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| | Address | | 28 Broad Street, P.O. Box 993 | | Charleston, South Carolina 29402-0993 | | (Berkeley & Charleston Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 843-577-4000 | | Fax: 843-724-6600 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.ycrlaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Young Clement Rivers, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Transactions, Construction Law, Employment and Labor Law, Health Care, Insurance Coverage, Maritime Law, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Retail Liability, Special Task Litigation, Tax, Estate Planning and Probate, Trucking and Transportation, and Workers' Compensation. | | Year Established: 1965 | Firm Profile:
Young Clement Rivers, LLP is a regional civil litigation and commercial law practice, based in Charleston, South Carolina, representing local, regional and national clients. The firm's primary areas of practice are insurance defense, complex civil litigation and a full range of commercial and business law. The firm is organized into practice groups, which permits attorneys to concentrate their practice on selected areas of law, providing clients with a high level of expertise. This structure enables the most knowledgeable lawyer to address a client's specific needs in the most effective and efficient manner. Attorneys are licensed to practice law in South Carolina, North Carolina, California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland and Ohio, and all take a professional leadership role in local, state and national bar associations and other organizations relevant to their specific area of practice. Young Clement Rivers, LLP was founded on July 1, 1965 as a successor to the law firm of Hagood, Rivers & Young which was established in 1915. The firm's roots and history of service to clients from its Broad Street offices trace back to the 1800's, when ancestors of Joseph R. Young and G. L. Buist Rivers, Jr., two of the founding partners, began practicing law. | | Firm Size: 42 | Representative Clients:
American International Group; The Asten Group, Inc.; Charleston Branch Pilots Association; Charleston Trident Board of Realtors, Inc.; Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce; Charleston Southern University; CIGNA Insurance Co.; The Citadel Development Foundation; Coburg Dairy, Inc.; Colonial Penn Insurance Co.; Companion Property & Casualty Company; Crum and Forster; Eastman Kodak Corp.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos.; Fleetwood Credit Corp.; Ford Motor Credit Company; Government Employees Insurance Co.; ITT Hartford; Jack Eckerd Corporation; Kiawah Property Owners Group, Inc.; Lone Star Industries, Inc.; Maryland Casualty Co.; Charleston County Medical Society; Miles, Inc.; NCR Corporation; National Bank of S.C.; Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.; The Netherlands Insurance Company; New York Life Insurance Co.; Prudential Property and Casualty Co.; Reliance Insurance Co.; Roper Hospital; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; South Carolina State Ports Authority; BellSouth Corporation; Springs Industries, Inc.; Hillenbrand Industries; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; State Farm Cos.; Traveler's Insurance Group; United Services Automobile Assn.; Volkswagon of America; Weyerhauser Corp. |
Other Office Locations of Young Clement Rivers, LLP
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | William J. Bates (Partner) born Moncks Corner, South Carolina, March 28, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, South Carolina. Education: Wofford College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1966); Duke University (J.D., with honors, 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Member of Board and Past President. Charlestown Neighborhood Association. Member: Board of Directors, Real Estate Section, South Carolina Bar, 1987-1994; Secretary, 1990; Chair-Elect, 1992; Chair, 1993; Section Delegate, 1995. Member, Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Charleston Museum, 2002—. Practice Areas: Lending Law; Real Estate Law; Land Use Law. Email: William J. Bates | | J. Rutledge Young, Jr. (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, March 28, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, South Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (A.B., 1965; LL.B., 1968). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Raven Society. Member, Moot Court. Vice President, Student Legal Forum. Member and Chairman of Ways and Means Committee, Charleston City Council, 1975-1979. Treasurer, 1992-1994, Vice-President, 1994-1995, President, 1995-1997, Historic Charleston Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, BB&T of South Carolina. Board of Trustees, Woodberry Forest School, 1993-2002; Board of Directors - South Carolina Coastal Conservation League, 1999-2002. Member, Board of Trustees, Lowcountry Open Land Trust, 2006—. Chairman, Land Protection Committee, 2007—. Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member: House of Delegates, 1975-1985; Board of Governors, 1985-1988 and 1990-1991; Secretary, 1990-1991, Treasurer, 1991-1992 and President-Elect, 1992-1993; President, 1994-1995; Chairman, CLE Committee, 1982-1985; Chairman, Hospital and Health Law Committee, 1988-1990; Vice-Chairman, Supreme Court Commission on Grievances and Discipline, 1985-1986); Charleston Lawyers Club (President, 1975); American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. [Capt., U.S. Army Reserve, active duty, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Negligence Law. Email: J. Rutledge Young, Jr. | | Wallace G. Holland (Partner) born Florence, South Carolina, September 19, 1948; admitted to bar, 1972, South Carolina. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1969); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1971-1972. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2001 and South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2008. Member: Charleston County (Co-chairman, Compensation Section, 1996—) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Ninth Circuit Resolution of Fee Disputes Board, 1990-1993); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; South Carolina Workers' Compensation Education Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2006). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Wallace G. Holland | | Carol Brittain Ervin (Partner) born Florence, South Carolina, February 7, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, South Carolina. Education: University of the South (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978) Phi Beta Kappa; Duke University (J.D., 1982). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Board of Directors, Past-Chair and Current Steering Committee Member, Employment and Labor Law Practice Group, American Law Firm Association; Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Charleston County Bar (President, 2004-2005; President Elect, 2003-2004; Member, Executive Committee, 1986 and 1994) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Board of Grievances and Discipline; South Carolina Bar (Member, Judicial Screening Committee, 1997-2002). (Certified Specialist, Employment and Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Reported Cases: Dawkins v. Fields; Dawkins v. Owens Corning Hourly Employee's Ret.; Plan Doe v. Marion; Gambe v. Williamsburg County School Dist.; Germann v. New York Life Insurance Co.; Izzard v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.; Medical University of S.C. v. Arnaud; State v. Blake Stroman v. Colleton County School Dist.; Temple v. Medical Univ. of S.C.; Tetrev v. Pride Int'l, Inc.; Wapole V. Great American Insurance Co.; Wilhoit v. WCSC, Inc. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Employment Law; Professional Negligence; Litigation. Email: Carol Brittain Ervin | | Joseph E. DaPore (Partner) born Lima, Ohio, February 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, South Carolina. Education: Florida Southern College; Ohio Northern University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Member, Construction Law Forum, Community Associations Institute. Member: Charleston County (Member, Common Pleas Court Liaison Committee), Ohio State and American (Member: Construction Committee; Litigation Section; Construction & Specification Institute) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member, Practice and Procedure Committee). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Construction Law; Mediations; Community Association Law. Email: Joseph E. DaPore | | Michael A. Molony (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1973; J.D., 1976; M.B.A., 1977). Visiting Professor, College of Charleston, South Carolina, 1983-1984. Associate Municipal Court Judge, City of Charleston, 1982—. Chairman, Charleston County Procurement Appeals Board, 1984-1991. IFR Rated Private Pilot. Director, South Carolina Administrative Law Association, 2001—. Member, South Carolina Judicial Council. Chairman, South Carolina Captive Insurance Association, 2001—. Member: Charleston County (Executive Committee, 1998; President, 2000) and American (Member, Sections on: Corporate and Business Law; Administrative Law; Health Law) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member, Sections on: Corporate and Business Law; Administrative Law; Technology, Health Law). [USAF, 1968; USAF, Reserves, 1969-1975]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Business and General Administrative Litigation; Health; Insurance; Utility Law; Aviation Law; Procurement. Email: Michael A. Molony | | C. Michael Branham (Partner) born Columbia, South Carolina, November 6, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, South Carolina. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1979); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1983). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Estate Planning II; Deferred Compensation and Professional Responsibility. Certified Public Accountant, South Carolina, 1986. Past Chairman, Taxation Law Specialization Advisory Board to South Carolina Supreme Court's Commission on Specialization. South Carolina Case Law Reporter for the Trust and Estate Section of the American Bar Association, 1997-2002. Charleston Tax Council (Past President). Charleston Estate Planning Council. MUSC Planned Giving Advisory Council (Past President). Secretary and Board Member, South Carolina Youth Soccer Association, 2000-2002. Bishop Gadsden Estate Planning Advisory Board. Board Member, Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Trust and Estate Law); South Carolina Bar (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Estate Planning); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. (Certified Specialist, Taxation Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina) (Assistant Managing Partner of the Firm, 1999-2001; Managing Partner, 2002—). Practice Areas: Estate Taxation; Trusts; Probate Law; Federal Taxation Law; Wills; Corporate and Partnership Law. Email: C. Michael Branham | | Shawn Daughtridge Wallace (Partner) born Rocky Mount, North Carolina, January 22, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, South Carolina Bar; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: Meredith College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1978); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1983) Phi Alpha Delta. Order of the Wig and Robe; Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards in Property, Estate Planning, Business Corporations. Certified Mediator. South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2008. Supreme Court of South Carolina Employment and Labor Law Specialty Advisory Board, 1999-2001. Contributing Author: Labor and Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers (S.C. 2002, 2007). Treasurer (2008-), Charleston Executive Women's Board. Board Member, Carolina Children's Charity, 1999-2005. Founding Member, Board of Directors, Low Country Children's Center, 1989-1991. Advisory Board, College of Charleston Center for Entrepreneurship, 1995-1997. Author: "The Injured of Disabled Worker: New Rights, New Duties", published in South Carolina Lawyer, July/August 1994, re-published in the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Committee's Committee Update, February 1995. Member: American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Employment and Labor Law Committee; General Practice Section, Solo and Small Firms, 1998-2001; Newsletter Editor, Labor and Employment Law Committee, General Practice Section, 1995-1998). South Carolina Defense Trial Association. (Certified Specialist, Labor and Employment Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Corporate; Litigation. Email: Shawn Daughtridge Wallace | | Elizabeth B. Luzuriaga (Partner) born Montreal, Quebec, February 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, South Carolina; 1992, Georgia. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1984); Villa de Balze, Florence, Italy, Queens College, Oxford University, Oxford, England; University of South Carolina (J.D., 1987). Member, Carolina Childrens Charity Board of Directors, 1988-1992, 1994-2001. Chairman, South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency Advisory Board, 1995-1996. Board of Trustees, Ashley Hall School, 2002-2008; South Carolina Maritime Heritage Board, 2008. Member: South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; South Carolina Defense Attorneys Association; South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Worker’s Act claims. Email: Elizabeth B. Luzuriaga | | Wilbur E. Johnson (Partner) born Columbia, South Carolina, March 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Augusta College (B.A., 1976); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1979). Listed in, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Member, Editorial Board, ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. Member: South Carolina Bar (Circuit Representative, Young Lawyers Division, 1986-1987; Chairman, Law Related Education Committee, 1994-1996; Employment and Labor Law Section; Employment and Labor Law Section); American Bar Association; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys; The Community Foundation (Board of Directors); South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors); Care Alliance Health Foundation (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Administrative Law. Email: Wilbur E. Johnson | | F. Drake Rogers, III (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, South Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1987); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1990). Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Workers Compensation Educational Association; ALFA Worker's Compensation Steering Committee. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law. Email: F. Drake Rogers, III | | Edward D. Buckley, Jr. (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, April 26, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., cum laude, 1980); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1983). Member, Moot Court Bar. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; American Judicature Society; American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators; Defense Research Institute; South Carolina Arson Investigators; International Association of Arson Investigators; Property Loss Research Bureau; South Carolina Bar (Consumer Law Section). Practice Areas: Consumer Law; Subrogation; Construction Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law. Email: Edward D. Buckley, Jr. | | Duke R. Highfield (Partner) born Memphis, Tennessee, October 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, South Carolina. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1988); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1991). Phi Sigma Iota; Pi Sigma Alpha. George R. Gibbons Scholar, Emory University. Member: South Carolina Bar; Federal and American Bar Associations; Trucking Industry Defense Association; Transportation Lawyers Association; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy; American Law Firm Association (Co-Editor, Transport Update); South Carolina Trucking Association; Defense Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trucking; Transportation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Duke R. Highfield | | Stephen L. Brown (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, November 30, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1989); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1993). Authored "Trying the Allocation Case" in For The Defense; Town of Seabrook Island, Corporate Counsel, 1993—. Former Editor, ABA Business Torts Newsletter. Member: Charleston County, South Carolina and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Appellate Practice; Insurance Coverage; Municipal Law. Email: Stephen L. Brown | | Nancy Bloodgood (Partner) born Nyack, New York, August 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; 1985, District of Columbia; 1986, South Carolina. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1975); Catholic University (J.D., 1983). Associate Editor, Catholic University Law Review. Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law; Longshore; Administrative Law. Email: Nancy Bloodgood | | Donald Jay Davis, Jr. (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1988); College of Charleston (M.P.A., 1993); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif; Order of Wig and Robe. Member, South Carolina Moot Court Bar, 1995-1996. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1995-1996. Author: "Supreme Court Expands Employee Handbook Doctrine," Vol. 47 South Carolina Law Review pg. 74. Associate Articles and Symposium Editor, South Carolina Law Review. Adjunct Professor, Charleston School of Law. Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; Executive Committee, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; American Law Firm Association (Member, Health Care and Medical Devices Steering Committee); Board of Directors, Lowcountry Children's Museum; Past Member, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Board of Economic Advisers; Communities in Schools Board of Directors, Clergy Society, Widows and Orphans Society. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Real Estate Litigation; Securities Litigation; Arbitration; Commercial Litigation. Email: Donald Jay Davis, Jr. | | Joseph J. Tierney, Jr. (Partner) born Rochester, New York, August 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1993); Mississippi College (J.D., 1997). Law Clerk to Honorable Edward B. Cottingham, 1997-1999. Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Joseph J. Tierney, Jr. | | James T. H. Buxton (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia and Superior Court of Georgia; 2003, Supreme Court of Georgia; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; 2006, Virginia; 2007, South Carolina. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1995); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2002). Recipient, James L. Petigru "Complete" Lawyer Award, University of South Carolina School of Law, 2002. Member: Virginia State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association, South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative, Regulatory, and Captive Formations; Commercial Transactions and Real Estate; Healthcare. Email: James T. H. Buxton | | ASSOCIATES | | Lea B. Kerrison (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, April 9, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, South Carolina. Education: The Citadel (B.S., magna cum laude, 1991); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1994). Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative; Regulatory; Governmental Affairs. Email: Lea B. Kerrison | | Robert P. Gruber (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, January 9, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., 1991); Clemson University (M.S., 1993); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1998). Order of the Barristers. Member, Moot Court. Member: Sumter, Richland County (Member, Children's Law Subcommittee) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Robert P. Gruber | | James E. Scott, IV (Associate) born Georgetown, South Carolina; admitted to bar, 2001, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1994); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2001). Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Professional Liability. Email: James E. Scott, IV | | M. Brittain Travis (Associate) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1995; M.B.A., 1996); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2001). University of South Carolina Law Review (ABA Young Lawyers Division, 2001). Member: Charleston County, South Carolina and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Construction Section). Practice Areas: Construction Law. Email: M. Brittain Travis | | Matthew O. Riddle (Associate) born Greenville, South Carolina; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., 2003); Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Matthew O. Riddle | | Leslie Whitten (Associate) born Muskogee, Oklahoma, March 30, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, South Carolina. Education: Charleston Southern University (B.A., 1998); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2001). Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Defense Trial Lawyer's Association; South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Leslie Whitten | | Lee Louis Gremillion, IV (Associate) born Columbus, Georgia, December 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, South Carolina. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1999); Universtiy of South Carolina (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers. Email: Lee Louis Gremillion, IV | | Brian L. Quisenberry (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 2001); University of South Carolina (J.D. cum laude, 2005). Order of Wig and Robe. Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Federal Bar Association. Email: Brian L. Quisenberry | | Jeffrey J. Wiseman (Attorney) born Barberton, Ohio, 1970; admitted to bar, 2002, North Carolina; 2004, South Carolina. Education: Kent State University (B.A., English and History); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., cum laude). Member: Charleston County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability. Email: Jeffrey J. Wiseman | | Kelly W. Murphy (Associate) born Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina Honors College (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 2000); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2003). Research Editor, South Carolina Law Review. Practice Areas: Workers; Workers Compensation. Email: Kelly W. Murphy | | Kevin W. Mims (Associate) born Sumter, South Carolina, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Litigation; Admiralty/Maritime; Longshore and Harbor Worker's Act; Workers Compensation. Email: Kevin W. Mims | | Lynnley D. Ross (Associate) born South Carolina, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Lynnley D. Ross | | Russell G. Hines (Associate) born New Bern, North Carolina, September 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina; 2006, North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 2001); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2004). Member: South Carolina Bar; North Carolina State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Russell G. Hines | | Robin Grossman Poliakoff (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, March 18, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1999); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 2005); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 2006). Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Tax; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Robin Grossman Poliakoff | | Christine K. Toporek (Associate) born Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.S., 2001); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk for the Honorable Roger M. Young Sr. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability. Email: Christine K. Toporek | | Alison D. Durgee (Associate) born December 18, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.A., cum laude, 2001); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2005). Member, Environmental Law Journal, University of South Carolina. Member: South Carolina Bar; Charleston County, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation. Email: Alison D. Durgee | | M. Elizabeth Baggett (Associate) born Greenwood, South Carolina, January 30, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., 2003); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2006). Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment and Labor Law. Email: M. Elizabeth Baggett | | Joseph H. Farrell, III (Associate) born Lakewood, New Jersey, November 21, 1965; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina. Education: Wofford College (B.A., 1988); The Citadel (M.B.A., 1991); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2006). Member: South Carolina Bar; Charleston County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate. Email: Joseph H. Farrell, III | | Benjamin A. Traywick (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, March 22, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 2000; J.D., cum laude, 2005). Order of Wig and Robe; Order of the Coif. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Trucking and Transportation; Products Liability; Retail Liability. Email: Benjamin A. Traywick | | Catherine Holland Chase (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 2008, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Education: College of Charleston (B.S. and B.A., 2003); Charleston School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: South Carolina Bar; Charleston County, Federal and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Catherine Holland Chase | | Brandt R. Horton (Associate) born Maui, Hawaii, April 17, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2004). Staff Attorney, South Carolina Supreme Court, 2004-2006. Associate, Finkel Law Firm, 2006-2007. Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Trucking and Transportation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation and Appellate. Email: Brandt R. Horton | | E. Courtney Gruber (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, October 24, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, South Carolina; 1995, Wyoming. Education: St. Andrews Presbyterian College (B.A., 1982); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1984). Former Senior Assistant Public Defender, 7th Judicial District, Wyoming. Member: Charleston County and American Bar Associations; Wyoming Bar; South Carolina Bar. [U.S. Marine Corps, Active Duty, 1986- 1989, Reserve, 1989-1999]. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | J. Kevin Crain (Special Counsel) born Anderson, South Carolina, August 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.S., cum laude, 1981); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1984); University of Florida (LL.M., 1989). Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: J. Kevin Crain | | Karen W. Kerrison (Special Counsel) born Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, October 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York (inactive); 1983, Connecticut (inactive); 1995, South Carolina. Education: Boston University School of Nursing (B.S.N., 1978); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; American Health Lawyers Assocation. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Health Law; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Karen W. Kerrison | | Thantus D. Concannon (Special Counsel) born Newport, Rhode Island, May 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, South Carolina. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1988); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1993). Author: Palmetto Captive Insurance Journal, Second Quarter, 2005. Formerly with: South Carolina Department of Insurance; Simpson Dong & Wingate, LLP. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Regulation(85%); Administrative Law(10%); Family Law(5%). Email: Thantus D. Concannon | | OF COUNSEL | | Robert L. Clement, Jr. (Partner) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 14, 1928; admitted to bar, 1951, North Carolina; 1954, South Carolina. Education: The Citadel (A.B., 1948); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1951). Delta Theta Phi. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Charleston, 1960. President, Charleston Lawyers Club, 1959-1960. Judge, Municipal Court, City of Charleston, 1961-1964. Member, Planning and Zoning Commission, City of Charleston, 1968-1975. President, Charleston Museum, 1980-1983. Charleston County Council (Member, 1983-1986; Chairman, 1985 and 1986). Member: Charleston County (President, 1990-1991), North Carolina and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Circuit Vice-President, 1965-1966; Chairman, Economics Committee, 1975-1977; Chairman, Section on Corporations, Banking and Taxation, 1980-1981). [Judge Advocate, U.S.A.F., active duty, 1953-1955, Reserve Captain, 1962]. Practice Areas: Corporate and Business Law; Mediation. Email: Robert L. Clement, Jr. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Columbia, South Carolina Office: Pavilion Executives Services, 5000 Thurmond Mall, Suite 320, Columbia, SC., 29201. Telephone: 803-254-2238. Email: email@ycrlaw.com.
| (For complete biographical data on Columbia, South Carolina personnel, see Professional Biographies at Columbia, South Carolina) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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