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| | Address | | The Tower at 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 900, P.O. Box 11367 | | Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1367 | | (Lexington & Richland Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 803-254-4035 | | Facsimile: 803-771-4422 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.childs-halligan.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Childs & Halligan, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Education, School, Special Education, College and University Law. Employment and Labor Relations Law in the Public and Private Sectors, including Wrongful Discharge, Employment Discrimination, Insurance Defense of Employment Claims, Wage and Hour, and Unemployment Compensation. Construction Law. Practice before all State and Federal Administrative Agencies and Courts. | | Year Established: 1981 | Firm Profile:
Childs & Halligan, P.A., is a mid-sized law firm committed to providing school districts throughout South Carolina with high quality, responsive, and cost efficient legal services. Located in the Bank of America Tower in Columbia, South Carolina, our practice concentrates in the areas of school and employment law, and our twelve attorneys practice before all state and federal administrative agencies and courts. Our attorneys have successfully handled many of the challenging and important cases decided by the South Carolina Supreme Court interpreting the South Carolina Employment and Dismissal of Teachers Act, Education Finance Act, Education Improvement Act, Tort Claims Act, Charter Schools Act, and Whistleblower Act, among other laws, and have successfully represented school districts in the most significant special education cases to come before the federal courts in South Carolina within the past few years. Additionally, we have successfully defended several federal court Title IX cases involving student sexual harassment claims, an area of educational law that is rapidly developing among the plaintiffs' bar. We have won cases for school districts and their insurers in practically every judicial circuit of the state. Importantly, we have existing relationships with all major insurers of school districts in South Carolina, which allows us to provide legal counsel to our clients with no disruption in representation. Our firm has been a long-term, loyal supporter of the National School Boards Association and its Council of School Attorneys, the South Carolina School Boards Association and its Council of School Attorneys, and many other entities devoted to improving public education. Because school districts are public employers, we recognize our responsibility to assist our clients in maintaining high standards in the conduct of all programs and activities, providing fair treatment, and fostering good employee relations through a positive personnel program. We encourage districts to conserve public funds by preventing unnecessary and expensive litigation, and we provide sound legal advice, efficient legal services, and careful planning to enable districts to focus on and achieve their educational missions. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
Aiken County School District; Anderson County School Districts One, Two and Five; Bamberg County School District One; Barnwell County School Districts 19, 29, and 45; Beaufort County Board of Education; Berkeley County School District; Chester County School District; Chesterfield County School District; Darlington County School District; Florence School Districts Two and Five; Governor's School for Science and Math; Greenwood County School District 50; Horry County School District; Kershaw County School District; Lancaster County School District; Laurens County School Districts 55 and 56; Lexington County School District One; Marion County Board of Education; Oconee County School District; Richland County School Districts One and Two; Saluda County School District One; American International Group, Inc.; Great American Insurance Company; Miller's of Columbia; National Beta Club Association; Roller Bearing Corp. of America; South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund; Spartanburg School District Five; South Carolina School Boards Insurance Trust; Tipperary Sales, Inc.; Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
| | Kenneth L. Childs (Member) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 31; admitted to bar, 1975, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1967); Furman University (M.A., 1969); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1975). FYI: New lawyers already listed on Firm, duplicate for (Michael P. Casey and Barbra McGuire). DCo/SPi 03/18/2008 Omicron Delta Kappa. Phi Alpha Delta (Vice President, 1974-1975). Order of Wig and Robe. Member, Moot Court Board. Member, University of South Carolina Law Review, l973-1975. President, Environmental Law Society, 1973-1975. Lecturer, Appellate Advocacy, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1977. Assistant Attorney General for South Carolina, 1975-1977. Member: Richland County and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member, House of Delegates, 1976-1978); South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; South Carolina Defense Attorneys Association; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment; Constitutional Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice. | | William F. Halligan (Member) born Clifton Forge, Virginia, July 28; admitted to bar, 1977, South Carolina. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1973); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1977). Commissioner, Richland County School District One, 1986-1994. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Education Law; Labor and Employment; Construction Law; Finance. | | Kathryn Long Mahoney (Member) born Richmond, Virginia, June 1; admitted to bar, 1992, South Carolina; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1989); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1992). Omicron Delta Kappa. Moot Court Bar. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; National Association of College and University Attorneys; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment; Constitutional Law; Litigation. | | Allen D. Smith (Member) born Spartanburg, South Carolina, April 23; admitted to bar, 1990, South Carolina; 1991, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude, 1987; J.D., 1990). Order of Wig and Robe. Law Clerk to Hon. William B. Traxler, Jr., Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Member, Employment and Labor Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. (Certified Specialist, Employment and Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Education Law; Construction Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation. | | Shirley M. Fawley (Member) born Tokyo, Japan, September 16; admitted to bar, 1996, South Carolina; 1998, District of Columbia; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Bob Jones University (B.S., 1973); Winthrop College (M.A.T., 1974); University of South Carolina (Ph.D., 1979); University of Dayton (J.D., summa cum laude, 1996). Member, Dominick L. Gabriella Family Law Moot Court, 1994-1995; Managing Editor, University of Dayton Law Review. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Education Law; Labor and Employment. | | John M. Reagle (Member) born New York, New York, October 22; admitted to bar, 1991, North Carolina; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; 1997, South Carolina; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University; University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., with distinction, 1986); Duke University (M.A., Philosophy, 1991; J.D., with honors, 1991). Judicial Intern to Hon. James G. Exum, Jr., Chief Justice, North Carolina. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; North Carolina State Bar; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Education Law; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Litigation. | | Vernie L. Williams (Member) born Kingstree, South Carolina, March 23; admitted to bar, 1995, South Carolina; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1991); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1995). Assistant Solicitor, 1995-1996 and Multijurisdictional Task Force Prosecutor, Third Judicial Circuit, 1996-1997. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Constitutional Law; Employment Law; Litigation. | | Thomas K. Barlow (Member) born Rockville Centre, New York, August 7; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina and South Carolina; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 2001, U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1991); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1995). Order of Wig and Robe. Legal Writing Instructor, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1994-1995. Research Editor, American Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal . Member: North Carolina (Member, Education and Employment and Labor Sections) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member, Employment and Labor Section). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Education Law; Litigation. | | Allison Aiken Hanna (Member) born Greenville, South Carolina, August 15; admitted to bar, 1998, South Carolina; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude, with honors, South Carolina Honors College, 1995; J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Mortar Board. Carolina Scholar. Carolina Legal Scholar. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Women Lawyers Association; National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment; Constitutional Law; Litigation. | | —————————— | | Keith R. Powell (Associate) born Bloomington, Illinois, October 24; admitted to bar, 1996, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1997, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2001, South Carolina; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1996); Mansfield College, Oxford University (1992). Phi Beta Kappa, Tulane University "The Senior Scholar in History," 1993, Tulane University College of Arts & Sciences Montgomery History Prize, 1993. Publications: "Education Law," II Mo. Administrative Law (Mo. Bar 3rd ed. 2000). Member: The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis; Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; The Missouri Bar; Council of School Attorneys. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Education Law; Local Government Law; Construction Law. | | Connie P. Jackson (Associate) born Sumter, South Carolina, October 17; admitted to bar, 1995, South Carolina; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1990; J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Ernest A Finney, Jr., Chief Justice Emeritus of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Member: South Carolina Bar; Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Women Lawyers Association; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law. | | Kimberly Kelley Blackburn (Associate) born Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, December 23; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.S., Elementary Education, cum laude, 1994); University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health (M.S.P. + 30, Speech Pathology, Certificate on Long-Term Rehabilitation of Communication of Brain Injured Patients, 1997); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005). Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, Coaches Award, College of Charleston Equestrian Team. Associate Editor-in-Chief, The South Carolina Law Review, Volume 56. Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; National School Boards Association; Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education. | | Jasmine Rogers (Associate) born Gate City, Virginia, February 3; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia; 2007, South Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Sociology, with distinction, 2002); University of Tennessee School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Georgia; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education; Labor and Employment; Litigation. |
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