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
- President-Elect, South Carolina Bar Association (2013-2014), Treasurer (2012-2013), Secretary (2011-2012)
- South Carolina Bar Board of Governors (1997-2000, 2009-present)
- South Carolina Bar House of Delegates (1997-present)
- Access to Justice Commission (2006-present)
- President, South Carolina Bar Foundation (2006-2007)
- Editorial Board of South Carolina Lawyer Magazine (2000-2007)
- President, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar (1997-1998)
AWARDS
- Selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Litigation Special Report (2012)
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2013), Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2008-2013), Professional Malpractice Law
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2010-2013), Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Compleat Lawyer Award Silver Medallion (2001)
- South Carolina "Super Lawyer" Business Litigation (2008-2013)
- South Carolina "Super Lawyer" Professional Liability Defense (2010-2012)
- Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2009-2013)
- Innovative Leadership Award, Historic Columbia (2010)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- President, Historic Columbia Foundation (2007-2009)
- President, Wofford College National Alumni Association (2000)
- Wofford College Parents Advisory Council (2012)
- AC Flora PTSO (Co-President, 2011-2012)
