

Stephen G. Morrison

Edward W. Mullins, Jr.

B. Rush Smith III

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Russell T. Burke

Val H. Stieglitz

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Ronald J. Tryon

James Lynn Werner

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Francis M. Mack

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC

Roy F. Laney

Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC

Robert P. Wood

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Elizabeth Van Doren Gray

Thornwell F. Sowell

Robert E. Stepp

J. Calhoun Watson

Strom Law Firm LLC

J. Preston Strom, Jr.

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

W. Duvall Spruill

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP

Kevin A. Hall

Wyche, PA

John C. Moylan III

 

Construction Law

 

Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC

James L. Bruner

E. Wade Mullins III

Henry P. Wall

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Henry W. Brown

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

James Lynn Werner

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Franklin J. Smith, Jr.

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

Daniel T. Brailsford

Charles H. McDonald

Tyler, Cassell, Jackson, Peace & Silver, LLC

Thomas B. Jackson III

 

Copyright Law

 

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

William Y. Klett III

 

Corporate Compliance Law

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Suzanne H. Clawson

 

Corporate Governance Law

 

Foster Law Firm LLC

John W. Foster

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Suzanne H. Clawson

 

Corporate Law

 

Adams and Reese LLP

Robert P. Bethea, Jr.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

William C. Boyd

Joseph D. Clark

Suzanne H. Clawson

Randolph B. Epting

George S. King, Jr.

Gary W. Morris

McNair Law Firm, PA

John W. Currie

William M. Musser

James C. Siokos

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Thomas A. Brumgardt

Gus  M. Dixon

Daniel J. Fritze

P. Mason Hogue, Jr.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Mark L. Bender

C. Jones DuBose, Jr.

Julian Hennig III

G. Marcus Knight

Edward G. Menzie

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Lanneau W. Lambert, Jr.

USC School of Law

Martin C. McWilliams, Jr.

 

Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar

 

Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC

John D. Delgado

Deborah B. Barbier

Deborah Barbier

Harris & Gasser, LLC

Jonathan S. Gasser

Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA

I. S. Leevy Johnson

Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling

Jack B. Swerling

Leigh J. Leventis Law Office

Leigh J. Leventis

 

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

 

Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC

John D. Delgado

Collins & Lacy, PC

Joel W. Collins, Jr.

Deborah B. Barbier

Deborah Barbier

Harris & Gasser, LLC

Jonathan S. Gasser

Johnson, Toal & Battiste, PA

I. S. Leevy Johnson

Law Offices of Jack B. Swerling

Jack B. Swerling

McNair Law Firm, PA

Celeste T. Jones

 

DUI/DWI Defense

 

Law Offices of Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.

Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.

Leigh J. Leventis Law Office

Leigh J. Leventis

Williams & Williams

C. Bradley Hutto

 

Economic Development Law

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Edward G. Kluiters

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Ray E. Jones

 

Elder Law

 

Millender Elder Law LLC

Franchelle C. Millender

 

Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

 

Lewis, Babcock & Griffin, LLP

Keith M. Babcock

 

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

 

McNair Law Firm, PA

Joseph D. Walker

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Kenneth A. Janik

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Michael T. Brittingham

William H. Floyd III

Suzanne Guitar Odom

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Preston R. Burch

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.

 

Employment Law – Individuals

 

Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC

M. Malissa Burnette

Nekki Shutt

Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC

Amy L. Gaffney

J. Lewis Cromer & Associates

J. Lewis Cromer

Louthian Law Firm

Herbert W. Louthian

Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC

Kristine L. Cato

 

Employment Law – Management

 

Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC

Nekki Shutt

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP

Henry S. Knight, Jr.

Fisher & Phillips LLP

G. Daniel Ellzey

C. F. W. Manning II

Stephen C. Mitchell

Jonathan P. Pearson

J. Hagood Tighe

Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC

Amy L. Gaffney

Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis LLP

Vance J. Bettis

Littler Mendelson PC 

D. Michael Henthorne

McNair Law Firm, PA

Carl B. Carruth

Richard J. Morgan

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Sue Erwin Harper

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

David E. Dubberly

Victoria L. Eslinger

William H. Floyd III

Angus H. Macaulay, Jr.

Susan P. McWilliams

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Preston R. Burch

William L. Duda

James H. Fowles III

Katherine Dudley Helms

Leigh Mullikin Nason

Charles T. Speth II

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Franklin G. Shuler, Jr.

 

Energy Law

 

McNair Law Firm, PA

M. John Bowen, Jr.

 

Environmental Law

 

John Adams Hodge and Associates, LLC

John Adams Hodge

McNair Law Firm, PA

Ethan R. Ware

Lee W. Zimmerman

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Karen Aldridge Crawford

Bernard F. Hawkins, Jr.

Wendy Wilkie Parker

Stacy K. Taylor

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

W. Thomas Lavender, Jr.

James W. Potter

Sara S. Rogers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Elizabeth B. Partlow

 

Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law

 

Adams and Reese LLP

William O. Higgins

 

Family Law

 

Carol Sanders, PA

Carol H. Sanders

Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC

Susan Edwards

Law Office of Kermit S. King

Kermit S. King

Lester & Hendrix

Ken H. Lester

McDougall & Self, LLP

John O. McDougall

McLaren & Lee

C. Dixon Lee III

James T. McLaren

Moore, Taylor & Thomas, PA

J. Mark Taylor

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Victoria L. Eslinger

Parise Law Firm

Sandra R. Parise

 

Financial Services Regulation Law

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

George S. King, Jr.

McNair Law Firm, PA

Sharon Bramlett

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John T. Moore

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Alan M. Lipsitz

John A. Sowards

Whitener & Wharton PA

H. Dave Whitener, Jr.

 

First Amendment Law

 

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Jay Bender

J. Lewis Cromer & Associates

J. Lewis Cromer

 

Franchise Law

 

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

S. Keith Hutto

Steven A. McKelvey, Jr.

 

Government Relations Practice

 

Berry, Quackenbush & Stuart, PA

James H. Quackenbush, Jr.

McGuireWoods LLP

James H. Hodges

McNair Law Firm, PA

James P. Fields, Jr.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Dwight F. Drake

Edward E. Poliakoff

George B. Wolfe

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Sara S. Rogers

Riley Pope & Laney, LLC

Theodore D. Riley

 

Health Care Law

 

Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr.

McNair Law Firm, PA

M. Elizabeth Crum

M. Craig Garner, Jr.

Celeste T. Jones

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Stuart M. Andrews, Jr.

Travis Dayhuff

Alice V. Harris

Daniel J. Westbrook

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Ralph Barbier

Jeanne Born

Timothy L. Hewson

Matthew B. Roberts

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

David B. Summer, Jr.

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Frederick A. Crawford

 

Insurance Law

 

Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP

Catharine G. Griffin

S. Markey Stubbs

Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA

Johnston Cox

John T. Lay, Jr.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

John C. Bruton

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

James C. Gray, Jr.

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

Kevin K. Bell

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Rebecca Laffitte

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Thomas C. Salane

 

Labor Law – Management

 

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP

Henry S. Knight, Jr.

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Michael D. Carrouth

G. Daniel Ellzey

Stephen C. Mitchell

Jonathan P. Pearson

J. Hagood Tighe

McNair Law Firm, PA

Carl B. Carruth

Richard J. Morgan

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

David E. Dubberly

Victoria L. Eslinger

William H. Floyd III

Susan P. McWilliams

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

James H. Fowles III

Katherine Dudley Helms

 

Labor Law – Union

 

Herbert E. Buhl, III

Herbert E. Buhl III

 

Land Use and Zoning Law

 

McNair Law Firm, PA

J. Michael Ey

 

Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants

 

Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC

Warren C. Powell, Jr.

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Leslie A. Cotter, Jr.

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

Charles E. Hill

 

Legal Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs

 

Lewis, Babcock & Griffin, LLP

A. Camden Lewis

 

Litigation – Antitrust

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Manton M. Grier

McNair Law Firm, PA

Celeste T. Jones

 

Litigation – Banking and Finance

 

Adams and Reese LLP

W. Cliff Moore III

Collins & Lacy, PC

L. Henry McKellar

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

James Y. Becker

Hamilton Osborne, Jr.

McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC

Thomas E. Lydon

McNair Law Firm, PA

Paul D. Harrill

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

William C. Hubbard

S. Keith Hutto

B. Rush Smith III

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

W. Duvall Spruill

 

Litigation – Bankruptcy

 

Barton Law Firm, PA

Barbara George Barton

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Stanley H. McGuffin

Hamilton Osborne, Jr.

William H. Short, Jr.

John B. Butler III PA

John B. Butler III

McCarthy Law Firm, LLC

G. William McCarthy, Jr.

McNair Law Firm, PA

Michael M. Beal

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

George B. Cauthen

Frank B. B. Knowlton

Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC

John L. McCants

 

Litigation – Construction

 

Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC

James L. Bruner

E. Wade Mullins III

Henry P. Wall

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

John C. Bruton

William H. Short, Jr.

Jeter & Williams, PA

Russell Jeter

McNair Law Firm, PA

Benjamin E. Nicholson V

Nexsen Pruet, LLC

Henry W. Brown

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

James Lynn Werner

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA

Francis M. Mack

Franklin J. Smith, Jr.

Robinson, McFadden & Moore, PC

Daniel T. Brailsford

Charles H. McDonald

Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC

John L. McCants

Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC

Robert Bryan Barnes

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Rebecca Laffitte

Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA

John E. Cuttino

W. Duvall Spruill

D. Andrew Williams

 

Litigation – Environmental

 

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Stephen F. McKinney

McNair Law Firm, PA

Ethan R. Ware

Lee W. Zimmerman

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Karen Aldridge Crawford

Bernard F. Hawkins, Jr.

James K. Lehman

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC

Elizabeth B. Partlow

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

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