Team Members

• Amy Harmon Geddes - Member - Business Disputes, Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith, Catastrophic Injury, Property Subrogation and Recovery, Administrative Law
• Amy Harrison Clayton - Associate - Real Estate; Land Use and Zoning; Financial Services; Economic Development; Corporate
• Angus Macaulay - Member - Business Disputes; Electric Cooperatives; Employee Benefits Guidance and Litigation; Employment & Labor Law; Insurance Litigation; Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution
• April C. Lucas - Member - Admiralty/Maritime; Corporate; Economic Development; Financial Services; Government Contracts; International; Public Finance; Construction; Health Care; Hospitality & Tourism; Manufacturing; Transportation
• Brian A. Autry - Special Counsel - Construction; Litigation; Corporate; Alternative Energy Law; Startups - Innovation Team; Energy; Manufacturing
• Brian Bonner - Member - Real Estate Law, Land Use and Zoning, Securities, Corporate Law, Real Estate, Commercial, Land Use / Zoning
• Alan Lipsitz - Member - Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Economic Development; Financial Services; Public Finance; Real Estate
• Dan Leonardi - Member - Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation; Startups - Innovation Team
• Bob Coble - Member - Legislative & Regulatory, Economic Development, Environmental Law, Health Law, International Law and Services, Public Policy & Governmental Affairs, Agribusiness, Energy, Public Sector and Government, Health Care, Hospitality & Tourism, Emerging Technology, Construction / Development, Partnership, Administrative and Regulatory, Alternative Energy Law, Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory Law, Government Contracts, Hospitality Law, International, Startups - Innovation Team, Manufacturing, Transportation
• David C. Eddy - Special Counsel - Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Business Disputes; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Products Liability
• David Eugene Dubberly - Member - Start-ups, International Business Transactions, International Litigation, Privacy, Employment & Labor Law, Immigration, International Law and Services, Litigation, Business Disputes, Employees and Technology, Employment Immigration, Franchise, Agribusiness, Technology Disputes and Litigation, Emerging Technology, Manufacturing
• Dennis Lynch - Member - Litigation; Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Transportation; Business Disputes; Appellate; Truck Accident Defense; Governmental Litigation
• Ed Menzie - Member - Corporate; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; International; Land Use and Zoning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Resort Development; Securities; Startups - Innovation Team
• Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr. - Member - Tax; Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer Planning; Federal Taxation; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions
• Henry Brown - Member - Construction Services for Design Professionals, Construction Services for General Contractors, Construction Services for Subcontractors and Suppliers, Construction Services for Insurers and Sureties, Health Law, Litigation, Construction Law, Commercial, Insurance, Construction
• Jeanne Born - Member - Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations, Health Law, Privacy, Corporate Law, Health Care
• Jim Rourke - Associate - ERISA and Employee Benefits; Federal Taxation; Tax; Employee Compensation & Benefits; Tax Exempt Organizations; State & Local Taxation
• Jimmy Byars - Associate - Employment & Labor Law; Employment & Labor Law Litigation; Business Disputes
• Jimmy Long - Member - Health Care; Litigation; Assisted Living, Nursing Home, and Rehabilitation Facility Litigation; Appellate; Administrative and Regulatory; Family Law
• Joan Hartley - Associate - Employment & Labor, Immigration, Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory Law, Real Estate
• Jennifer Hollingsworth - Member - Litigation; Business Disputes; Health Care; Family Law
• John Davidson - Partner - Labor and Employment; Affirmative Action; Age Discrimination in Employment; Americans with Disabilities Act; Collective Bargaining; Confidentiality Agreements; Covenants Not To Compete; Disability Discrimination; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Leasing; Employee Privacy; Employee Rights; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment at Will; Employment Arbitration; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Class Actions; Employment Contracts; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Mediation; Employment Practices Liability Insurance; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Executive Transfers; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Federal Employment Law; Human Resources Law; Harassment; Management Employment Law; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Negligent Hiring; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Agreements; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Prevailing Wage Litigation; Reductions in Force; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA); Wage and Hour Class
• Corky Klett - Member - Computer, Internet and Technology; Entertainment; Hospitality Law; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation; Chemistry, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical; Hospitality & Tourism; Manufacturing
• John A. Sowards - Member - Agricultural Lending; Corporate; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Financial Services; Real Estate
• David Black - Member - Class Actions, Business Disputes, Litigation, Lender Liability, Government Contracts, Energy
• C. Jones DuBose, Jr. - Member - Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Securities, Corporate Governance, Start-ups, Health Law, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Crisis Management, Alternative Energy, Health Care, Emerging Technology, Securities / Investment Fraud
• Gene Allen - Senior Counsel - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights; Business Disputes; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Lender Liability; Litigation
• Kyle A. Brannon - Associate - Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
• Julian ("Jay") Hennig, III - Member - Corporate; Corporate Compliance/Crisis Management; Corporate Governance; Financial Services; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Securities Litigation
• Laurie Becker - Member - Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights, Corporate Law, Banking and Finance, Real Estate Law, Commercial
• John Bruton - Associate - Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Securities; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Law; Real Estate
• Leighton Lord - Member - Economic Development; Corporate; Real Estate; Land Use and Zoning; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Transportation
• Larkin Ellzey - Associate - Health Care; Corporate; Real Estate; Franchise
• Marc Manos - Member - Appellate; Assisted Living, Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Facility Litigation; Business Disputes; Computer, Internet and Technology; Electric Cooperatives; Energy Law; Government Contracts; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Lender Liability; Litigation; Energy
• Briani Bennett Mellen - Associate - ERISA and Employee Benefits; Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer Planning; Federal Taxation; Tax; Tax Exempt Organizations
• Mark Bender - Member - Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Crisis Management, Intellectual Property Law, Health Care, Emerging Technology, Alternative Energy, Technology
• Mark Knight - Member - Commercial Law; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Startups - Innovation Team; International; Franchise
• Matthew Roberts - Member - Health Care; Administrative and Regulatory; Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Disputes; Litigation
• Marguerite Willis - Member - Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Litigation; Business Disputes; Products Liability; Chemistry, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical
• Michael A. Mann - Member - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Alternative Energy Law; Computer, Internet and Technology; Energy Law; Intellectual Property; International; Litigation; Nuclear Energy; Startups - Innovation Team; Energy
• Manton Grier, Jr. - Special Counsel - Appellate; Assisted Living, Nursing Home, and Rehabilitation Facility Litigation; Business Disputes; Electric Cooperatives; Litigation
• Mike Brittingham - Member - Employee Benefits Guidance and Litigation, Employee Compensation & Benefits, Employment & Labor Law, ERISA and Employee Benefits, Tax
• Nikole Setzler Mergo - Member - Health Care; Employment & Labor Law; Employment & Labor Law Litigation; Litigation; Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Business Disputes
• Rick Mendoza - Member - Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Lender Liability
• Lawrence Melton - Special Counsel - Administrative and Regulatory; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business Disputes; Construction; Government Contracts; Litigation
• Sara S. Rogers - Member - Public Policy & Governmental Affairs; Administrative and Regulatory; Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory Law; Energy; Health Care
• Ralph Barbier - Member - Health Law, Legislative & Regulatory, Health Care
• Scott Eric Hultstrand - Special Counsel - Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Transportation
• Mark Carroll Moore - Member - White Collar Crime; White Collar Fraud; White Collar Criminal Defense
• Suzanne Graham Grigg - Member - Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights; Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Lender Liability
• Suzanne Guitar Odom - Member - Employee Benefits, Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Staffing and Independent Workforce
• Russell Burke - Member - Litigation, Tort Law, Antitrust Litigation, Antitrust Counseling and Government Investigations, Property Subrogation and Recovery, Insurance
• Townsend Belser - Special Counsel - Intellectual Property; Nuclear Energy
• Tim Hewson - Member - Health Care; Administrative and Regulatory; Corporate
• Tommy Lavender - Member - Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group; Public Policy & Governmental Affairs; Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory Law; Administrative and Regulatory; Government Contracts; Agricultural Lending; Economic Development; Startups - Innovation Team; Alternative Energy Law; Energy Law; Nuclear Energy; Land Use and Zoning; Agriculture; Energy; Transportation
• Tanya A. Gee - Special Counsel - Appellate; Litigation; Business Disputes
• Tushar V. Chikhliker - Member - Corporate Law, Economic Development, Public Finance, Start-ups, Financial Services, Public Sector and Government, Alternative Energy, Agribusiness, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, Real Estate, Banking
• Travis Wheeler - Associate - Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Appellate Advocacy; Governmental Litigation; Litigation; White-Collar Crime
• William G. Newsome, III - Member - Estate Planning and Wealth Transfer Planning; Federal Taxation; Tax; Tax Exempt Organizations; Corporate; Health Care
• William Floyd - Member - Alternative Dispute Resolution; Employee Benefits Guidance and Litigation; Employment & Labor Law; Employment & Labor Law Litigation; Litigation; Economic Development; Manufacturing; Transportation
• Rose Duggan Manos - Special Counsel - Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights; Business Disputes; Family Law; Lender Liability; Litigation
• Tracey R. Perlman - Attorney - Antitrust / Trade Law, Class Action, Litigation, Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Intellectual Property Litigation, Government Contracts
• Tommy Preston, Jr. - Associate - Financial Services; Economic Development; Public Policy & Governmental Affairs; Administrative and Regulatory; Public Finance; Energy Law; Alternative Energy Law; Energy
• Val H. Stieglitz - Member - Antitrust and Unfair Competition; Business Disputes; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; International; Products Liability; Franchise
• Victoria L. Eslinger - Member - Business Disputes, Employment & Labor Law, Catastrophic Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Law and Services, Litigation, Tax Law, Discrimination, Family

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Other Law Firms in Columbia, South Carolina

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