Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation Mediation
- Workers' Compensation
- Appellate Practice Group
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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
Education
- Louisiana State University
- Northwestern State University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1983
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1987
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- South Carolina Workers Compensation Educational Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
- National Workers' Compensation Defense Network
PUBLICATIONS
- The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (1992, Supplement; 1998, Second Edition; 2000, Supplement; 2003, Third Edition; 2004, Fourth Edition)
- Beard, Poteat, Lamar, Sumwalt, Hayes, The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, Fifth Edition, 2008
OFFICES AND AWARDS
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2013), Workers' Compensation Law
- Former co-chair, Workers' 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
- Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board Member
- Vice Chair of the Workers Compensation Law Committee, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Former member, Board of Directors of Palmetto Place Children's Emergency Shelter
