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Administrative / Regulatory Law
Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
E. Wade Mullins
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
James C. Gray
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Robert D. Coble
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
David B. Summer
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Steven W. Hamm
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Frank R. Ellerbe
Willoughby & Hoefer, P.A.
Mitchell Willoughby
Antitrust Law
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
William C. Boyd
Appellate Practice
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
William Pearce Davis
C. Dixon Lee
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Robert L. Widener
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Weston Adams
C. Mitchell Brown
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Tina Cundari
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
J. René Josey
Arbitration
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
D. Cravens Ravenel
Finkel Law Firm LLC
Harry L. Goldberg
Folkens Law Firm, P.A.
Karl A. Folkens
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Walter B. Todd
Banking and Finance Law
Adams and Reese LLP
William P. McElveen
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
George S. King
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
John W. Currie
M. Craig Garner
Judith L. McInnis
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jody A. Bedenbaugh
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Alan M. Lipsitz
John A. Sowards
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
R. William Metzger
Rogers, Townsend & Thomas, PC
Robert P. Wood
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Lanneau Wm. Lambert
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Adams and Reese LLP
William H. Short
Barton Law Firm, P.A.
Barbara George Barton
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Sherwood M. Cleveland
Gleissner Law Firm, LLC
Richard R. Gleissner
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Stanley H. McGuffin
John B. Butler III P.A.
John B. Butler
Johnson Law Firm, PA
Lawrence W. Johnson
Levy Law Firm LLC
R. Geoffrey Levy
McCarthy Law Firm, LLC
G. William McCarthy
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Michael M. Beal
Robin C. Stanton
Michael H. Weaver
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
George B. Cauthen
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Julio E. Mendoza
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
R. William Metzger
Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC
John L. McCants
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
D. Cravens Ravenel
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Joel H. Smith
Francis M. Mack
Francis M. Mack
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
Gray T. Culbreath
John T. Lay
Gertz & Moore, L.L.P.
Daryl L. Williams
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Robert Y. Knowlton
Stanley H. McGuffin
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Michael M. Beal
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
George B. Cauthen
David E. Dukes
Edward W. Mullins
B. Rush Smith
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
Roy F. Laney
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Elizabeth Van Doren Gray
Thornwell F. Sowell
Robert E. Stepp
J. Calhoun Watson
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Thomas A. Brumgardt
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
R. William Metzger
Civil Rights Law
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
M. Malissa Burnette
King & Love, LLC
Robert T. King
Commercial Litigation
Adams and Reese LLP
John F. Beach
W. Cliff Moore
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
D. Cravens Ravenel
Bowman and Brooke LLP
Pamela J. Roberts
Joel H. Smith
Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC
Charles E. Carpenter
Deborah B. Barbier
Deborah Barbier
Francis M. Mack
Francis M. Mack
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
Gray T. Culbreath
John T. Lay
Curtis L. Ott
Gertz & Moore, L.L.P.
Daryl L. Williams
Griffin Davis
Clarence Davis
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Manton M. Grier
Robert Y. Knowlton
Stephen F. McKinney
Hamilton Osborne
Lipscomb Law Firm, P.A.
Susan Batten Lipscomb
McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
Sterling G. Davies
Thomas E. Lydon
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Paul D. Harrill
Celeste T. Jones
Benjamin E. Nicholson
Jane W. Trinkley
Murphy & Grantland, P.A.
Anthony Livoti
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
C. Mitchell Brown
David E. Dukes
Michael W. Hogue
William C. Hubbard
S. Keith Hutto
J. Mark Jones
D. Larry Kristinik
John F. Kuppens
James K. Lehman
Cory E. Manning
Edward W. Mullins
B. Rush Smith
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Russell T. Burke
Val H. Stieglitz
Marguerite S. Willis
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
James Lynn Werner
Riley Pope & Laney, LLC
Roy F. Laney
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Kevin K. Bell
Thomas W. Bunch
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 L.L.C.
J. Preston Strom
The Jeter Law Firm, LLC
Edwin Russell Jeter
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Julie Jeffords Moose
W. Duvall Spruill
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP
Kevin A. Hall
Wyche, P.A.
John C. Moylan
Construction Law
Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
James L. Bruner
E. Wade Mullins
Henry P. Wall
Howser, Newman & Besley, LLC
R. Davis Howser
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Henry W. Brown
Orr, Elmore & Ervin LLC
Lawrence B. Orr
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
James Lynn Werner
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Emily Gifford
Franklin J. Smith
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Daniel T. Brailsford
Charles H. McDonald
Tyler, Jackson, Peace & Silver, LLC
Thomas B. Jackson
Consumer Law
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Steven W. Hamm
Copyright Law
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William Y. Klett
Corporate Compliance Law
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Suzanne H. Clawson
Corporate Governance Law
Foster Law Firm LLC
John W. Foster
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Suzanne H. Clawson
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Thomas A. Brumgardt
Corporate Law
Adams and Reese LLP
Robert P. Bethea
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
William C. Boyd
Joseph D. Clark
Suzanne H. Clawson
Randolph B. Epting
George S. King
Gary W. Morris
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
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
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Mark L. Bender
C. Jones DuBose
Julian Hennig
G. Marcus Knight
Edward G. Menzie
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Lanneau Wm. Lambert
University of South Carolina School of Law
Martin C. McWilliams
Criminal Defense: General Practice
Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC
John D. Delgado
Deborah B. Barbier
Deborah Barbier
Harris & Gasser, LLC
Jonathan S. Gasser
Jack B. Swerling, Attorney at Law
Jack B. Swerling
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A.
I. S. Leevy Johnson
Leigh J. Leventis – Attorney at Law
Leigh J. Leventis
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
J. René Josey
Williams & Williams
Charles H. Williams
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, LLC
John D. Delgado
Collins & Lacy, P.C.
Joel W. Collins
Deborah B. Barbier
Deborah Barbier
Harris & Gasser, LLC
Jonathan S. Gasser
Jack B. Swerling, Attorney at Law
Jack B. Swerling
Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A.
I. S. Leevy Johnson
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Celeste T. Jones
Simmons Law Firm, LLC
John S. Simmons
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
J. René Josey
DUI/DWI Defense
Law Offices of Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr.
Joseph M. McCulloch
Leigh J. Leventis – Attorney at Law
Leigh J. Leventis
Williams & Williams
C. Bradley Hutto
Economic Development Law
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Edward G. Kluiters
Benjamin T. Zeigler
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
J. Michael Ey
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
George B. Wolfe
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Ray E. Jones
Elder Law
Kirby Law, LLC
Angela M. Kirby
Millender Elder Law LLC
Franchelle C. Millender
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Lewis Babcock L.L.P.
Keith M. Babcock
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Nekki Shutt
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Jonathan H. Nason
Joseph D. Walker
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Kenneth A. Janik
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Michael T. Brittingham
William H. Floyd
Suzanne Guitar Odom
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Preston R. Burch
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Franklin G. Shuler
Employment Law – Individuals
Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC
Kristine L. Cato
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
M. Malissa Burnette
Nekki Shutt
Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC
Amy L. Gaffney
J. Lewis Cromer & Associates, L.L.C.
J. Lewis Cromer
Louthian Law Firm, P.A.
Herbert W. Louthian
Employment Law – Management
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Nekki Shutt
Fisher Phillips LLP
G. Daniel Ellzey
C. F. W. Manning
Stephen C. Mitchell
Jonathan P. Pearson
J. Hagood Tighe
Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC
Amy L. Gaffney
Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Vance J. Bettis
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
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
Angus H. Macaulay
Susan P. McWilliams
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Preston R. Burch
William L. Duda
James H. Fowles
Katherine Dudley Helms
D. Michael Henthorne
Leigh Mullikin Nason
Charles T. Speth
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Arthur E. Justice
Franklin G. Shuler
Willcox, Buyck & Williams, P.A.
Mark W. Buyck
Energy Law
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
M. John Bowen
Energy Regulatory Law
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Weston Adams
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Frank R. Ellerbe
Environmental Law
John Adams Hodge and Associates, LLC
John Adams Hodge
Law Offices of Elizabeth B. Partlow, LLC
Elizabeth B. Partlow
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Pamela A. Baker
Stacy K. Taylor
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Karen Aldridge Crawford
Bernard F. Hawkins
Wendy Wilkie Parker
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Joan W. Hartley
W. Thomas Lavender
James W. Potter
Sara S. Rogers
Williams Mullen
Phillip L. Conner
Ethan R. Ware
Willoughby & Hoefer, P.A.
Randolph R. Lowell
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
James T. McLaren
Moore Taylor Law Firm
J. Mark Taylor
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Victoria L. Eslinger
Parise Law Firm
Sandra R. Parise
Financial Services Regulation Law
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
George S. King
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Sharon C. Bramlett
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
B. Rush Smith
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Alan M. Lipsitz
John A. Sowards
First Amendment Law
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
Jay Bender
J. Lewis Cromer & Associates, L.L.C.
J. Lewis Cromer
Franchise Law
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
S. Keith Hutto
Steven A. McKelvey
Government Relations Practice
McGuireWoods LLP
James H. Hodges
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
James P. Fields
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
Wyche, P.A.
John C. Moylan
Health Care Law
Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support, LLC
Charles E. Carpenter
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
M. Elizabeth Crum
M. Craig Garner
Celeste T. Jones
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Stuart M. Andrews
Travis Dayhuff
Alice V. Harris
Daniel J. Westbrook
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Ralph W. Barbier
Jeanne M. Born
Timothy L. Hewson
Matthew B. Roberts
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
David B. Summer
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Frederick A. Crawford
Insurance Law
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
Catharine G. Griffin
S. Markey Stubbs
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
A. Johnston Cox
John D. Hudson
John T. Lay
Shelley S. Montague
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
John C. Bruton
McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
Sterling G. Davies
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
James C. Gray
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Amy Harmon Geddes
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Kevin K. Bell
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Rebecca Laffitte
Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A.
William O. Sweeny
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Thomas C. Salane
Labor Law – Management
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Cara Yates Crotty
Fisher Phillips LLP
Michael D. Carrouth
G. Daniel Ellzey
Stephen C. Mitchell
Jonathan P. Pearson
J. Hagood Tighe
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Carl B. Carruth
Richard J. Morgan
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
David E. Dubberly
Victoria L. Eslinger
William H. Floyd
Susan P. McWilliams
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
James H. Fowles
Katherine Dudley Helms
Willcox, Buyck & Williams, P.A.
Mark W. Buyck
Labor Law – Union
Herbert E. Buhl, III
Herbert E. Buhl
Land Use and Zoning Law
James S. Meggs
James S. Meggs
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
J. Michael Ey
Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
Warren C. Powell
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Leslie A. Cotter
Legal Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Lewis Babcock L.L.P.
Keith M. Babcock
A. Camden Lewis
Litigation – Antitrust
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Manton M. Grier
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Celeste T. Jones
Litigation – Banking and Finance
Adams and Reese LLP
W. Cliff Moore
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
James Y. Becker
Hamilton Osborne
McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
Thomas E. Lydon
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Paul D. Harrill
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
William C. Hubbard
S. Keith Hutto
John T. Moore
B. Rush Smith
Thad H. Westbrook
The Jeter Law Firm, LLC
Edwin Russell Jeter
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
W. Duvall Spruill
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Adams and Reese LLP
William H. Short
Barton Law Firm, P.A.
Barbara George Barton
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Stanley H. McGuffin
Hamilton Osborne
John B. Butler III P.A.
John B. Butler
McCarthy Law Firm, LLC
G. William McCarthy
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Michael M. Beal
Michael H. Weaver
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
George B. Cauthen
Frank B. B. Knowlton
Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC
John L. McCants
Litigation – Construction
Adams and Reese LLP
William H. Short
Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP
Robert T. Strickland
Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
James L. Bruner
E. Wade Mullins
Henry P. Wall
Francis M. Mack
Francis M. Mack
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
John E. Cuttino
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
John C. Bruton
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Benjamin E. Nicholson
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Henry W. Brown
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
James Lynn Werner
Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, P.A.
Franklin J. Smith
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
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
The Jeter Law Firm, LLC
Edwin Russell Jeter
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
W. Duvall Spruill
Litigation – Environmental
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Stephen F. McKinney
Law Offices of Elizabeth B. Partlow, LLC
Elizabeth B. Partlow
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Weston Adams
Karen Aldridge Crawford
Bernard F. Hawkins
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Joan W. Hartley
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
James Lynn Werner
Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C.
Frank R. Ellerbe
Rogers, Townsend & Thomas, PC
T. McRoy Shelley
Williams Mullen
Phillip L. Conner
Ethan R. Ware
Willoughby & Hoefer, P.A.
Randolph R. Lowell
Litigation – ERISA
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Nekki Shutt
Fisher Phillips LLP
C. F. W. Manning
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Jonathan H. Nason
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Kenneth A. Janik
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Michael T. Brittingham
William H. Floyd
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney PA
Franklin G. Shuler
Litigation – First Amendment
Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P.
Jay Bender
Wyche, P.A.
John C. Moylan
Litigation – Health Care
Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC
E. Wade Mullins
Litigation – Insurance
Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP
Robert T. Strickland
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
Demetri K. Koutrakos
Louis H. Lang
D. Reece Williams
Collins & Lacy, P.C.
Peter H. Dworjanyn
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
John D. Hudson
Shelley S. Montague
Goings Law Firm, LLC
Robert F. Goings
McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
Sterling G. Davies
Rogers, Townsend & Thomas, PC
William H. Bowman
T. McRoy Shelley
The McKay Firm
Julius W. McKay
Daniel R. Settana
Litigation – Intellectual Property
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.
Robert Y. Knowlton
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Benjamin E. Nicholson
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Mark C. Dukes
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
William Y. Klett
Litigation – Labor and Employment
Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC
Kristine L. Cato
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC
M. Malissa Burnette
Nekki Shutt
Fisher Phillips LLP
Cheryl L. Behymer
Michael D. Carrouth
C. F. W. Manning
Jonathan P. Pearson
J. Hagood Tighe
Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, LLC
Amy L. Gaffney
Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP
Vance J. Bettis
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
Carl B. Carruth
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Debbie Whittle Durban
Sue Erwin Harper
Nexsen Pruet, LLC
David E. Dubberly
Victoria L. Eslinger
William H. Floyd
Angus H. Macaulay
Susan P. McWilliams
