Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, four members named in international guide to lawyers

Monday, April 12th, 2010

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…)

Six Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte members named “Super Lawyers”

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

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…)

Gray, Laffitte Invited To Join National Legal Honor Society

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC members Elizabeth Van Doren Gray and Rebecca Laffitte have been invited to become Fellows of The Litigation Counsel of America, a legal honorary society that inducts less than one half of 1 percent of the country’s attorneys.

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Sowell Gray Firm, Attorneys Highlighted in Benchmark Litigation

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Benchmark Litigation, a definitive guide to the country’s leading lawyers and firms, has named Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, one of the top litigation firms in South Carolina.

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Eight Sowell Gray Members Included in 2010 Edition of “The Best Lawyers in America”

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is proud to announce that 8 of its attorneys have been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

The Sowell Gray lawyers were recognized for the following practice areas: (more…)

Sowell Gray Law Firm and Four Members Rank in Prestigious International Guide to Lawyers

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, is rated among the top law firms in South Carolina in the Chambers USA’s 2009 edition of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, an internationally recognized guide to the legal profession. (more…)

Sowell Gray Obtains Dismissal for South Carolina Man in W.R. Grace Criminal Trial

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Sowell Gray lawyers obtained a dismissal for its client, William J. McCaig, a former manager at a W.R. Grace mine in Libby, Montana. McCaig, now a South Carolina resident, along with six other former employees and W.R. Grace, was charged with conspiring to knowingly violate the Clean Air Act and to defraud the United States government. After spending ten weeks presenting its case to a jury in Missoula, Montana, prosecutors determined that they did not have enough evidence to proceed any further against William J. McCaig. The prosecution moved to dismiss the case against McCaig with prejudice and the motion was promptly granted by the trial judge, allowing McCaig and his lawyers to leave the courtroom on the morning of April 30th. (more…)

Sowell Gray Lawyers Recognized by Benchmark Litigation

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, has been named one of the top litigation firms in South Carolina by Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys.

Benchmark conducts extensive face-to-face interviews around the country over a year-long period to pinpoint the best all-around “bet-the-company” trial attorneys at both the local and national levels. (more…)

Six Sowell Gray Attorneys Named in 2009 Super Lawyers Magazine

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC announces that Betsy Gray, Becky Laffitte, Biff Sowell, Bobby Stepp, Monty Todd and Cal Watson have been named to the 2009 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®.

Betsy Gray and Bobby Stepp also ranked among the top 25 attorneys receiving the highest point totals in the nomination, research, and blue ribbon review process.  In addition, Betsy Gray was named to the top 10 list of attorneys with highest point totals in the review process. (more…)

Sowell Gray Lawyer Betsy Gray Named Columbia Litigator of the Year

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Elizabeth Van Doren Gray as Columbia’s “Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year for 2009.

After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating Lawyers of the Year in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities like Columbia. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the Lawyer of the Year.” (more…)