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July 21st, 2010
SC Bar Young Lawyers Division honors Sowell Gray’s Leaphart
B. Gibbs Leaphart Jr., an associate with Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, has been honored as a “Star of the Quarter” for his work with the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division.Leaphart, who toured the Southeast as a bass guitarist with the band Five Way Friday before attending law school, has served since 2008 as co-chair of the division’s “Justice Jam Committee.” More »
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June 22nd, 2010
Haigler joins Leadership Columbia board
COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC attorney Nicolas L. Haigler has joined the board of directors of Leadership Columbia, a program that helps up-and-coming business people connect more deeply with their community.Haigler was a member of Leadership Columbia’s Class of 2010, as well as recipient of the Glenn Jacobus Award. That honor, which is awarded after a class vote, goes to the person who consistently exhibits outstanding leadership through out the year. More »
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June 14th, 2010
Leadership Columbia honors Sowell Gray’s Haigler with Jacobus award
COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC attorney Nicolas L. Haigler has received the Glenn Jacobus Award, which honors the outstanding leader in each Leadership Columbia class.Leadership Columbia is a program through the Columbia Chamber of Commerce that brings together up-and-coming young business people to help them connect more deeply with their community. More »
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April 19th, 2010
Sowell Gray’s Tyson elected to South Carolina Bar House of Delegates
Rob Tyson, of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, has been selected to serve a term in the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates.Tyson was appointed to the House in 2008 and 2009 as a representative of the Government Law Section. This month he was elected by his peers to represent South Carolina’s 5th Judicial Circuit, which is composed of Richland and Kershaw counties. More »
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April 15th, 2010
Beard joins national organization that honors workers’ compensation lawyers
COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC member Grady Beard has become a fellow in The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, an organization that seeks out the best workers’ compensation attorneys in the country.Beard was officially inducted in March, during the American Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Mid-Winter Conference. He became the first attorney to represent South Carolina in the organization. More »
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April 12th, 2010
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, four members named in international guide to lawyers
Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, will be rated among the top law firms in South Carolina when the Chambers USA’s 2010 edition of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business is released in June.
The publication is an internationally recognized guide to the legal profession.
Additionally, four Sowell Gray members – Betsy Gray, Biff Sowell, Bobby Stepp and Cal Watson – will be recognized as Leaders in their Fields. More »
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April 7th, 2010
Six Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte members named “Super Lawyers”
Six members of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC have been named to the 2010 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®, with three of them ranking among the top 25 in the state.
Biff Sowell, Betsy Gray, Bobby Stepp, Becky Laffitte, Cal Watson and Monty Todd were listed in the annual publication, which is distributed across the United States and reaches more than 13 million readers. It’s the third consecutive year that the six have earned Super Lawyer designations. More »
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February 24th, 2010
Stepp featured in Columbia Star profile
Bobby Stepp of Sowell Gray
Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon thecolumbiastar.comView the original article at thecolumbiastar.com
Bobby Stepp Bobby Stepp Attorney Bobby Stepp, former president of the South Carolina Philharmonic Board of Directors, remains on the board who managed a six–continent, nearly three–year search to find Morihiko Nakahara, the orchestra’s fifth music director. More »
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January 14th, 2010
Hill joins Richland County Bar Association Executive Committee
Amy B. Hill, an attorney with Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, has been elected to the Richland County Bar Association Executive Committee.Hill has co-chaired committees for the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer’s Division and currently serves on the South Carolina Bar Professional Responsibility Committee and Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. She is a 20007 graduate of Leadership Columbia. More »
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December 1st, 2009
Bess DuRant Joins Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
Bess DuRant has joined Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte as an associate.A 2009 cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law, DuRant was a member of the Editorial Board for the South Carolina Law Review and had an article published in the review. She also was a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. DuRant holds a bachelor’s degree in politics with special attainment in commerce from Washington and Lee University. She graduated cum laude in 2002. More »
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