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A. Rawl
Mr. Rawl is a Partner with Gordon & Rees and has a national litigation practice which includes, among other things, class action defense and construction law. Prior to joining Gordon & Rees in 2017, Mr. Rawl was with McNair Law Firm for approximately 20 years, where he was the Chair of their Class Action Practice Group. Mr. Rawl has substantial class action experience. He has defended class actions in a wide variety of matters, including, but not limited to, construction claims, product liability claims, lender liability claims and claims arising under consumer protection statutes. He has litigated class actions in federal courts, state courts and in arbitration. He has defeated class certification in several matters and obtained summary judgement prior to class certification. He has removed class actions to federal court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, and he has obtained significant opinions from federal appellate courts blocking class claims in arbitration. Mr. Rawl received his Master of International Business Studies and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of South Carolina in 1995. He then served as the first judicial law clerk to The Honorable P. Michael Duffy, U. S. District Judge, District of South Carolina, from 1995 until 1997. Mr. Rawl has been active in the South Carolina Bar Association, including serving as President of the Young Lawyers Division, Serving on the Board of Governors, Serving as a member of the House of Delegates, and serving as Articles Editor for the South Carolina Lawyer. Mr. Rawl is also active in the American Bar Association where he serves as a member of the House of Delegates and as a member of the Nominating Committee .
Gordon & Rees LLP
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A. Quattlebaum
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
He was nominated by
President Donald Trump on May 7, 2018, and confirmed by the Senate on August
16, 2018.
Prior to his appointment to
the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Quattlebaum was a United States District
Court judge for the District of South Carolina.
For that position, he was nominated by President Trump on August 3,
2017, and confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 2018.
Before joining
the Federal bench, Judge Quattlebaum was a partner of the law firm of Nelson
Mullins Riley & Scarborough. He practiced
in the areas of products liability litigation, commercial and other complex
civil litigation.
Judge
Quattlebaum was active in professional organizations while in private
practice. He served as President of the
South Carolina Bar. Judge Quattlebaum is
a judicial Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a judicial
member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
In addition
to his private practice, Judge Quattlebaum previously served as an interim
in-house counsel for an international company for which he managed litigation
throughout North America, and as General Counsel and Secretary for a technology
company for which he was responsible for all legal affairs.
Judge Quattlebaum received his B.A. degree with honors in History in
1986, cum laude from Rhodes
College. At Rhodes, he was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa, and was President of his
fraternity.
Judge Quattlebaum received his J.D. degree in 1989 from the University
of South Carolina School of Law where he was a member of the South Carolina Law Review , the Order of
Wig and Robe, the Order of the Coif, and was a Legal Writing Instructor.
U.S. Court of Appeals
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Beattie Ashmore
Beattie Ashmore was born and raised in
Greenville, South Carolina. He has practiced law in South Carolina for over 30
years. He graduated from the College of Charleston in 1981. After graduating
from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1986, he clerked for
Bankruptcy Judges for four years. From 1990 through 1996, Mr. Ashmore was a
Federal Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina. He spent
three years in the civil division and three years in the criminal division. His
civil division areas of practice involved defending the United States and its
agencies in all areas of civil litigation and trials. His civil trial
experience included wrongful death, medical malpractice, various tort actions,
and asset forfeiture.
While in the criminal division of the United
States Attorney’s Office, Mr. Ashmore prosecuted hundreds of cases including
bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud,
securities fraud, money laundering, and drug conspiracies. In Mr. Ashmore’s
last year as an Assistant United States Attorney, he had the highest number of
convictions in the State of South Carolina with over 160 convictions. He
received a special commendation from the Director of the FBI in 1993 for the
successful conviction at trial of two defendants in a multimillion-dollar white
collar fraud case.
Mr. Ashmore has argued before the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals and the State of South Carolina Court of Appeals and
Supreme Court. He obtained a reversal of a voluntary manslaughter conviction in
the State of South Carolina Supreme Court and was lead counsel in the
underlying murder trial. In 2006, a Federal Judge granted a suppression motion
filed by Mr. Ashmore after a two-day hearing in Greenville, South Carolina
which was related to an unconstitutional search on Interstate 85. The
indictment was dismissed.
Mr. Ashmore has been appointed by Federal
Judges to serve as the Receiver in three of the largest pyramid schemes ever
prosecuted in federal court in South Carolina. In 2000, Mr. Ashmore was
appointed by a Federal Judge in Anderson, South Carolina, to serve as the
Receiver in a criminal case involving an international fraudulent scheme of
over $50 million. Over $25 million was recovered from around the world and
returned to 900 investors, making this one of the most successful Receiverships
in the Country. In 2006, he was appointed by a South Carolina Circuit Judge as
Trustee in a civil action in Greenville County involving the handling of
electronic personal data belonging to teachers and students. In 2007, he was
appointed by the federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, to serve as
Trustee in a criminal case involving nine defendants with allegations of
securities fraud of over $30 million. That same year, he was appointed Receiver
by a Federal Judge in Columbia, South Carolina in a criminal case involving an
$80 million fraudulent scheme with over 4,000 victims. To date, he has
disbursed $19 million to those victims.
In 2006, Mr. Ashmore was appointed by the
South Carolina Supreme Court to the Commission on Lawyer Conduct which deals
with disciplinary proceedings against members of the South Carolina Bar. In
2007, he was appointed to the Upstate Citizens Screening Committee which
evaluates judicial candidates for the South Carolina Courts. He is the past
President of the Greenville Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is also
a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Beattie B. Ashmore, PA
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Beth Richardson
Beth has been practicing law since 2001. Her practice focuses on business disputes, in courtroom and arbitration settings, including FINRA. Beth’s clients include publicly traded and private companies and their officers and employees operating in a wide array of industries such as real estate, insurance, energy and utility, restaurant and retail, financial investing, and health care. Beth also represents clients with trust and estate issues, and on appeals, particularly in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She has handled successful appeals of cases involving issues of first impression and divided authorities. Beth also regularly assists other lawyers in ethics matters.
Before joining the firm in 2013, Beth served as an adjunct professor in Advanced Legal Writing at the University of South Carolina School of Law and was an associate for five years at a Big Law firm. Beth completed judicial clerkships in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina. She received her law degree from Washington University School of
Law in St. Louis, where she served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review and was
the National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Graduate. Her
undergraduate degree is from Duke University.
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
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Brian Duffy
Duffy & Young, LLC
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Daniel Leonardi
Dan Leonardi is a member of Nexsen Pruet's intellectual property group in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Leonardi concentrates his practice in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation and also has experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications. Mr. Leonardi earned his J.D. at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where he served as Executive Editor of the Journal of College and University Law.
In the intellectual property field, Mr. Leonardi has represented a variety of clients ranging from large corporations to individual inventors in matters ranging from patent infringement actions in federal court to trademark oppositions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In the commercial litigation arena, Mr. Leonardi has extensive experience in product liability actions, including medical device and pharmaceutical cases, as well as complex class actions. Mr. Leonardi also serves on the firm's recruiting and retention committee.
Before coming to Nexsen Pruet, Mr. Leonardi served two years as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Chief United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina. Mr. Leonardi also served as an Adjunct Professor of legal writing at the University of South Carolina School of Law and has prosecuted criminal domestic violence cases as a Special Assistant Attorney General.
Polales Horton & Leonardi, LLP
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Deborah Barbier
Deborah
Barbier graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina School
of Journalism in 1990. In 1994, she graduated from the University of South
Carolina School of Law. After law school, she served as a law clerk in state
court to the Honorable Joseph A. Wilson, II, while he was the Chief
Administrative Criminal Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. She then served
as a federal judicial law clerk for the Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. in
the United States District Court. Ms. Barbier worked for fifteen years as an
Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina. The first
five years she was the lead attorney for the district's Affirmative Civil
Enforcement division where she primarily prosecuted civil health care fraud,
qui tams, drug diversion, and procurement fraud. Ms. Barbier worked in the
criminal division of the US Attorney’s Office for 10 years, prosecuting defense
contracting fraud, criminal health care fraud, securities fraud, mortgage
fraud, white collar fraud, tax fraud, and public corruption. She served on
numerous task forces designed to combat financial crimes, health care fraud,
terrorism, and public corruption. She was the lead attorney for the Asset
Forfeiture division for two and a half years. She was the Chief of the White
Collar Division for more than five years. She is currently in private practice
specializing in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal defense.
Barbier has
been named in the Best Lawyers in America for the last ten years. She is a
member of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court. She is a Fellow in the American
College of Trial Lawyers and serves on the State Committee. She is a Fellow in
the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of
America. She has been inducted into the American Law Institute. She has been
consistently named to both Superlawyers and to America’s Top 100 High Stakes
Litigators.
Deborah B. Barbier, LLC
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J. Childs
The Honorable J. Michelle Childs was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina in August 2010. She holds a B.S. in Management from the University of South Florida Honors College, a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law, a Masters in Personnel and Employment Relations from the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business, and a Masters of Judicial Studies from Duke University School of Law. Prior to the federal court, she served as an At-Large Circuit Court Judge, including having responsibilities as the Chief Administrative Judge for General Sessions and Business Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Richland and Kershaw Counties. Judge Childs also had the distinct honor of gubernatorial appointments as a Workers' Compensation Commissioner (2002-06) and as the Deputy Director for the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation's Division of Labor (2000-02), overseeing programs for Wages and Child Labor, OSHA, OSHA Voluntary Programs, Elevators and Amusement Rides, Migrant Labor, and Labor-Management Mediation. Judge Childs was formerly a partner with the law firm of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, in Columbia, South Carolina, where she practiced in the areas of employment and labor law and general litigation. Judge Childs is very active with various local, state, and national bar organizations, as well as community organizations. She currently serves as chair of the American Bar Association's Judicial Division and Secretary of the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section. She is also a member of the American Law Institute and the Council of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation. As a practicing lawyer and judge, she has lectured and served frequently on panels for topics regarding litigation and trial techniques, courtroom practices and procedures, discovery and expert witness issues, evidence, and various topics for new lawyers.
U.S. District Court, District of SC
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Jacquelyn Austin
U.S. Magistrate Judge
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Jamie Schoen
U.S. Attorney's Office
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Joseph Griffith
Joseph P. Griffith, Jr. is a federal false claims act and white-collar criminal defense attorney located in Charleston, South Carolina. Joe has handled numerous federal false claims act cases involving ambulance companies, bank holding companies, defense contractors, dentists, dialysis clinics, emergent care clinics, government contractors and grantees, home health providers, hospice companies, hospitals, laboratories, medical equipment suppliers, medical marketing companies, nursing homes, pharmacists companies and physicians. Past and present clients include a number of publicly traded and private companies, and/or CEOs, COOs and CFOs, who have been subjected to a variety of white-collar and/or qui tam investigations, litigation and/or prosecutions. Joe is currently the chairman of the Qui Tam Section of the Federal Bar Association of South Carolina. Joe's white-collar defense practice focuses on securities fraud, antitrust crimes, bank fraud, bankruptcy fraud, campaign finance crimes, commercial bribery, computer fraud, criminal tax fraud, customs crimes, defense procurement fraud, environmental crimes, gambling, health care fraud, insurance fraud, and public corruption crimes. Joe has extensive experience in federal grand jury investigations and corporate internal investigations, and has tried nearly 30 federal court cases. Joe was an Assistant United States Attorney in the South Carolina district for almost 13 years, prosecuting numerous white-collar crimes. Joe is a graduate of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A. 1979) and University of South Carolina of Law (J.D. 1982). He is the founding member of Joe Griffith Law Firm, LLC, has received a AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell ® and a Superb rating from AVVO ®, is a member of the Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyer ®, the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum ®, and has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America ® and as a South Carolina Super Lawyer ®.
Joe Griffith Law Firm, LLC
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Julius Richardson
Judge Julius "Jay" Richardson serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Jay grew up in Barnwell, South Carolina before attending Vanderbilt University. After graduating in 1999 with a Biology degree, Jay moved to Hawaii and worked at a pool-side bar-and-grill. Jay then earned his juris doctorate from University of Chicago Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the University of Chicago Law Review and right fielder for the law school's championship softball team. Following law school, he served as law clerk for Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard A. Posner and US Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. He then practiced with Kellogg Hansen in Washington, DC, representing a variety of companies in contract, fraud, intellectual property, and antitrust disputes. Jay returned to South Carolina in 2009 as an Assistant United States Attorney focusing on prosecuting violent crime, gangs, terrorism, public corruption, civil rights, and narcotics trafficking. He led the prosecution of Dylann Storm Roof, where the jury convicted and sentenced Roof to death for his racist massacre of nine African-American worshippers during a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. He and his wife Macon are blessed with four girls, Perry (12), Tayloe (10), Landry (8), and Dabney (3).
Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Lindsay Joyner
Lindsay
Joyner is a partner in Gallivan White Boyd’s Charleston and Columbia, South
Carolina, offices. She received a BBA cum
laude , with honors in Economics from the University of Georgia, a
J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law, and an I.M.B.A. from
the University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business. Following law
school and before joining GWB, she enjoyed her time as a staff attorney for the
Supreme Court of South Carolina. She recently celebrated ten years at GWB. Currently,
her practice places an emphasis on probate and trust litigation and complex business
and commercial litigation, including financial institution litigation and professional
negligence. She regularly handles matters concerning contractual disputes,
business torts, shareholder disputes, and other complex litigation arising out
of business transactions. Lindsay also dedicates a portion of her practice to legal
malpractice defense. Lindsay has presented matters in these practice areas
before both state and federal courts.
Lindsay
appreciates that client service is equally as important as legal skills and
knowledge. As a result, Lindsay makes client expectations and satisfaction a
central point of her practice. She takes great effort to be accommodating and
communicative with her clients at all times.
Outside
of her practice, Lindsay is very active with the South Carolina Bar and the
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. She was recently sworn in as the chair of the
South Carolina Bar’s House of Delegates, a position she will hold until 2024,
and she is the chair-elect of the Bar’s Trial and Appellate Advocacy Council. She
is a past president of the South Carolina Bar’s Young Lawyers Division and past
chair of the South Carolina Bar’s Wellness Committee. Lindsay also served as a
Co-Vice Coordinator for ABA Young Lawyers Division’s Fit2Practice initiative
during the 2018-2019 year. Lindsay has also held numerous positions with
community organizations. For her work for the profession and for the community,
Lindsay was honored to receive the ABA’s On The Rise, Top 40 Young Lawyers; the
Columbia Metropolitan Magazine’s Capital Young Professional of the Year, and
she was part of the Lawyers’ Weekly’s 2018 Leadership in the Law class. Lindsay
has also been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers and as a Super Lawyers
Rising Star.
Lindsay
is passionate about health and fitness, having taught a variety of group
fitness classes for almost a decade prior to going into private practice. She
remains a big proponent of group fitness, running, yoga, and Pilates as a means
for mindfulness, stress management, and mental health as well as overall
physical wellbeing.
Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA
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Mary Lewis
The Honorable Mary G. Lewis was born in Columbia, South Carolina. She was appointed as a United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina on June 21, 2012, and her chambers are located in Columbia, South Carolina. Prior to her judgeship, she practiced law for more than 25 years as a partner in what is now Lewis Babcock LLP, focusing on complex civil litigation in both state and federal courts.
Education
Clemson University, B.A., cum laude, 1980
University of South Carolina, J.D., 1984 (Order of the Coif, Moot Court, Law Clerk to Owens T. Cobb, Jr. Judge, South Carolina Circuit Court)
Bar Admissions Memberships
South Carolina, 1984
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Eleventh and Second Circuits
Richland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
South Carolina Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Selected Reported Cases
Hammond v. Butler, Means, Evins & Brown , 388 S.E.2D 796 (S.C. 1990), cert. denied by
Kramer v. Hammond , 498 U.S. 952 (1990)
Paddock Equipment Co. v. University of South Carolina , 289 S.C. 219, 345 S.E.2d 749 (Ct. App.
1986)
Johnson v. Collins Entertainment Co., Inc ., 333 S.C. 96, 508 S.E.2d 575 (1998)
Johnson v. Collins Entertainment Co., Inc ., 349 S.C. 613, 564 S.E.2d 653 (2002)
U.S. District Court
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Matthew Ozment
Grove Ozment LLC
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Molly Cherry
Molly Hughes Cherry
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Molly Cherry was born in Charleston and raised in Newberry, South Carolina. She received a BA degree in Government and Spanish, magna
cum laude, from Wofford College and her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude , from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of Law Review, the John Belton O’Neal Inn of Court, Order of the Barristers and Order of Wig and Robe. After completing law school, Judge Cherry served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable David C. Norton in Charleston, South Carolina. She was in private law practice with the firm of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, from 1996 to 2020, where she was a partner for over 16 years.While in private practice, Judge Cherry was President of the South Carolina Women Lawyers in 2017, having previously served as Secretary and Treasurer from in 2015 and 2016, respectively. She was active in the South Carolina Bar in a variety of roles, including as Chair of the Employment and Labor Law and Torts Insurance Practice Sections. She also served on the Employment and Labor Law Specialization Board for the South Carolina Bar for several years, including as Chair in 2015 and 2016. From 2017 to 2020, Judge Cherry was on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Defense Counsel. Judge Cherry was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Carolina on July 1, 2020.
U.S. District Court, District of SC
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Paige Gossett
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Sheila Abron
Sheila Willis is a Partner in the Columbia office and Co-Chair of the
Firm’s Affirmative Action and Federal Contract Compliance Practice Group. She
is committed to finding practical, real world solutions to her clients’
employment law needs. She represents companies—large and small—as they navigate
employment issues related to hiring, discipline, investigations, employment
discrimination, unemployment, and other related issues. Sheila provides
guidance to higher education institutions on Title IX Compliance and
investigations She has extensive
experience providing compliance advice to federal contractors on affirmative
action and OFCCP regulations and audits.
Sheila also has extensive experience working on collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and class actions under wage and hour state laws. Sheila also provides training for supervisors and managers on harassment, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) compliance, the Family Medical Leave Act, diversity and inclusion, and many other areas.
Sheila is involved in various professional and community activities.
She is a past president of both the South Carolina Women Lawyers’ Association
(SCWLA) and the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers (SCYLD) Division. She also
serves on the Board of Directors for Columbia – Society for Human Resource
Management (SHRM) and the board of the National Conference of Women’s’ Bar
Associations. Sheila is active in the Richland County Bar, American Bar Association, and is a member of the Junior League of Columbia.
Prior to attending law school, Sheila was a member of store leadership for a Fortune 500 retail company, providing employee supervision and managing a variety of employee issues related to wage and hour, workers’ compensation, discrimination issues, performance management, and other personnel issues.
Sheila is a 2019 recipient of the Silver Compleat lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Association. This award recognizes alumni who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and who exemplify the highest standard of professional competence, ethics, and integrity.
She has also been named to the Columbia Regional Business Report’s list
of 2018 Women of Influence, Columbia Business Monthly’s 2018 Best and Brightest
35 and Under, Columbia Business
Monthly’s Legal Elite of the Midlands in 2017 and the American Bar Association’s On the Rise – Top 40 under 40 in 2018. She is also a 2018 South Carolina Super
Lawyers – Rising Star and a 2019 recipient of the Leadership in the Law
award. She was awarded the Johnathon
Jasper Wright Award by The Honorable Matthew J. Perry Chapter of the Black Law
Students Association at the University of South Carolina School of Law, is a
three-time recipient of the President’s Award a and a four-time recipient of
the Start of the Quarter award from the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers’ Division.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Stephanie Satterfield
Entered 10/16/19 by rsg (CLE 19-38)
Stephanie E. Lewis
Jackson Lewis PC, Greenville, SC
Stephanie E. Lewis is the Office Managing Principal of the Greenville, South Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She is the Co-Chair of the Pay Equity Resource Group. Ms. Lewis represents employers in employment litigation and advises clients on preventive practices and policies to avoid litigation.
Ms. Lewis has handled all aspects of employment law but focuses on sexual harassment, pay discrimination, and disability discrimination issues in the automotive, manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceutical industries. She regularly presents on employment-related topics to Bar and industry groups.
Ms. Lewis served as a law clerk for Karen Johnson Williams of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and Patrick Michael Duffy of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
While attending law school, she served as Articles Editor of the North Carolina Law Review and received the James E. and Carolyn B. Davis Award for Character and Service.
Jackson Lewis P.C.
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Thomas Rogers
Honorable Thomas E. Rogers, III, was appointed United States Magistrate Judge in 2002 and serves in the Florence Division of the District of South Carolina. He earned his undergraduate degree from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, and his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable John H. Waller, Jr., (1992) and to the Honorable C. Weston Houck (1993-95). He was in private practice with Rogers & Rogers until his appointment to his current position in 2002.
U.S. District Court, District of SC
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Thomas Vanderbloemen
Vanderbloemen Law Firm, P.A.
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Thomas Hydrick
S.C. Attorney General's Office
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Timothy Cain
Judge Timothy M. Cain was born and raised in Oconee County, attended the public schools, and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1983. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1986.
He served as an Assistant Public Defender for Oconee County, and, thereafter, as an Assistant Solicitor for the Tenth Judicial Circuit prosecuting cases in Anderson and Oconee Counties. While in private practice, he engaged in the· general practice of law and served as County Attorney for Oconee County and its various boards and commissions from 1992 until 2000. He also represented several municipalities and public service districts during this time. In 2000, he was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to serve as Family Court Judge for the Tenth Judicial Circuit. During his tenure in this position, Judge Cain conducted trials in seventeen counties throughout the state. He also served, by designation of the Chief Justice, as an Acting Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on several occasions.
On February 16, 2011, Judge Cain was nominated by the President to serve as a United States District Judge. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 2011 and commissioned on September 26, 2011.
Judge Cain's office is located in the G. Ross Anderson, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Anderson, South Carolina.
U.S. District Court, District of SC
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Tommie Pearson
U.S. Attorney's Office
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