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Charles Terreni has practiced law in Columbia, South Carolina, since 1990. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of South Carolina School Of Law. He earned his B.A. degree in International Studies with a minor in French from the University of South Carolina in 1985.

After graduating from law school, Charlie practiced with Cooper, Beard & Dibble (1990 to 91) and the Dibble Law Offices (1991 to 1995). He served as Executive Assistant to the Lieutenant Governor from 1995 to 1996. In 1996, he returned to private practice, opening the Terreni Law Firm, LLC.

In 2004, Charlie joined the Public Service Commission to serve as the Chief Clerk and Administrator of the newly restructured agency. He held this position until February 2010, when he returned to private practice. He advised the South Carolina Senate during the 2000, 2010, and 2020 decennial redistricting cycles. His practice focuses on matters involving public utilities, alternative dispute resolution, government, and public interest law.

Charlie was the lead author of the chapter entitled The Public Service Commission of South Carolina in South Carolina Administrative Practice and Procedure, 2d Ed., and has been a frequent speaker on practice before the Public Service Commission. He is a 2008 graduate of the South Carolina Executive Institute. He has a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer rating and is a FINRA Public Arbitrator.

Charlie served on the Board of Directors of the Greater Columbia YMCA from 2004-2011, the South Carolina Commission on Consumer Affairs from 2004 to 2005, and the Legislative Audit Council since 2015. Born in La Spezia, Italy, he speaks Italian and French. An avid soccer fan, Charlie has coached youth teams and organized many soccer programs in the community. He is married to Patricia Yeatman Terreni; they have two sons, Charles, Jr., and Shand.

Peter concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation and mediation, representing the rights of injured workers. Peter obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA in 1999. He was commissioned as a Special Agent for the United States Secret Service 2000. Peter was assigned to the New York Field office and served in both special protective and investigative missions for the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security while he was an agent. Peter returned home to South Carolina to attend law school and received his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2007. Peter has represented clients in hundreds of workers’ compensation trials, including appeals before South Carolina Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court. Peter has argued and litigated all types of disputed workers’ compensation matters, including occupational exposure, repetitive trauma, brain injuries as well as workers’ compensation matters that involve third party liens and subrogation claims. Peter is also a certified Circuit Court Mediator in South Carolina.

As a partner at Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega, attorney Peter Leventis focuses his entire practice on South Carolina workers’ compensation and protecting the rights of injured workers. In 2018, he published a book titled “From Accident to Award” on South Carolina workers’ compensation laws.

“It’s my honor and privilege to help people out due to hard circumstances that are created by the complications from both medical treatment and finances in work-related matters,” said Leventis. “If we can help you, please give us a call.”

Leventis recently taught a continuing legal education (CLE) course for the S.C. State Bar Association’s “on-demand” courses. His hour-long seminar, “South Carolina Workers’ Compensation: Beyond Title 42,” is designed for South Carolina attorneys who focus on workers’ compensation. It covers a number of areas that go beyond the workers’ compensation rules and regulations outlined in Title 42 of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Code of Laws. Check it out or sign up for the course.