(Main Office)

Founded in 1858, the firm represents a variety of local, national and international clients, including many of the publicly traded corporations headquartered in South Carolina. The firm's practice focuses predominantly on complex litigation and sophisticated business transactions. The firm is the South Carolina member of Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms with over 160 member law firms worldwide.

Statement of Practice

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate, Architectural Works Copyright Infringement Litigation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights, Class Action Litigation, Colleges and Universities, Construction, Corporate, Economic Incentives, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Litigation, Employment, Entrepreneur Services, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, First Amendment, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Media and Communications, Mergers and Acquisitions, Outside General Counsel, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Joint Ventures and Public-Private Development, Real Estate, Securities and Corporate Finance, Tax, Technology, Venture Capital and Private Equity.

Firm Affiliations

LEX MUNDI

Representative Clients:

Acadia, LLC
ACE USA
Allora, LLC
American Liba
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
AT&TCorp.
AVX Corporation
Banyan Retirement Services, Inc.
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
Carolina Regional Nephrology Associates
Celanese Americas Corporation
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
CIGNA Corporation
Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
CNA Insurance Companies
Collegiate Hall Properties, LLC
Colleton County South Carolina
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
Contec, Inc.
Crescent Publishing, LLC
Delta Apparel, Inc.
Delta Woodside Industries, Inc.
Donald A. Gardner Architects, Inc.
Edward D. Jones & Co.
Employers Reinsurance Group
Enterprise Computer Systems, Inc.
Fiberweb
Frank Betz Associates, Inc.
Garrell Associates, Inc.
General Wholesale Distributors, LLC
Global Services, LLC
Greenville Office Supply, Inc.
The Harper Corporation General Contractors
Hearst-Argyle Corporation -WYFF-TV
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.
Home Box Office, Inc.
Inland Real Estate
Innovative Container Company, LLC
InRe Financial, LLC
Institutional Resources LLC
Integrys Holdings, LLC
ISO Poly Films, Inc.
Jefferson-Pilot Insurance Company
JPS Industries, Inc.
KEMET Electronics Corp
Kemper Group
Life Insurance Company of North America
Maillis Strapping
Marzoli International
McClatchy Newspaper Company
McDonald's Corporation
Media General/WSPA TV
Meredith Corporation/FOX 21TV
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.
Michelin North America
Microsoft, Inc.
Milliken & Company
NBC News
The New York Times Company
Northshore Management Group, LLC
Palmetto Bancshares, Inc.
Palmetto Conservation Foundation
Peregrine Energy Corporation
Pfizer, Inc.
Piaggio America Inc.
Presbyterian College
ProEquities, Inc.
Prudential Insurance Company of America
RBC Liberty Life Insurance Company
Regional Management Corp.
Roebuck Buildings Co., Inc.
ScanSource, Inc.
Sembler Co.
Simon Property Group
The South Financial Group, Inc. and Carolina First Bank
Southern Wesleyan College
Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
SynTerra Corporation
T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc.
Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.
Tekgraf, Inc.
Wofford College
Woven Electronics, LLC.

Clients

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of NY
Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. LL.

Address

44 East Camperdown Way P.O. Box 728
Greenville, SC 29602-0728, (Greenville Co.)

Phone

Phone: 864-242-8200
Telefax: 864-235-8900

Website

http://www.wyche.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS

Eric B. Amstutz (Member) born Arlington, Massachusetts, April 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, District of Columbia; 1981, South Carolina. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with highest honors, 1975); Yale University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008 and Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2005-2007. Law Clerk to: Hon. Gerhard A. Gesell, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1978-1979; Hon. Potter Stewart, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1979-1980. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public-Private Development; Securities and Corporate Finance; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Creditors Rights; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Outside General Counsel.Email: Eric B. Amstutz

Mark W. Bakker (Member) born Clinton, Ontario, Canada, May 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina; 1996, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of North Carolina (J.D., with high honors, 1995). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Member, 1993-1994, Articles Editor, 1994-1995, North Carolina Law Review. Certified Civil Court Mediator. Author, Comment, "Repairing the Breach and Reconciling the Discordant: Mediation in the Criminal Justice System," 72 N.C.L. Rev. 1479 (1994). Clerk: The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1995-1996; The Honorable William B. Traxler, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1997. Panel Member, South Carolina Procurement Review Panel, 2003—. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008. Member: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; The Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employee Benefits Litigation; Mediation; Employment Mediation; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Mark W. Bakker

Andrew B. Coburn (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, July 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, South Carolina. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif; Raven Society. Articles Editor, University of Virginia Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk, Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997. Member: American Bar Association; South Carolina Bar. [1st Lt., 629th Military Intelligence Battalion, MD Army National Guard, 1989-1993]. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneur Services; Outside General Counsel; Securities; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Private Equity.Email: Andrew B. Coburn

Melinda Davis Lux (Member) born Waterbury, Connecticut, January 11, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina; 2003, South Carolina. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Yale University (J.D., 1998); Clemson University (M.B.A., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Alexander B. Denson, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 1998-1999. Associate, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1999-2002. Member: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law; Entrepreneur Services; Securities; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Private Equity.Email: Melinda Davis Lux

Gregory J. English (Member) born Marion, Kentucky, December 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, South Carolina. Education: Murray State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Editor, 1989-1990, Article Editor, 1990-1991 and Executive Editor, 1991-1992, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. Contributing Author, Environmental Law in South Carolina,1999. Lecturer, Administrative Law, Clemson University, 2004-2007. Member, South Carolina Commission on Consumer Affairs, 1995-1997; Greenville County Board of Health, 1997-2003 (Chairman, 1998). Member, Federalist Society. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008. Member: South Carolina Bar (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources; Litigation). Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental.Email: Gregory J. English

David L. Freeman (Member) born Pickens, South Carolina, August 27, 1924; admitted to bar, 1948, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (A.B., 1945); Columbia University; Harvard University (LL.B., 1949). Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1983-2008. Member, South Carolina State Legislature, 1955-1956. Member, Executive Committee, 1960-1963; 1967-1973; Chairman, 1969-1970 and President, 1971-1972, South Carolina Bar Association. Member: American Bar Association; American Law Institute; American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Class Action Litigation; Estate Planning and Probate; First Amendment; Litigation; Media and Communications.Email: David L. Freeman

J. Theodore Gentry (Member) born Ft. Worth, Texas, November 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, District of Columbia; 1991, South Carolina. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1983); Yale University (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Fulbright Scholar, Dortmund, Germany. Managing Editor, 1986-1987, Yale Law Journal. Law Clerk to Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1987-1988. Associate, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., 1988-1991. Listed in: Beat Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Class Action Litigation; Colleges and Universities; Employee Benefits Litigation; Employment; Insurance Coverage; Litigation; Appellate.Email: J. Theodore Gentry

Eric K. Graben (Member) born Knoxville, Tennessee, June 10, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, South Carolina. Education: Clemson University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Virginia (M.A., 1988; Ph.D., 1991; J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Lacy Withers Armour Scholar. Member, Editorial Board, 1995-1997, Virginia Law Review. Member, Board of Commissioners, 2000— and Chair, 2000—, Greenville Housing Authority. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Entrepreneur Services; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outside General Counsel; Securities and Corporate Finance; Venture Capital and Private Equity.Email: Eric K. Graben

Cary H. Hall, Jr. (Member) born Ithaca, New York, November 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, South Carolina. Education: Princeton University (A.B., with honors in Economics, 1969); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Editor, 1973-1974 and Managing Editor, 1974-1975, Harvard Journal on Legislation. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1993-2008 and Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2003-2007. (Certified Specialist, Taxations Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Corporate; Entrepreneur Services; Environmental; Estate Planning and Probate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outside General Counsel; Securities and Corporate Finance; Tax; Venture Capital and Private Equity.Email: Cary H. Hall, Jr.

Kevin Hendricks (Member) admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia; 2000, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1988); University of Texas at Austin (M.B.A., 1991; J.D., with honors, 1991). Associate: Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992-1996; Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Atlanta, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina, 1996-1998. Vice President, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, NewSouth Communications, Greenville, South Carolina, 1998-2003. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneur Services; Outside General Counsel; Securities and Corporate Finance; Venture Capital and Private Equity.Email: Kevin Hendricks

Frank S. Holleman, III (Member) born Seneca, South Carolina, May 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Carolina; 1981, District of Columbia.. Education: Furman University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979); London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Pi Gamma Mu. Articles Editor, 1978-1979 and Editor, 1977-1978, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to: Hon. Harrison Winter, U. S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980; Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 1981-1982. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1993-1994. Chief of Staff to Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, U.S. Department of Education, 1994-1997. Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, 1999-2000. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008. Judicial Conference, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Member: American Bar Association; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Architectural Works Copyright Infringement Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Colleges and Universities; Environmental; Estate Planning; Probate; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property.Email: Frank S. Holleman, III

William W. Kehl (Member) born Watertown, New York, April 12, 1937; admitted to bar, 1966, South Carolina. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1959); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1965). Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, 1963-1965, Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1965-1966. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2008. Member: American Bar Association; American Law Institute; American Judicature Society. [Lieutenant, JG, U.S. Navy, 1959-1962; Cdr., USNR, Ret.]. Practice Areas: Corporate; Health Care; Insurance Coverage; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outside General Counsel; Securities and Corporate Finance.Email: William W. Kehl

Wallace K. Lightsey (Member) born Allendale, South Carolina, October 21, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, South Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Executive Editor, 1982-1983 and Editor, 1981-1982, Harvard Law Review. Law Clerk to: Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984; Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1984-1985. Chairman, South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct, 1997-2004. Member: American Bar Association; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Board of Directors, South Carolina Bar Foundation. Member, S.C. Bar Association House of Delegates. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2008; Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2004-2007. Author: Note, "Disengaging Sales Law from the Sale Construct: A Proposal to Extend the Scope of Article 2 of the UCC," 96 Harv. L. Rev. 470 (1982); Lightsey, "A Critique of the Promise Model of Contract," 26 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 45 (1984). Chairman and Contributing Author: South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Libel and Slander," 1993. Contributing Author: South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Appeal and Error," 1992. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Architectural Works; Copyright Infringement; First Amendment; Intellectual Property; Media and Communications; Product Liability.Email: Wallace K. Lightsey

Terrell W. Mills (Member) born Albany, Georgia, April 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1999, Virginia; 2001, South Carolina. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.E., with honors, 1988); University of Richmond (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Author: "METATAGS: Seeking to Evade User Detection and the Lanham Act," 6 Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 22 (Spring 2000); "Making Managed Care Organizations Accountable: Can it Be Done?" 47 Medical Trial Technique Quarterly 1 (2000). Management Consultant, Specializing in Software Design, Implementation and Integration, 1989-1996. Associate, McCandish Kaine & Grant, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Technology; Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate; Entrepreneur Services; Securities; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Private Equity.Email: Terrell W. Mills

Lesley R. Moore (Member) born Winchester, Virginia, October 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia; 1986, District of Columbia; 1989, South Carolina. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); University of Virginia (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984-1988. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008. Member: South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association. (Certified Specialist, Estate Planning and Probate Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina). Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Probate; Tax.Email: Lesley R. Moore

Carl F. Muller (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, August 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, South Carolina. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1973; M.B.A., 1977; J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize. Contributing Author: "Appeal and Error," South Carolina Jurisprudence, 1992. Board of Directors, Public Defender Corporation of Greenville County, 1993—. Board of Directors, South Carolina Centers for Equal Justice, 2006. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008; Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007. Member: South Carolina Bar (House of Delegates, 1993-1994 and 1998-2002; 2006-present); American Bar Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation (S.C. Chair). Practice Areas: Media and Communications; Litigation; Class Action Litigation; First Amendment; Health Care; Mergers and Acquisitions; Personal Injury; Product Liability.Email: Carl F. Muller

James C. Parham, Jr. (Member) born Sumter, South Carolina, October 1, 1930; admitted to bar, 1957, South Carolina. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1952); Oxford University (B.C.L., 1956, Rhodes Scholar); Yale University (LL.B., 1957). Law Clerk to Hon. Ashton H. Williams, U.S. District Court, South Carolina, 1959. President, South Carolina Bar, 1975. American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1977-1983. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1991-2008. Member: American Bar Association; American Judicature Society (Board of Directors, 1979-1981); South Carolina Bar; Greenville County Bar Association; S.C. Trial Lawyers' Association; S.C. Federal Bar Association. [U.S. Air Force and S. C. Air National Guard, Pilot, 1958-1963]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate.Email: James C. Parham, Jr.

Henry L. Parr, Jr. (Member) born Newberry, South Carolina, April 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, South Carolina; 1977, District of Columbia. Education: Furman University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1973); Quaternion; University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, 1974-1975 and Notes Editor, 1975-1976, Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to: Hon. Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1976-1977; Hon. Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1977-1978. Co-Author, "Intellectual Property," South Carolina Jurisprudence, 1993. Member: Consultative Group, Restatement of Law of Unfair Competition, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Certified Civil Court Mediator, American Arbitration Association Arbitrator. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008 and Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006-2007. Member: American Bar Association; American Law Institute; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Health Care; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate; Litigation; Outside General Counsel; Product Liability.Email: Henry L. Parr, Jr.

James M. Shoemaker, Jr. (Member) born La Jolla, California, August 25, 1932; admitted to bar, 1965, South Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (A.B., 1955; LL.B., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Board of Editors, 1963-1965, Virginia Law Review. Winner, Lyle Moot Court Competition. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1995-2007 and Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003-2007. Foreign Service Officer, Department of State, 1958-1962. [Major, USMCR Ret]. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities and Corporate Finance.Email: James M. Shoemaker, Jr.

Troy A. Tessier (Member) born Malone, New York, June 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Hampshire; 1997, South Carolina; 2005, Georgia. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina, 2000-2001. Listed in: Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers in Business, 2005-2007; Best Lawyers In America, 2008. Member: New Hampshire Bar; South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. [Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, Judge Advocate, 1993-1997]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Architectural Works; Copyright Infringement; Construction; First Amendment; Insurance Coverage; Intellectual Property; Personal Injury; Product Liability.Email: Troy A. Tessier

James I. Warren III (Member) born Raleigh, North Carolina, August 31, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia; 1997, South Carolina. Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1984); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1991). Associate, Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1996. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2008. Member: Greenville Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Economic Incentives; Real Estate; Tax.Email: James I. Warren III

William M. Wilson, III (Member) born Greenville, South Carolina, July 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, North Carolina; 1999, South Carolina. Education: Davidson College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1991); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with high honors, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Member, 1996-1997 and Notes Editor, 1997-1998, North Carolina Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Henry M. Herlong, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1998-2000. Author: "Romer v. Evans: 'Terminal Silliness' or Enlightened Jurisprudence?," 75 NC Law Review 1891 (June 1997). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Construction; Personal Injury; Product Liability.Email: William M. Wilson, III

Marshall Winn (Member) born Anderson, South Carolina, November 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., Honors College, summa cum laude, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, 1980-1982 and Chairman, 1981-1982, Board of Student Advisers. Co-author, "Till Death Do We Split: Married Couples and Single Persons Under the Individual Income Tax," 34 S.C.L. Rev. 829, 1983. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2004-2008. Member, Board of Law Examiners by appointment of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 2003—. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Creditors Rights; Construction.Email: Marshall Winn

C. Thomas Wyche (Member) born Greenville, South Carolina, January 28, 1926; admitted to bar, 1948, South Carolina. Education: Yale University (B.E., 1946); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1949); D.L. Clemson University (hon., 1997); D. Hum. Furman University (hon., 1997); D. Hum. Wofford College (hon., 1998). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Raven Society. Board of Editors, 1948-1949, Virginia Law Review. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1997-2008. Member, American Judicature Society. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate; Economic Incentives; Environmental; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Securities and Corporate Finance; Tax.Email: C. Thomas Wyche

ASSOCIATES

Rita B. Barker (Associate) born Anderson, South Carolina, October 31, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. (Not admitted in South Carolina). Education: Clemson University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); Harvard University (J.D., 2004). Law Clerk to the Hon. Beverly B. Martin, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Seminar, Insurance Recovery in Connection with Property Damage and Interruption of Business, Web Client Seminar, August 2006. Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Law; Architectural Works Copyright Infringement Litigation; Economic Incentives; Real Estate.Email: Rita B. Barker

Meliah D. Bowers (Associate) born Lexington, South Carolina, January 22, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina Bar. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., magna cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005). Member, Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Jean H. Toal, the Supreme Court of South Carolina, 2005-2007. Contracts Tutor, Program Coordinator. President, Minority Recruitment Chair, Academic Assistance Program. Student Editor, Black Law Students Association. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Probate and Trust Journal). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Meliah D. Bowers

John S. Harvey (Associate) born Morristown, New Jersey, July 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina. Education: Drew University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990) Phi Beta Kappa; Drew Scholar; Clemson University (M.B.A., 2002); University of South Carolina (J.D., with honors, 2006). Order of the Coif; Order of the Wig and Robe. South Carolina Legal Scholar. Recipient, CALI Award (American Jurisprudence) for Legal Drafting, Professional Responsibility and Torts. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities and Corporate Finance; Venture Capital and Private Equity.Email: John S. Harvey

David H. Koysza (Associate) born Greensburg, Pennsylvania, July 31, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina. Education: Furman University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Duke University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Winner, Hardt Cup Moot Court Competition, 2002. Executive Editor, 2003-2004 and Staff Editor, 2002-2003, Duke Law Journal. Board Member, Duke Law Young Alumni Board. Coaching Staff, Furman University, Mock Trial Program. Author, "Preventing Defendants from Mooting Class Actions by Picking Off Named Plaintiffs," 53 Duke Law Journal 781 (2003). Law Clerk to Hon. William W. Wilkins, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2004-2005. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Solicitor General, Washington D.C., 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights; Health Care.Email: David H. Koysza

Maurie Lawrence (Associate) born Greenville, South Carolina, June 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, South Carolina. Education: Smith College (B.A., with high honors, 1998); University of Glasgow (Diploma in Urban Policy, 2000); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2003). Member: American Bar Association (Section on: Real Property; Trust and Estate Law). Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Maurie Lawrence

Hannah Rogers Metcalfe (Associate) born Decatur, Georgia, May 20, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, South Carolina and New York. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.F.S., 1999); Columbia University (J.D., 2002). Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Recipient, Parker School Certificate in International & Comparative Law. Treasurer and Social Chair, Columbia Law Review, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to: Hon. Anita B. Brody, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003; Hon. William B. Traxler, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2003-2004. Member: Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association; South Carolina Women's Law Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care; Media and Communications; First Amendment; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Class Action Litigation; Product Liability.Email: Hannah Rogers Metcalfe

SENIOR ATTORNEYS

Megan P. O'Neill (Senior Attorney) born Washington, D.C., December 1, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Virginia; 1992, District of Columbia; 1993, Colorado; 1997, South Carolina. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1988; J.D., 1991). Associate, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D.C. 1991-1993. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Megan P. O'Neill

Amos A. Workman (Senior Attorney) born Charleston, West Virginia, February 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, South Carolina. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); University of South Carolina (J.D., with honors, 1976); Erskine Theological Seminary (M. Div., with honors, 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate and Partner, Butler, Means, Evins, and Browne, Spartanburg, S.C. Ordained minister, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Court Certified Family and Circuit Court Mediator. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Alternative Dispute Resolution.Email: Amos A. Workman

OF COUNSEL

Jo Watson Hackl (Of Counsel) born Biloxi, Mississippi, September 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama and South Carolina. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., with high honors, 1985); Yale University (J.D., 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient, Israel H. Peres Award, 1988. Book Review Editor, 1986-1987, Yale Journal of International Law ; Notes Topic Editor, 1987-1988, Yale L.J. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert S. Vance, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1988-1989. Co-Author: "State Takeover Statutes and Shareholder Wealth: An Empirical Study," 97 Yale Law Journal 1193, 1988. Past President, Greenville County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outside General Counsel; Securities and Corporate Finance.Email: Jo Watson Hackl

Patricia Standaert Ravenhorst (Of Counsel) born Missouri; admitted to bar, 2000, South Carolina. Education: Florida State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1997); Duke University (J.D., with honors and M.A., Political Science, 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Certification, Latin American Studies, Duke University. Staff Editor, 1998-1999 and Notes Editor, 1999-2000, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. Author: "The Friendly Settlement of Human Rights Abuses in the Americas" 9 Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 519 (Spring 1999); "Foreign Nationals in the Workplace," Labor & Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers, S.C. Bar (2007). Member: American Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Colleges and Universities; Employment; Immigration.Email: Patricia Standaert Ravenhorst

John L. S. Simpkins (Of Counsel) born Columbia, South Carolina, November 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in South Carolina). Education: Harvard College (1993, A.B., Government, 1993); Duke University (J.D., International and Comparative Law; L.L.M., 1999). Recipient, American Bar Association International Human Rights Award Liaison, 2002. Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Diversity Initiatives, Charleston School of Law, Charleston, South Carolina, 2005—. Instructor College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 1999—. Associate Director; Assistant Professor of Political Science, Richard W. Riley Institute, 2003-2006. Consultant, Lecturer, Furman University, Greenville, South 2003-2006 Carolina. Associate, Baach Robinson & Lewis PLLC, Washington, District of Columbia, 1999-2002. Member: American Bar Association; American Society of International Law; International Association of Constitutional Law; African Network of the International Association of Constitutional Law; American Bar Association Task Force on International Electoral Standards, 2006; Washington Council of Lawyers, Washington, DC (Board of Directors, 2001-02); Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, (Firm Representative, 1999-2002). Practice Areas: First Amendment; Insurance Coverage.Email: John L. S. Simpkins