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Andrew J. Atkins is a partner in the firm of Millender Elder Law LLC and practices in Columbia, South Carolina. He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the South Carolina Chapter of NAELA (SC NAELA), the Elder Law Committee of the South Carolina Bar, and the Richland County Bar Association. Mr. Atkins is the current President of SC NAELA and is a former Chair of the Elder Law Committee. He has helped to plan continuing legal education seminars on behalf of the Elder Law Committee and SC NAELA and has given presentations on various topics, including estate planning, long term care planning, special needs trusts, and guardianships and conservatorships. In 2013, he was selected as Outstanding Chapter Member of SC NAELA. Mr. Atkins earned his B.A. degree from Furman University and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. 

Entered 11/8/18 by rsg (CLE 18-33)

Anna Maria Conner

Disability Rights South Carolina

Bennettsville, SC

Anna Maria Conner is a Senior Attorney at Disability Rights South Carolina (DRSC), the federal and state mandated protection and advocacy system for South Carolina. She is a member of SC Access for Justice, the Civil Rights Section of the SC Bar, the Health Law Committee of the SC Bar, and the Florence County Bar Association. She has also served on the Board of South Carolina Legal Services. Ms. Conner has litigated in federal and state court (in class actions and individual cases), worked on amicus briefs, represented clients in Medicaid appeals, supervised DRSC’s monitoring program, and investigated allegations of abuse and neglect at facilities throughout South Carolina. She has also appeared before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her work at DRSC, Ms. Conner was corporate counsel for Advantica Restaurant Group and was in private practice in labor, employment and environmental law defense, administrative law, litigation, appellate practice, and affirmative litigation. She has provided training through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the National Alliance on Mental Illness-South Carolina, the National Disability Rights Network, helped plan continuing legal education seminars on behalf of DRSC and the Civil Rights Section of the SC Bar and has given presentations on various topics, including preventing abuse and neglect, the rights of people with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Medicaid law and appeals, alternatives to guardianships/conservatorships, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. She received her B.A. degree from Furman University and her J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. 

Barbara Seymour represents lawyers, law firms, judges, and law students in matters related to ethics, professional discipline, and Bar admissions at Clawson & Staubes, LLC. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1990 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia in 1993. Barbara worked as a trial lawyer until 2000 when she joined the staff of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. She served as the Deputy Disciplinary Counsel from 2007 until 2017. Barbara is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, and the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. She currently serves on the Law Related Education, Professional Responsibility, Unauthorized Practice of Law, and Diversity Committees at the South Carolina Bar. She was a 2006 and 2011 Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism. She is the author of Trust Accounting for South Carolina Lawyers: An Annotated Practice Manual, published by the SC Bar. She has also taught a variety of Paralegal Studies courses for the past twenty-five years.

David was born and raised in Easley.  His parents were Ruth and DeVore Cantrell. He graduated from Easley High School and Wofford College.  He then graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School. David has practiced law in the Upstate continuously since 1977.   During this time in addition to his practice, he has been employed by the Solicitor's Office, the City of Easley as City Judge, and, most recently, by the Public Defender's Office. He has held positions in the Pickens County Bar, the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association. His wife Linda is the Administrator of His office.  David's primary areas of practice are Consumer Bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Criminal) (General Sessions, Magistrate and Juvenile), Family Law, and preparation of Wills, Deeds, Powers of Attorney and Living Wills/Health Care Powers of Attorney. He practices in all surrounding counties including Greenville, Anderson, and Oconee. 

Peyre Lumpkin graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1986. He served one year as Law Clerk to the Honorable Hubert E. Long in Lexington County. In August 1987, he entered private practice with the firm of Hinds, Cowan and Strange in Georgetown, South Carolina. Mr. Lumpkin’s practice consisted of domestic, personal injury, real estate and construction law. In January 2014, Mr. Lumpkin accepted the appointment as the full time Receiver for the Office of Commission Counsel. Mr. Lumpkin is married with three children and one grandchild.