Grady L. Beard Partner/Member

Practice Areas:

Workers' Compensation, Occupational Disease, Employment Law,

and Insurance Regulatory Matters

Education:

Louisiana State University

Northwestern State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1983

Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1987

Memberships:

American Bar Association

Richland County Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

South Carolina Workersí Compensation Educational Association

South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association

Publications:

The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (1992, Supplement;
1998, Second Edition; 2000, Supplement; 2003, Third Edition; 2004, Fourth Edition)

Offices and Awards:

Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2009), Workers' Compensation Law

Former co-chair, Workersí Compensation Section, South Carolina Defense
Trial Attorneys Association

Past recipient of the South Carolina Pro Bono Service Award

Nominee for South Carolina Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, 1990

Community Involvement:

Former member, Board of Directors of Palmetto Place Children's Emergency Shelter

Admissions:

South Carolina Bar

Georgia Bar

U.S. District Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia

U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits

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