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1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201 (Lexington & Richland Cos.)
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(Main Office) Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A. is a 31 attorney firm representing clients in state and federal courts and before regulatory agencies throughout South Carolina. The Firm represents a wide diversity of state and national clients, including insurance companies, private individuals and corporations, financial institutions, real estate developers, public officials, construction, architectural and engineering firms and institutional health care providers. The Firm appears in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers in the following law disciplines: General Practice, Civil Trial Practice, Environmental Law, Business Law, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law, Insurance Defense Law, Products Liability Law, Personal Injury Law, Construction Law, Real Estate Law, Appellate Practice Law. Two attorneys have been recognized in The Best Lawyers In America: Donald V. Richardson, III, medical malpractice, and Frank E. Robinson, II, real estate. Steven W. Hamm, former state consumer advocate and the administrator of the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, represents clients before state and federal regulatory agencies. The Firm is organized internally by practice area. We believe that this practice area organization facilitates quality control, efficient use of legal expertise and accountability to clients. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Litigation and Trials in all Courts. Appeals, Casualty Insurance, Negligence, Products Liability, Estate Planning and Probate, Commercial and Residential Real Estate, Land Use Law, Workers Compensation, Environmental, Credit, Banking, Taxation, Transportation, Commercial and Contract Law, Medical Legal, Hospital Law, Public Utility Law, Professional Malpractice Defense, Construction, Architectural and Engineering Litigation. Fidelity and Surety Law, Federal Contract Claims and Government Procurement, Regulatory Law, Collections, Bankruptcy and Foreclosure, Civil Rights Defense, Governmental Agency and Employment Liability; Arbitration and Mediation Year Established: 1973
Firm Size: 31
Representative Clients:Insurance: CNA Insurance Co.
CGU
Pioneer Claim Management, Inc.
MMI Companies
Empire Fire & Marine Insurance
The Hartford
Kemper National Insurance Group
Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.
State Auto Insurance Cos.
St. Paul Insurance Co.
Cincinnati Insurance Co.
Lawyers Title Insurance Co
Life Insurance Company of Georgia
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Nationwide Insurance
South Carolina Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Assn.
South Carolina Division of General Services Insurance Reserve Fund
Joint Underwriters Association
Zurich Insurance Group. Real Estate, Corporate and Banking: Independent Consumer Finance Association
Columbia (SC) Teachers Federal Credit Union
First Union Bank
Leo Eisenberg Co.
Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital
Municipal Association of South Carolina
R.C. McEntire & Co.
Sumitomo Marine Claims Services (U.S.A.)
Yamaha Motor Corp. (U.S.A.)
Pizza Hut of America, Inc.
Carolina Health Choice Network
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Bell South
Carolina Power & Light Co.
GTE South, Inc.
World Finance Corporation. Construction: Richland County School District One, Buildings, Grounds, and Maintenance
S.C. Department of Transportation
Northlake Construction Co.
Boozer Lumber Co.
Osmose Wood Preserving Inc. - Architects/Engineer
AVX Corporation
Allied Signal.
Frank E. Robinson, II (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, September 4, 1940; admitted to bar, 1968, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1968). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. [With U.S. Navy, 1962-1964; LCDR, U.S. Naval Reserve]. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Land Development; Commercial Land Development; Land Use; Zoning; Commercial Transactions.Email: Frank E. Robinson, II
George C. Beighley (Member) born Oil City, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, South Carolina. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1970); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1975). Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Commercial Transactions; Domestic Relations. Assistant Attorney General, State of South Carolina, 1975-1978. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Medical Litigation Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Hospital Law.Email: George C. Beighley
Frederick A. Crawford (Member) born Hartsville, South Carolina, August 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University and University of Virginia (B.S., 1976); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1979). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Law Clerk to South Carolina Circuit Court Judge James H. Price, Jr., 1979-1980. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Commercial Law Committee, 1991-1992; Member, Sections on: Corporations; Banking; Securities Law; Member, Hospital and Health Law Committee); Columbia Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Commercial; Corporations; Health Care Law.Email: Frederick A. Crawford
Francis M. Mack (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, September 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S. Engineering, cum laude, 1970; M.E., 1974; J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Registered Professional Engineer, South Carolina, 1976. Recipient, American Arbitration Association Distinguished Service Award, 1991. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers; The Surety Claims Institute. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Law; Environmental; Fidelity and Surety Law; Insurance Coverage.Email: Francis M. Mack
Franklin Jennings Smith, Jr. (Member) born Conway, South Carolina, January 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, South Carolina. Education: United States Military Academy; Clemson University (B.S., Civil Engineering, cum laude, 1979); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1984). Chi Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Panel of Construction Mediators and Arbitrators, Resolute Systems of South Carolina, L.L.C. Member: Richland County and American (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; American Society of Civil Engineers; Systems Builders Association; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Architect Malpractice; Engineer Malpractice; Government Construction Contracts; Surety Defense; Litigation.Email: Franklin Jennings Smith, Jr.
Leslie A. Cotter, Jr. (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, July 21, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1980); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1984). Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Delta Theta Phi; J. Belton O'Neall Inn of Court. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Conflicts of Law. Law Clerk to: U.S. District Court Judge Clyde H. Hamilton, 1985-1986; South Carolina Circuit Judge Rodney A. Peeples, 1984-1985. Member: Richland County and American (Member, ABA/YLD Executive Committee, Legislative Action Committee) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member: Practice and Procedures Committee, 1985; House of Delegates, 1992-1998); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Governmental Liability Defense; Section 1983 Civil Rights; Title VII Employment Discrimination Defense; Products Liability Defense.Email: Leslie A. Cotter, Jr.
Steven W. Hamm (Member) born Los Angeles, California, June 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, South Carolina. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1971); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1977). Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, 1988. State Consumer Advocate and Administrator, South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, 1981-1994. Chairman, National Consumer Advisory Council, Federal Reserve Board, 1987-1988. President: American Conference of Consumer Credit Code Administrators, 1988-1989; National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators, 1985-1987; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, 1983-1985. Vice President, National Association of Consumer Credit Code Administrators, 1992-1993. Administrative Lawyer: South Carolina Public Service Commission; South Carolina Department of Insurance; South Carolina Dairy Commission; South Carolina Manufactured Housing Board; South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation; South Carolina Residential Home Builders Commission; South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 1977. Member: Edison Electric Institute Special Task Force on Complex Case Resolution, 1988-1989; Board of Governors, South Carolina Reinsurance Facility, 1989-1994. Advisor, Health Care Planning Committee, Department of Health and Environmental Control on State Health Care Plan, 1991-1994. Chairman, Transportation Committee, 1991 and Member, State Energy Committee, 1992-1994. Member: Senate Health Care Cost Containment, 1992-1994; State Solid Waste Panel, 1992-1994. Legal Advisor, House Labor and Commerce Subcommittee on Gasoline Pricing and Marketing Issues, 1988-1989. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Administrative; Regulatory; Legislative; Banking; Appellate Law; Elections Law.Email: Steven W. Hamm
Douglas C. Baxter (Member) born Ringgold, Georgia, April 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1986, South Carolina. Education: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (B.A., cum laude, 1982); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1985). Recipient, UC Merit Scholarship. Member, Russell Moot Court Competition. Member: Horry County Bar Association Secretary, 1994; President-Elect, 1995; President, 1996); State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar (Member, House of Delegates, 1992-1994). Practice Areas: Litigation Defense; Construction Law.Email: Douglas C. Baxter
S. Nelson Weston Jr. (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, November 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., Political Science, 1986; J.D., 1989). Law Clerk to The Honorable Franklin P. McGowan, Jr. Member, Palmetto Law Society, 1989. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Member, Commercial Law Committee); South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association. (Certified Specialist, Bankruptcy/Debtor-Creditor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Banking; Creditors Rights; Real Estate; Collections.Email: S. Nelson Weston Jr.
Marian Williams Scalise (Member) born Orangeburg, South Carolina, September 4, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.S., cum laude, 1991); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1994). Dean's List. Recipient, Presidential Scholarship. Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Real Estate Transactions I. Member: South Carolina Bar.Member: Horry County Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Health Care Law; Nursing Home Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Long Term Care Litigation.Email: Marian Williams Scalise
William C. McDow (Member) born Lancaster, South Carolina, October 27, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (A.A., 1984; B.A., cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1989). Alpha Tau Omega. Law Clerk to The Honorable J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., 1989-1991. Assistant Solicitor, Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office, 1991-1995. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Nursing Home Litigation; Long Term Care Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: William C. McDow
Steven J. Pugh (Member) born Altoona, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1997, South Carolina; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: The Citadel (B.A., with honors, 1987); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability.Email: Steven J. Pugh
David A. Anderson (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1996, South Carolina, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1982); United States Army Command and General Staff Officer Course (1994); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk to the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., United States District Court, District of South Carolina. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. [Colonel, South Carolina Army National Guard, Retired]. Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Professional Liability Defense; Insurance Defense.Email: David A. Anderson
C. Jo Anne Wessinger-Hill (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, August 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, South Carolina; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of South Carolina College of Business Administration (B.S., cum laude, 1987); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1990). President's List. Dean's List. Recipient, USC Faculty/Staff Dependent's Scholarship, 1983-1988. Tau Beta Sigma; Delta Sigma Pi; Gamma Beta Phi. Member, USC Marching Band. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Student Bar Association. Staff Attorney, S.C. House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, 1991-1994. Assistant Legal Counsel to Governor Carroll A. Campbell and Deputy Division Director for the Division of Ombudsmen and Citizen Services, 1994-1995. Legal Counsel and Director of Research, S.C. House of Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, 1995-1997. Member: S.C. Governor David M. Beasley's Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care, 1995; Legislative Committee to Review the Consumer Finance Industry, Staff, 1997; Ad Hoc Plan of Operation Editorial Board for South Carolina Associated Auto Insurers Plan, 1997; USC Semester Program Internship Candidate Review Board, 1996-1997. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Women's Law Association. Practice Areas: Administrative; Regulatory; Legislative.Email: C. Jo Anne Wessinger-Hill
Anthony E. Rebollo (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, February 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; 2002, South Carolina; 2003, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1986); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1989). Listed in: Who's Who in America, 2008-2009; Who's Who in American Law, 2007-2009. Recognitions: The College of the State Bar of Texas (2008); The Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas (2004). Author: "The Civil Arrest and Imprisonment of Taxpayers: An Analysis of the Writ of Ne Exeat Republica, "University of Pittsburgh Tax Review (Fall 2009); "Waiver of Nonassertion of Civil Tax Penalties," Lexis SC Tax P.I. 5,070 (Lexis Nexis Tax Center 2008); "Understanding Criminal Tax Violations in South Carolina," Lexis SC Tax P.I. 4,830 (Lexis Nexis Tax Center 2008); "Examining Unemployment Tax on Payments to Employees," Lexis SC Tax P.I. 4,572 (Lexis Nexis Tax Center 2008); "Examining Claims for Refund of State Taxes," Lexis SC Tax P.I. 4,740 (Lexis Nexis Tax Center 2008); "Procedural Rules for Contesting Tax Liabilities," Lexis SC Tax P.I. 4,739 (Lexis Nexis Tax Center 2008); "An 'Ernest' Approach to Federal Income Taxation," 27 A.B.A. Section of Taxation News Quarterly 22 (Winter 2008); "The Taxation of Ernest Hemingway," 26 The Hemingway Review 22 (Spring 2007); "Responding to 'Gross-Up' Claims in Tax Malpractice Cases," 104 Journal of Taxation 353 (June 2006); "Has the IRS Really Changed? What's Happening at the Newly Restructured IRS," 65 Texas Bar Journal 302 (April 2002); "Administrative License Revocation Hearings," Voice for the Defense (September 2000); "What Uncle Sam Wants to Know About Your Employees," San Antonio Lawyer (July/August 1999). Co-Author: "Finders are No Longer Keepers' Under the Texas Unclaimed Property Law," Today's CPA (November/December 1997); "Independent Contractor or Employee? Understanding and Avoiding Tax Liabilities Based on Worker Classification," San Antonio Lawyer (2nd Quarter 1997). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Tax Section; Chair, Tax Controversy Committee 1999-2002; Member, Tax Council 2001-2002; Member, Advanced Tax Law Course Planning Committee 1999 and 2001); South Carolina Bar (Member, Tax Law Section Council, 2008); American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Civil Tax Litigation; Criminal Tax Litigation; Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies; White Collar Crime; Professional Liability; Broker Dealer Defense (Securities Claims).Email: Anthony E. Rebollo
Barbara A. Chesley (Member) born Evansville, Indiana, April 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1997, South Carolina. Education: Edinboro State College (B.S.N., 1978); University of South Carolina (M.S., 1987; J.D., 1997). Registered Nurse, South Carolina, 1978. Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense.Email: Barbara A. Chesley
Eugene H. Matthews (Member) born Sumter, South Carolina, October 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, South Carolina, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); Yale University (M.A., 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1995). Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Member, CLE Committee; Council and Chairman, Employment and Labor Law Section, 2004); North Carolina State Bar. [CDR, U.S. Naval Reserve, 1989present]. (Certified Specialist, Employment an Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Employment; Litigation; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Eugene H. Matthews
Drew H. Butler (Member) born Little Rock, Arkansas, August 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, South Carolina. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1999); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2002). Certificate in Dispute Resolution and Advocacy, 2002. Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Government Liability Defense; Insurance Defense.Email: Drew H. Butler
——————————Adam S. Tesh (Associate) born Winston Salem, North Carolina, April 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, South Carolina. Education: Winthrop College (B.A., 1973); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2000).. Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Collections Law; Commercial Law.Email: Adam S. Tesh
Jared H. Garraux (Associate) born Greenville, South Carolina, 1976; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1998); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2007). Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Lambda Chi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Richland County and American (Member, Construction Forum, 2008) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Member, Construction Section, 2007); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association (Member, 2007); Young Lawyers Division of South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association (Vice President , 2009); Defense Research Institute (Member, 2009). Practice Areas: Construction Law(100%).Email: Jared H. Garraux
Mason A. Summers (Associate) born Columbia, South Carolina, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, South Carolina; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Clemson University (B.A., Political Science, 1995); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1999). Clerk for Circuit Judge John M. Milling, Darlington, South Carolina. Co-Author: Chapter, "Department of Health and Environmental Control," South Carolina Administrative Law and Procedure, South Carolina Bar Publications (2008). Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Council Member, Environment and Natural Resources Section, 2003-2005); South Carolina Administrative and Regulatory Law Association. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Insurance Coverage; Appellate Law.Email: Mason A. Summers
C. Cliff Rollins (Associate) born Greenwood, South Carolina, 1964; admitted to bar, 1999, South Carolina; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1986); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1999). Order of Wig and Robe. Solo Practitioner, 1999-2002; Assistant General Counsel, S.C. Department of Public Safety, 2002; Deputy General Counsel, S.C. Department of Public Safety, 2003; Interim General Counsel, S.C. Department of Public Safety, 2004. Member: South Carolina Bar. [US Army, Infantry, 1LT, 1987- 1991, Southwest Asia service 1990-1991]. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense.Email: C. Cliff Rollins
Charles J. Webb (Associate) born Brunswick, Georgia, November 10, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: Presbyterian College (B.A., 1999); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: South Carolina Bar; Richland County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Creditors Rights; Estate Planning.Email: Charles J. Webb
Emily R. Gifford (Associate) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 29, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina Honors College (B.A., English, cum laude, 2001); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: South Carolina Bar; Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Women's Law Association; The Surety Claims Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Fidelity/Surety Law; Health Law.Email: Emily R. Gifford
Shelton W. Haile (Associate) born Hartsville, South Carolina, February 14, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 2000); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association; South Carolina Bar (Law Student Liaison Committee); Richland County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Nursing Home Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Long Term Care Litigation.Email: Shelton W. Haile
Travis W. Vance (Associate) born Bristol, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina; 2008, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: The University of the South, Sewanee (B.A., 2004); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Richland County and American (Member, Construction Law Section, 2008) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; Defense Research Institute (Member, 2008); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association (Member, 2008). Practice Areas: Construction Law(50%); General Litigation(50%).Email: Travis W. Vance
Jocelyn T. Newman (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., Mathematics, 1999); Howard University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Jocelyn T. Newman
Joseph E. Thoensen (Associate) born Fairfax, Virginia, October 31, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2000); University of South Carolina (J.D., 2004). Member: Richland County Bar Association; American Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%).Email: Joseph E. Thoensen
W. Allison Smith (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 2003); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Law(30%); General Litigation(70%).Email: W. Allison Smith
Kathryn L. Valdes (Associate) born Columbia, South Carolina, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, South Carolina. Education: Emory University (B.A., 2005); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2008); Georgetown University Law Center (L.L.M., Taxation, 2009). Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business; Estate Planning.Email: Kathryn L. Valdes
RETIRED PARTNERSDonald V. Richardson, III (Retired Partner) born Florence, South Carolina, January 14, 1936; admitted to bar, 1960, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., 1958; LL.B., 1960). Phi Delta Phi. Chairman, Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline, 1981-1982, 1982-1983. Attended Harvard Law School Spring 1996 Mediation Workshop. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Litigation. Member: Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; The Defense Research Institute (State Chairman, 1973); South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; American Society of Hospital Attorneys. Certified Mediator, Mediation Workshop, Harvard Law School. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Professional Malpractice; Commercial Litigation.Email: Donald V. Richardson, III
Charles N. Plowden, Jr. (Retired Partner) born Summerton, South Carolina, November 27, 1933; admitted to bar, 1957, South Carolina. Education: The Citadel; University of South Carolina (B.S., 1955; LL.B., 1959). Member: Richland County and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1972-1976) Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar (Circuit Vice President, 1967-1973; Member, House of Delegates, 1978-1980); Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association. [Major, USAFR, (retired); active duty, 1957-1961]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense and Coverage.
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