Trusted Counselors
For Difficult Legal Challenges
Biography
Highest Rating for Legal Ability - Martindale-Hubbell; Listed - South Carolina Super Lawyers: Civil Litigation, 2010-2012; Member - American Bar Association; Member - South Carolina Bar Association; Member, American Board of Trial Advocates; Member, International Association of Defense Counsel; Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Member - Defense Research Institute; Past President - Charleston County Bar Association, 2011-2012; Executive Committee - Charleston County Bar Association, 2004-2012; Board of Directors - South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 1998-2003; Editor, Defense Line - South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 1999-2003; Adjunct Professor, Charleston School of Law
Practice Areas
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Insurance
- Partnership/Corporation Dispute
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Professional Negligence
- Real Estate Litigation
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- Juris Doctor - 1987
- College of Charleston
- Bachelor of Arts - 1984
Bar Admissions
- South Carolina, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Charleston County Bar Association, Past-President 2011-2012; Executive Committee 2004-2012
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, Board of Directors, 1998 to 2004
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, Editor, Defense Line, 1999 to 2004
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Charleston School of Law, Adjunct Professor
- South Carolina Bar: Chair Elect of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council
- Charleston County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
- Charleston County Bar Association, Secretary 2008-2011; Board of Directors 2005-2013
Published Works
- South Carolina Lawyer, "Right Without a Remedy: Setoff Under the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Act" (July/August, 1995)
- Defense Line, Third Party Modification of Confidentiality Orders
Honors
- AV rated by Martindale
- South Carolina Super Lawyers: Civil Litigation
- Super Lawyers, 2008-2026
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
Classes & Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Charleston School of Law, 2012 - 2013
- “Mediation Week 2018 CLE”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, October 12, 2018
- “Ethics of Mediation Practice”, Effective Mediation Practice for Advocates and Mediators sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Association, November 17, 2017
- “The Benefits of Early ADR”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, June 9, 2017
- “South Carolina Arbitration Certification Training”, sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Association, March 31, 2017
- “ADR Ethics Panel Discussion”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, October 19, 2016
- “How to Ethically Terminate Representation”, Sponsored by the Federal Bar Association, South Carolina Chapter, September 9, 2010
Pro-Bono Activities
- Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston: Board of Directors, 2016 – Present
- Preservation Society of Charleston: Board of Directors, 2015 – Present; Vice-Chair, 2016 – Present
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Mediator and Arbitrator, South Carolina Supreme Court Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification
Past Positions
- WILLS MASSALON & ALLEN, LLC, 97 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, Member, 1999 to 2019
- HOLMES & THOMSON, LLP, 200 Meeting Street, Suite 202, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, Associate (1990); Partner (1996), 1990 to 1998
- United States District Judge Falcon B. Hawkins, Post Office Box 853, Charleston, South Carolina, Law Clerk, 1988 to 1990
- United States Magistrate Judge Robert S. Carr, Post Office Box 853, Charleston, South Carolina, Law Clerk, 1987 to 1988