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1954 |
Robert Pearce Wilkins is the author of 50 Things To Do With
The Rest Of Your Life, a book that suggests 50 intriguing
life goals from travel to time management, volunteerism and
charitable giving to special interest groups, from reading to
career and family matters.
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Knox L. Haynsworth Jr. is the recipient of the 2003
Tommy Thomason Award.
Edward W. Mullins Jr. was named one of 27 outstanding law firm
leaders in a recent edition of Of Counsel magazine. He has also
been included in the 10th edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Thomas B. Pollard Jr. has been elected to serve on the board of
trustees of the South Carolina Business and Industry Political
-Education Committee.
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1963 |
Falcon B. Hawkins was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from
The Citadel for his outstanding records of public and military
service to country.
C. Joseph Roof has been elected to the Committee on Discipline of
the S.C. Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.
John H. Waller Jr. received an honorary degree from Francis -Marion
University during its 2003 commencement ceremony.
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1964 |
James C. Leventis has been appointed to the South
Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors for a second
two-year term.
Thomas S. Tisdale Jr. has joined the Charleston office of
Nexsen Pruet, LLC, and was named a top legal practitioner in the
2004–2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business
Lawyers. He is a former president of the South -Carolina
Bar.
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1965 |
William C. Boyd is listed in the 2003–2004 edition of
America’s Leading Business Lawyers, a United Kingdom
publication, as a key mergers and acquisitions lawyer at
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Reese Joye has achieved board certification as a
criminal trial advocate through the National Board of Trial
Advocacy.
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1966 |
Anne Waters Westbrook is an administrative judge
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals
and was elected vice chair of the board in 2003.
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1967 |
George Dean Johnson Jr. was named “Business Leader of the
Year” by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce for his
extraordinary service to the state.
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1968 |
John P. Cardillo was honored with the Donald E. Van
Koughnet “Lion of the Law” Award for Professionalism at the
Collier County Bar annual reception for the judges of the
-District Court of Appeals, Second District of Florida.
Patton Adams has formed a government relations consulting
firm, Palmetto Policy, Inc.
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1970 |
Manton M. Grier has become a -fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers.
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1971 |
William W. Jones Jr. was elected to the USC Board of
Trustees in May 2004.
Edward G. Menzie was named a top legal practitioner in
the 2004–2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading
Business Lawyers.
Harry Wilson has been inducted into the S.C. Chapter of
the American Board of Trial Advocates.
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1974 |
Neil Robinson was named a top legal practitioner in the
2004–2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business
Lawyers.
Ann M. Stirling has been inducted into the American College
of Trial Lawyers.
Samuel C. Waters has been elected to the board of directors
of the American Foreclosure Network.
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1975 |
R. Glen Ayers writes and speaks on bankruptcy law.
Ronald Stanley has been inducted into the S.C. Chapter of the
American Board of Trial Advocates.
Kenneth M. Suggs is president-elect of the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America.
Charles Whetstone has been inducted into the S.C. Chapter of
the American Board of Trial Advocates.
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| 1976 |
J. Howard Daniel
was elected to serve as a member of the foundation board at the
Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics.
L. Franklin Elmore has been appointed chair of Division
10 of the American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on the
construction industry.
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| 1977 |
George B. Cauthen
received special recognition for his outstanding pro bono
service from the Florida Bar’s Out-of-State Practitioners
Division.
William S. Duffey Jr. has been appointed to the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Stephen R. Fitzer is president of the Richland County Bar
Association for 2004.
William C. Hubbard has been elected to the Council of the
American Law Institute.
Alice F. Paylor has been elected treasurer of the South
Carolina Women Lawyers Association.
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| 1978 |
Robert D. Coble
was named the 2004 Ambassador of the Year by the Greater
Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He practices in the Columbia
office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, and is mayor of Columbia.
Bradish J. Waring, a partner in the Charleston office of
Nexsen Pruet, LLC, has been installed as the 2004–2005 treasurer
of the South Carolina Bar. He practices defense of civil actions
in state and federal courts with an emphasis on commercial
litigation.
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| 1979 |
Joseph F. Rice
was named one of the nation’s “Five Most Respected Plaintiff
Attorneys” in a recent issue of Corporate Legal Times.
Tom Stephenson was named a top legal practitioner in the
2004–2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business
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| 1980 |
Rita Bragg Cullum
has been elected to the American College of Trust
and Estate Counsel.
Jane W. Trinkley was honored by the YWCA of the Midlands
with a 2004 TWIN Certificate of Recognition.
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| 1981 |
Celeste T. Jones
was recognized in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Business Lawyers for being outstanding in her
practice.
Catherine Kennedy has been certified as a specialist in
estate planning and probate law by the S.C. Supreme Court.
G. Mark Knight was cited by Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Business Lawyers for his excellence in corporate
law.
John B. McArthur has been appointed to the Columbia
Development Corporation board of directors.
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| 1982 |
Steve C. Davis
has been elected councilman in Berkeley County
District 8.
Lana H. Sims Jr. has been elected president of the South
Carolina Bar Foundation’s board of directors.
David G. Traylor has been inducted into the American
Board of Trial Advocates.
James L. Werner has joined the law firm of Parker, Poe,
Adams & Bernstein, L.L.P., as a partner. He will concentrate his
practice in construction litigation, environmental,
governmental, and employment litigation.
H. Bruce Williams, who has served as a family court judge
since 1995, was elected to the South Carolina Court of Appeals
in May 2004.
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| 1983 |
Mikell Scarborough
has been elected Master-in-Equity for Charleston County.
Roger M. Young has been seated as circuit court judge in
Charleston County. He was the former Master-in-Equity.
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| 1984 |
David Dubberly
was named a top legal practitioner in the
2004–2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business
Lawyers.
David Dukes has been elected first vice president of the
Defense Research Institute.
Robert W. Pearce Jr. has been appointed to the South
Carolina Research Centers of Excellence Review Board by Governor
Mark Sanford.
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| 1985 |
Robert C. Byrd Jr.
has been named a partner with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein in
Charleston.
J. Rene Josey has become a shareholder with Turner Padget
Graham & Laney.
John Nichols was reappointed associate member of the
Board of Law Examiners by the S.C. Supreme Court and was elected
treasurer of the S.C. Trial Lawyers Association.
J. Kershaw “Kerk” Spong received the Maj. Gen. Robert B.
Solomon Award on behalf of the South Carolina Philharmonic for
his volunteer efforts.
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| 1986 |
Moses Boyd
is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political
Science at the University of South Carolina through 2004.
Elizabeth Holderman Bradley has been elected to the board
of directors for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands.
W. Robert Poplin Jr. has been named a Georgia Super
Lawyer for 2004 by Atlanta Magazine.
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| 1987 |
William H. Floyd
III has joined the law firm of Nexsen Pruet in Columbia.
J. Calhoun Watson has been accepted in the John Belton
O’Neall Inn of Court and elected secretary treasurer of the S.C.
Bar Foundation.
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| 1988 |
Donnell G. Jennings
has become a shareholder with Turner Padget Graham & Laney.
Xavier Starkes has been appointed to the board of
directors for EdVenture Children’s Museum.
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| 1989 |
Edward G. Kluiters
has been named to the Committee of 100, a
division of the Central Carolina Economic Development Alliance.
Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. has been appointed to the South
Carolina Lottery Commission by Governor Mark Sanford. |
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| 1990 |
Michael T. Brittingham
has joined the law firm of Nexsen
Pruet in Columbia.
Ed L. Clements III was named 2003 Solicitor of the
Year by the South Carolina Solicitor’s Association. He was
also named 2003 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by Francis
Marion University and was appointed to the FMU Alumni
Association Advisory Board in 2004.
Lynne W. Rogers has been named deputy
director/general counsel for the South Carolina Department
of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation.
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| 1991 |
Matthew J. Norton
has been named a partner with Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
in Charleston.
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| 1992 |
B. Allen Bullard Jr.
has become an associate with Bowers Orr in Columbia.
Zoe Sanders Nettles was named one of the “20 Under
40” in January’s Columbia Business Journal, and was
honored by the YWCA of the Midlands with a Human Services
Diamond Award.
R. Scott Wallinger Jr. has become a shareholder with
Collins and Lacy in Columbia.
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| 1993 |
Michael C. Abbott
has become an associate with the Hyman
Law Firm in Florence.
Thomas Chase has been elected a member of McAngus
Goudelock & Courie in Columbia.
J. Walker Coleman IV has been named a partner with
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein in Charleston.
Frances S. Griggs has become second vice president
and assistant counsel with Kanawha Insurance Company in
Lancaster.
Neal M. Lourie married Robin A. Drucker on Aug. 31,
2003.
Wm. Weston J. Newton was elected chair of the
Beaufort County Council.
Shannon T. Poteat was honored at the Tribute to Women
in Industry (TWIN) luncheon as the 2003 TWIN Diamond Winner
for spearheading the Young Lawyers -Cinderella Project.
Donna Branning Thompson is of counsel to Avtec, Inc.,
in Atlanta. She is an active volunteer for Bull Terrier
Rescue and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Philanthropy Chair.
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| 1994 |
Stephen K. Benjamin
has been appointed to Sisters of Charity -Providence
Hospital’s board of trustees and was named one of the “20
Under 40” in January’s Columbia Business Journal.
Beth E. Bernstein has married Knowlton Davis “Rip”
Sanders. They reside in Columbia.
Wendy Brafman has been working for the American Bar
Association’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative
in Pristina, Kosovo, since March 2002. She previously worked
in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
Derwin Brannon has become an associate with Murphy &
Grantland in Columbia.
Edwin D. Givens has become a shareholder with the
McNair Law Firm.
J. Olin McDougall has married Shawn Renee Salyer.
They reside in Beaufort.
David Parrish, an attorney in Nexsen Pruet’s
Charleston office, has been appointed to the Small Business
Regulatory Review Committee, a new statewide commission
under the S.C. Department of Commerce designed to protect
small businesses from overly burdensome regulations.
Courtney Crook Shytle has been named a partner with
Nelson -Mullins Riley & Scarborough.
August Swarat II has joined the office of Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
Adrianne L. Turner has joined the office of Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
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| 1995 |
Thomas K. Barlow has
become a shareholder with Childs & Halligan.
Alton Bivens has become a member of Finkel & Altman.
Wesley M. Graybill has become a shareholder with
Turner Padget Graham & Laney.
Rick F. Hewitt Jr. has married Amelia St. Claire.
They reside in Columbia.
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| 1996 |
S. Elizabeth Brosnan
has become a shareholder with Richardson Plowden Carpenter &
Robinson in Columbia.
Patrick W. Carr has married Starr Nicole Lockhart.
They reside in Columbia.
Ronald B. Cox has been named a partner with Bowers Orr
in Columbia.
Ray E. Jones has been named a partner with Parker Poe
Adams & Bernstein in Columbia.
Stephen C. Lenker Jr. has become a shareholder with
Richardson Plowden Carpenter & Robinson in Columbia.
R. Bruce Wallace has been elected to the House of
Delegates of the South Carolina Bar to represent the 9th
Judicial Circuit.
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| 1997 |
William C. Barnes has
become a shareholder with Turner Padget -Graham & Laney.
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin has been elected vice
president for Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands.
Smokey Brown Jr. has been appointed municipal judge
for the Town of Chapin, and his son, Zachary Curtis Brown,
was born on March 31, 2003.
Cynthia C. Dooley has become a shareholder with
Turner Padget Graham & Laney.
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| 1998 |
John E. Fulda has
become an associate with James C. Anders, P.A., in Columbia.
J. Garrett Van Osdell married Dawn M. Holstein on May
8, 2003. They reside in San Francisco.
Mark L. Richardson has been named a partner with Culp
Elliott & Carpenter in Charlotte.
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| 1999 |
Kathryn R. Britt has
become an associate with Horger Horger & Justice in
Orangeburg.
William A. Bryan Jr. has become a shareholder with
Collins and Lacy in Columbia.
Michael Burkett has become an associate with Sowell
Gray Stepp & Laffitte.
Angela D. Jones has married Brian C. Johnson
(2000). They reside in Daniel Island.
Julia M. Thames has joined the office of Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
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| 2000 |
Shannon L. Bowyer has
married Patrick Hudson. They reside in Columbia.
R. Ryan Breckenridge has become an associate of
Rogers Townsend & Thomas in Columbia.
Bradford T. Cunningham has been appointed town
attorney with the town of Lexington.
Douglas E. Leadbitter has become an associate with
Harvey Casterline & Vallini in Columbia.
Karen C. Ratigan has joined the office of Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
James Shadd has been designated as the South Carolina
Bar’s representative on the Commission on Appellate Defense.
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| 2001 |
J. Hagood Hamilton has
become an associate with Rogers Townsend & Thomas in
Columbia.
James T. Hedgepath has joined the law firm of Nexsen
Pruet, LLC in Columbia.
Michael E. Kozlarek has joined the law firm of Parker,
Poe, Adams & Bernstein as an associate.
Charles B. McFadden Jr. has married Kathryn Meyer. They
reside in Charleston.
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| 2002 |
Matthew R. Gates has
become an associate with Dunn Dunn & Peeples in Columbia.
Natasha M. Hanna and husband Chris welcomed Stafford
Tate Hanna on June 10, 2003.
Robert T. Homlar has become an associate with Fulcher
Hagler Reed Hanks & Harper in Augusta, Ga., and married
Kelly Cornett on July 12, 2003.
Jason C. Lynch has become an associate at the
Charleston office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC. He will concentrate
his practice on tax law.
Dwayne T. Mazyck married Karis M. Mosley on Aug. 9,
2003. They reside in Columbia.
Moritz R. McMahan Jr. married Susan E. Huggins on
July 19, 2003. They reside in Irmo.
Alana J. Odom and Derrick L. Williams were
married on Aug. 2, 2003. They reside in Columbia.
Heather L. Vander Ploeg has become an associate with
Cleveland Law, LLC, in Charleston.
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| 2003 |
Matthew R. Cook has
become an associate with Turner Padget Graham & Laney in
Columbia.
Molly Crum has joined the office of Attorney General
Henry McMaster.
Emilie O. Greene married Jacob A. Sommer on Aug. 9,
2003. They reside in Columbia.
Dora H. Hogg has become an associate with Ogletree Deakins
Nash Smoak & Stewart in Columbia.
David W. Hartman has become an associate with Sowell
Gray Stepp & Laffitte in Columbia.
Landon “Rocky” Hughey has become an associate with McAngus
Goudelock & Courie in Columbia.
Philip W. “Wes” Jackson has joined Nexsen Pruet, LLC,
as an associate in the firm’s Columbia office and will
practice in the health care group.
LaKesha W. Jeffries has joined the office of Attorney
General Henry McMaster.
Maureen E. Maginnis has become an associate with
Warren & Sinkler in Charleston.
Josh Queen was sworn in as Cherokee County’s probate
judge, the youngest in the state to serve in this capacity.
Paula Sommerkamp married M. Brian Magargle on Aug.
23, 2003, and has joined the office of Attorney General
Henry McMaster.
Amanda J. Turbeville married Eric Taylor. They reside
in West Columbia.
Charles J. Wentzell Jr. married Kirsten L. Colbaugh
on Aug. 16, 20
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