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February 24th, 2010
Stepp featured in Columbia Star profile
Bobby Stepp of Sowell Gray
Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon thecolumbiastar.comView the original article at thecolumbiastar.com
Bobby Stepp Bobby Stepp Attorney Bobby Stepp, former president of the South Carolina Philharmonic Board of Directors, remains on the board who managed a six–continent, nearly three–year search to find Morihiko Nakahara, the orchestra’s fifth music director. More »
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January 14th, 2010
Hill joins Richland County Bar Association Executive Committee
Amy B. Hill, an attorney with Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, has been elected to the Richland County Bar Association Executive Committee.Hill has co-chaired committees for the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer’s Division and currently serves on the South Carolina Bar Professional Responsibility Committee and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. She is a 20007 graduate of Leadership Columbia. More »
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December 1st, 2009
Bess DuRant Joins Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Bess DuRant has joined Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte as an associate.A 2009 cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, DuRant was a member of the Editorial Board for the South Carolina Law Review and had an article published in the review. She also was a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. DuRant holds a bachelor’s degree in politics with special attainment in commerce from Washington and Lee University. She graduated cum laude in 2002. More »
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October 19th, 2009
Gray, Laffitte Invited To Join National Legal Honor Society
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC members Elizabeth Van Doren Gray and Rebecca Laffitte have been invited to become Fellows of The Litigation Counsel of America, a legal honorary society that inducts less than one half of 1 percent of the country’s attorneys.
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October 16th, 2009
Sowell Gray Firm, Attorneys Highlighted in Benchmark Litigation
Benchmark Litigation, a definitive guide to the country’s leading lawyers and firms, has named Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, one of the top litigation firms in South Carolina.
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September 11th, 2009
Two Sowell Gray Members Certified as Circuit Court Mediators
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC members Cal Watson and Grady Beard have been certified as Circuit Court Mediators by the South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification.
Mediation is a process in which an impartial, neutral third-person helps two or more parties resolve their dispute or conflict. As mediators, Cal and Grady will help disputants reach resolution of their problems and will also assist the parties in discussing and resolving their differences. More »
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September 3rd, 2009
Sowell Gray Lawyers Take to the Streets to Help Keep Columbia Clean
They traded suits and ties for shorts and T-shirts for a good cause recently, when the staff of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte hit the streets to clean up downtown Columbia.Armed with trash bags, the 18 people patrolled six blocks of Lady Street in the city’s historic Vista district as part of the firm’s commitment to the Keep The Midlands Beautiful program. More »
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August 4th, 2009
Eight Sowell Gray Members Included in 2010 Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America”
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is proud to announce that 8 of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
The Sowell Gray lawyers were recognized for the following practice areas: More »
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July 27th, 2009
Farm Supplier Wins Breach-of-Contract Dispute
Article originally published in South Carolina Lawyers Weekly:
Verdict Report
Brief statement of claim: Plaintiff, a farm and chemical supplier, alleged that he entered into a consignment and sales contract with defendants whereby defendants agreed to accept and sell plaintiff’s product and then repay plaintiff for the portion sold. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants failed to pay plaintiff for product received and sold. The plaintiff sued to collect the amounts he claimed the defendants owed pursuant to the consignment and sales agreement, a promissory note as well as a guaranty signed by the individual defendant. More »
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July 8th, 2009
Success in transferring Pennsylvania case to SC
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has transferred to the South Carolina district court a case challenging the Municipal Association of South Carolina’s practice of collecting business license taxes on flood insurance premiums, ruling that the public interest favors transfer to the state that authorizes the tax at issue. Read the full article.
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