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Address
112 West Fourth Street North, P.O. Box 430
Summerville, South Carolina 29483 (Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Cos.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Trial and Transaction Practice, Litigation involving Business, Real Estate, Probate, Trusts and Estates, Wills, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Elder Law, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Torts, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability, Family Law (Divorce, Separation, Custody, Visitation, Name Change and Adoption), Construction Law, Social Security Disability, Municipal Law, Government, Federal Tort Claims, Commercial Transactions, Transactional Law including Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Easements, Mortgages, Real Estate Limited Liability Companies, Partnership Law , Residential Real Estate, Real Estate Litigation, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Year Established: 1978
Firm Size: 5
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James E. Chellis (Member) born Summerville, South Carolina, September 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, South Carolina. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1977). Reported Cases: Southeastern Steel Company vs. W.A. Hunt Construction Co., Inc., 390 SE 2d, 475, S.C. App., 1990. Transactions: Development and Acquisition loans for: Southeastern Country Club Group, (Pine Forest Country Club, Summerville, SC), Residential; Gahagen Group, Gahagan, Residential Subdivision; H & W, LLP, Cottages @ Gahagan, Residential Subdivision; Saw Mill Trace, Residential Subdivision; Summerville Developers, North Main Market, (Walmart Supercenter Redevelopment); Silver Oaks Associates, LLC, Developer of Azalea Square Shopping Center, Target & other major retail stores; Eastern Pacific International, LLC, Manufacturing Plant; PR Properties of Summerville, LLC, Developers of commercial & retail properties. Practice Areas: Contested Wills; Estate Litigation; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury; Social Security; Business Organization; Probate Litigation; Business Litigation; Mortgage Foreclosure; Quiet Title; Estate Planning; Real Estate Development; Workers Compensation; Commercial Real Estate; Probate; Probate Administration; Inheritance; Living Wills; Successions; Real Estate; Adverse Possession; Boundary Disputes; Conveyancing; Easements; Land Acquisitions; Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability; Real Estate Brokers Malpractice; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Errors and Omissions; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance.Email: James E. Chellis
John G. Frampton (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, November 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, South Carolina. Education: Furman University; College of Charleston (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1979). Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award-Real Property. Dorchester County Attorney, 1989. Town of Summerville Municipal Court Judge, 1987-1996. Reported Cases: Raymond O. Dion, et al. vs. Ravenel, Eiserhardt Associates, et al, 449 SE 2d, 251, S.C. App., 1994; Isaac W. Baker, et al. vs. Dorchester County Council, et al., 432 SE 2d, 468, S.C. App., 1993; The State vs. H. Wesley Copeland, et al., 300 SE 2d, 63, S.C. Sup.Ct., 1982. Practice Areas: Family Law; Personal Injury; Real Estate; Wills; Probate; Municipal Law; Administrative Law; Dog Bites; Adoption Law; Child Custody; County Government Law; Divorce.
ASSOCIATESJohanna B. Owens (Associate) born Jamestown, New York, June 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.A., Political Science, 2001); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: South Carolina Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Probate; Corporate Law.Email: Johanna B. Owens
Andrew T. Shepherd (Associate) born Concord, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina. Education: College of Charleston (B.S., 2003); Charleston School of Law (J.D., 2007). Student Works Editor, Articles Editor, Founding and Executive Member, Charleston Law Review, Vol. 1, 2005-2007. Recipient, CALI Award in Advanced Estate Planning (formerly American Jurisprudence), 2007. Law Clerk to Hon. Tiffany N. Provence, Dorchester County Probate Court, 2007-2008; Law Clerk to Hon. Patrick R. Watts, Dorchester County Master-in-Equity, 2007-2008. Member: Dorchester County and South Carolina Bar Associations.Email: Andrew T. Shepherd
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