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Paul Porter is a employee-side employment law and business litigation lawyer at Cromer, Babb, Porter & Hicks, LLC in Columbia, South Carolina. 

Paul is from Greenville, South Carolina. He went to college at Presbyterian College (go Blue Hose!) and law school at the University of South Carolina.

He is the current chair of the employment law section of the South Carolina Association of Justice. Paul was awarded the young lawyer award by ABOTA in 2016 in recognition of his aptitude as a young trial lawyer and he has been honored as legal elite in employment law and business litigation for both Columbia and Greenville several times. Paul is a certified specialist in South Carolina Employment and Labor Law.Paul became a fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2024. He's a "super lawyer" and also a super good guy.

Paul lives in Columbia with his wife Ashley and dog Snoopy. He loves practicing law, but would rather be skiing, working out, or drinking a cold beer in the warm sun. 

Regina Hollins Lewis is a member of the Firm and has over 32 years of civil litigation and appellate experience. She focuses her practice areas of tort defense, representing retailers and insureds in a broad range of matters, including catastrophic injuries and wrongful death claims, false arrest and malicious prosecution, third-party security claims, professional negligence pharmacy claims, and products liability claims. Regina is a certified mediator and regularly mediates tort and employment matters to resolution.

Regina received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina in 1984 and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore in 1987. After practicing as an associate in the litigation department of a large Maryland corporate defense law firm and directing a non-profit legal clinic for abuse victims, Regina was appointed an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Maryland in 1994.

Regina subsequently relocated back to her home state of South Carolina and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2000. She was then employed as Special Counsel of a large corporate defense firm and thereafter was elected to membership at the firm. She practiced in the Employment and Labor and Business Litigation practice groups until she started her own firm along with two partners in 2007. GaffneyLewis is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise and is a member of the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms as well as the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance.

Roger M. Young, Sr. the son of the late Rev. James W. Young and Joyce L. Young. He grew up in North Charleston, and in 1980 graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Baptist College at Charleston, which is now known as Charleston Southern University. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1983 with the degree of Juris Doctor, and with the degree of Master of Judicial Studies from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2000.

While in private practice, Judge Young also served as a Municipal Judge for the City of North Charleston from 1988-90. He was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1990 and served two terms. He was Master-in-Equity for Charleston County from 1996 until July 1, 2003, when he became a Circuit Court Judge for the 9^th Judicial Circuit of South Carolina. He has also served concurrently as a Business Court Judge for SC since it was created in 2007 and is Chief Administrative Judge of the South Carolina Business Court.

He was President of the South Carolina Circuit Court Judges Association from 2012-14.

Theile B. McVey is managing partner at Kassel McVey, a personal injury law firm based in Columbia, SC. McVey has dedicated her career solely to representing plaintiffs.