Practice Areas
- Products Liability
- Healthcare Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Commercial Transportation and Trucking
- 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
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Columbia College, B.A., 1977
- University of South Carolina, M.A.T., 1978
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1983
- Order of the Barristers
- American Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division Moot Court Team
- Moot Court Bar
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- Certified Circuit Court Mediator and Arbitrator
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Trial Attorneys of America
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
- Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- South Carolina Women Lawyer Association
OFFICES AND AWARDS
- Selected as Insurance Law "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2013)
- Recipient, Trial Lawyer of the Year, SC Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates, 2010
- Recipient, RCBA Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Civility Award, 2010
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2003-2013), Personal Injury Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2012-2013), Insurance Law
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2012-2013), Litigation-Construction
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2012-2013), Product Liability Litigation
- Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2013), Transportation Law
- South Carolina "Super Lawyer" Personal Injury Defense: Products (2008-2013)
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Chair, Board of Trustees of Columbia College
- Past President of the Junior League of Columbia, Inc.
