Practice Areas
- Professional Liability and Ethics
- Probate and Estate Litigation
- Commercial Litigation and Business Dispute Resolution
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
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
Associations
- South Carolina Bar
- American Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
- Defense Research Institute
OFFICES & AWARDS
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Litigation Special Report (2012)
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2005-2013), Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009-2013), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Columbia's Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year (2009)
- Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2013)
- Member, United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 2008
- Chair, United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 2009
- 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
- South Carolina "Super Lawyer" Business Litigation (2008-2013), Top 25 List (2008-2010), Top 10 List (2009, 2013)
- Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star (2009-2013)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Recipient, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly 2010 Leadership in Law Award
PUBLICATIONS
COMMUNITY INVOVEMENT
- Member, Board of Trustees, Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community
- Former Board Member, USC Educational Foundation (2004-2010)
