Practice Areas:

Commercial Litigation and Probate Litigation

Education:

University of South Carolina, B.A., 1970

University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976

- Order of Wig and Robe

- South Carolina Law Review Comments Editor

Memberships:

American Bar Association

South Carolina Bar

Richland County Bar Association

South Carolina Women Lawyers Association

John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court

Offices and Awards:

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2005-2009), Business Litigation Category

Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007, 2008)

Member, United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 2008

Past President of the South Carolina Bar

Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

Former Appointed Attorney to Assist the Disciplinary Counsel for the Supreme Court of South Carolina

Former Chair, Statewide and Regional Citizens Advisory Committee of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission

Member, Chief Justice's Commission on the Profession

Member, Chief Justice's Commission on Lawyer Advertising

Compleat Lawyer Award Gold Medallion, USC Law School Alumni Association, 1997

South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award, 2000

Selected for the inaugural list of South Carolina "Super Lawyers" top 25 List and for Business Litigation

Community Involvement:

Board Member, USC Educational Foundation

Admissions:

South Carolina Bar

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court