Practice Areas
- Professional Liability and Ethics
- Commercial Litigation and Business Dispute Resolution
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Admissions
- South Carolina Bar
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- Wofford College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1984
- Phi Beta Kappa
- President of the Student Body - University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1987
- Order of the Coif
- Order of Wig and Robe
- Student Works Editor of the South Carolina Law Review
- Legal Writing Instructor, 1986-1987
Associations
- International Association of Defense Counsel (Technology Chair), Business Litigation, Professional Liability, and Trial Tactics Committees and Social Media Task Force (Chair)
- Richland County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court (President, 2010-2011)
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Certified Court Mediator
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP
- Honorable Robert F. Chapman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
OFFICES
- Secretary, South Carolina Bar Association, 2011-2012
- South Carolina Bar Board of Governors, 1997-2000, 2009-present
- South Carolina Bar House of Delegates, 1998-present
- President, South Carolina Bar Foundation, 2006-2007
- President, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar, 1997-1998
- Editorial Board of South Carolina Lawyer Magazine, 2000-2006
- Access to Justice Commission 2007-present
AWARDS
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009-2012), Commercial Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2010-2012), Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion, 2001
- Selected as a SC "Super Lawyer" for Business Litigation and Professional Liability Defense (2008-2010); Business Litigation (2011, 2012)
- Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (2009-2011)
- Innovative Leadership Award, Historic Columbia (2010)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- President, Historic Columbia Foundation (2008-2009)
- President, Wofford College National Alumni Association (2000)
- AC Flora PTSO (Co-President, 2011-2012)
