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Biography
Lawyer concentrating in Business and Real Estate Litigation, serving as outside-inside counsel for small businesses, mediation, and general advocate for the idea that “what you can do and what you should do” are often not the same thing.
Practice Areas
- Business and Real Estate Litigation
- Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
- Mediation
- Probate and Estate Litigation
- Non-Routine and Complex Litigation
- Professional Negligence
- General Business “Outside-Inside Counsel”
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Clemson University
- B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Professional Associations
- South Carolina Bar Association (Judicial Qualifications Committee)
- Charleston County Bar Association (Past President, Officer, Board Member)
- Federal Bar Association, SC Chapter, Past President, 2010
- South Carolina Women Lawyer’s Association
- James L. Petigru American Inn of Court
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
Published Works
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in South Carolina Damages, 2nd ed., SC Bar, 2009
Honors
- AV Preemminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- South Carolina Super Lawyers, Business Litigation
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
Pro-Bono Activities
- Lowcountry Local First, Executive Board, 2015-2018
- MUSC Children’s Health, Patient and Family Advisory Council. 2014-2021
- JDRF Advocate
Past Positions
- The Hon. P. Michael Duffy, USDCSC, Law Clerk