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Andrew Radeker
Drew has been licensed to practice law in South Carolina since 2005. Since that time, he has practiced at the firm known as James C. Harrison, Jr., P.A., Harrison & Radeker, P.A., and then Harrison, Radeker & Smith, P.A. He now operates Radeker Law, P.A. as a sole practitioner, concentrating on appeals and litigation support for the trial bar.
He has been fortunate to work on a wide variety of cases, from mortgage foreclosures to civil rights violations, dog bite cases to murder. Drew has had cases in magistrates’ and city courts, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and the trial and appellate courts in between.
Drew received a bachelor of arts degree in English from the College of Charleston in 2001 and a juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2005. He is admitted to practice before the state courts of South Carolina, the South Carolina federal district court, and the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the South Carolina Association for Justice and previously served as the chair of the SCAJ real estate section.
He has been a presenter at continuing legal education seminars, including the Master-in-Equity Bench/Bar CLE several times.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, children, and friends, cooking on his barbecue pit, puttering in his vegetable garden, and being outdoors, especially in the mountains.
Radeker Law, P.A.
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Bert Lilly
Lt. Lilly is a graduate of The S.C. Basic Law Enforcement Academy 1990 Basic class 242. He was a patrol deputy for The York County Sheriff's Office from 1989-1994. He then transferred to the civil/warrant unit and was assigned there from 1994-2000. In 2001 he achieve the rank of Sgt. in the civil and warrant unit until 2017 when he was promoted to the rank of Lt., of that same unit, a title which he holds today. He has been married to his wife (Mary Lilly) for 33 years and has 1 daughter and a son in law (Hannah Clayton Hughes) and they live in York S.C.
York County Sheriff's Office
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E. Willcox
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Gary Morgan
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Henry Dukes
Henry Dukes of Dukes Investigations and Consulting L.L.C.
has over 35 years of law enforcement experience. Henry will not tell you that
choosing him as your private investigator is best, but that choosing one with
law enforcement experience is. PIs with law enforcement experience have
training that the average PI just cannot understand.
Henry was a military brat who bounced around before settling in Rowesville, SC.
Coming from a military and law enforcement family, he knew he wanted to help
people and started at the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department.
"As an officer, you've got to be willing to help the suspect just as much
as the victim," Henry said. He understands that the law enforcement and
judicial systems can sometimes hurt innocent people and can put someone who
made a mistake in a very bad situation. He knows there is ugly in the world
because he has seen a lot of it, but he chooses to see the beautiful in it
instead.
Dukes went on to join the Lexington County Sheriff's Department where he started
their Fugitive Task Force. He then joined the United States Marshals Service
where he sought out and handled violent fugitives. If you google Henry's name,
you will find story after story of all the criminals he has helped stop.
Henry recalled one story where a man escaped from a work detail while serving a
one-year jail term for failing to pay child support. In Alabama, a man by the
same name died in a bar fight. The judge in Lexington County saw a clip from
the local Alabama newspaper and ruled the case closed due to the man's death.
Nearly 25 years later, the man was found alive and living in Myrtle Beach.
Henry helped bring that man back to Lexington County to serve his time.
That incident is a mild one compared to the things Henry handled as a U.S.
Marshal. With the United States Marshal Service, he went all over the world
finding and capturing violent fugitives.
Dukes retired from the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department as Lieutenant over
investigations in January of 2015. He started Dukes Investigations and
Consulting L.L.C. right after his retirement. Helping people has always been
the priority in Henry's career; he knew with his skill set he could continue
that help as a private investigator.
"It's not always about money, but about the impact you can make,"
Henry said. As a private investigator, he believes he can continue to impact
lives. He always tells the truth and focuses on giving his customers answers.
If someone comes to him with a problem he is not certain he can solve, he will
send them to someone he knows can.
Today, Henry lives in West Columbia and has three sons, one daughter, and one
granddaughter. His wife of ten years is a school teacher in Irmo. Following in
their father's law enforcement footsteps, one son is a deputy with the Calhoun
County Sheriff's Department and another has just joined the Air Force. Jeffery,
Henry's pet Jack Russell terrier, is also like a son to him and doubles as the
business financial advisor.
"When the answer counts, count on Dukes Investigations," Henry's business slogan reads. People know they can count on him to help them get the answers they need. If you need a private investigator or think you might need one, Henry can be reached at (803) 727-9648.
Dukes Investigations
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Jacob Barker
Graybill, Lansche & Vinzani, LLC
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James Chellis
James E. Chellis is the son of the late Converse A. Chellis, Jr., and Adurline Tompkins Chellis. He was born in Summerville, in 1951. He is married to the A'delle Hennet Chellis. Judge Chellis and his wife have two children, Adrian Chellis Wood and the Rev. E. Rossiter Chellis, and six grandsons.
Judge Chellis attended the public schools of Summerville. He graduated high school from Porter-Gaud School in 1970. He attended the University of South Carolina on a grant-in-aid for swimming and graduated 1973 (BA-Intensive Major English). He was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. In 1977, he received a Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina, School of Law. He returned to Summerville where he began his 35 years of general practice until his appointment as Master in Equity for Dorchester County.
Judge Chellis has been an active member of the Summerville community, including re-activation of and service with the Summerville Jaycees (President, 1979). He was a member of the Lion Club, the Sertoma Club, served as a Director of the Summerville Dorchester Chamber of Commerce. He served on the Detmold Base Line Committee for the Town of Summerville, which led to the passage of a Town Ordinance establishing surveying standards for delineating the historic boundaries of Detmold's Plan of New Summerville, 1832. He served on the Board of Trustees for Pinewood Preparatory School, and coached various youth sports teams while his children participated in those activities. He is a Member of the Gamecock Club, and The USC Association of Lettermen.
Judge Chellis participated in the organization of the Dorchester County Public Defender Corporation. He is a member of the Dorchester County Bar and the South Carolina Bar. In private practice, he was a member of the American Bar Association and the American Association for Justice.
Judge Chellis actively participates in the United Methodist Church. He is a member of Bethany United Methodist Church of Summerville. He is a lay delegate to the South Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He has served as a Trustee, member and chairman of the Staff-Parish Relations Committee, long range planning, and three building committees. He served as a youth confirmation mentor many years, and has led a number of Bible studies
S.C. Master-In-Equity
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James Page
Martin is a Partner in the Columbia Office, he is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina. He received a B.A. degree in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he was a member of the Honors Scholars Program. He received his J.D. from the Charleston School of Law, where he was a merit scholarship recipient. Martin concentrates his practice in the area of financial services litigation, bankruptcy, and foreclosure.
Educational Background 2011- J.D., Charleston School of Law 2008- B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Bell Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC
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Jane Downey
Jane H. Downey is an experienced bankruptcy attorney at Baker Donelson. Certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in bankruptcy and debtor/creditor law, Ms. Downey brings more than 30 years of experience in representing individual and business debtors and creditors in commercial and consumer bankruptcy matters. Ms. Downey is also certified as a specialist in business bankruptcy by the American Board of Certification.
Ms. Downey has represented clients both in and outside formal proceedings. She has extensive experience in corporate restructurings, representing debtors, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, and other parties in connection with bankruptcies, receiverships, out-of-court workouts, and other related bankruptcy litigation. She has led corporate clients, landlords, doctors, car dealerships, farmers, realtors, and developers, among others, through financial restructurings and reorganizations under Chapters 7, 9, 11, 12, and 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Ms. Downey is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a mediator and arbitrator and is currently on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolinas list of mediators. She is a frequent speaker and author on bankruptcy topics and very active in her community.
Education
Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1990
Furman University, B.A., 1987, cum laude
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
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Jason Wyman
Jason Wyman is an attorney with Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC and he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and creditors' rights with particular concentration in representing mortgage lenders in bankruptcy cases. He is admitted to practice in South Carolina and Georgia. Jason is a graduate of Clemson University and a magna cum laude graduate of the Charleston School of Law. While in law school, Jason worked as a Legal Writing Teaching Fellow and served as the Senior Articles Editor of the Charleston Law Review . He received the ABA-ALI Scholarship Award and CALI awards in Legal Research and Writing, Sports Law, and Equity. Jason was a member of the Moot Court Board and prevailed at the Washington, DC regional of the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, where his team won best brief in the region and advanced to the national finals.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
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Jonathan Waller
Hawk Law Group
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Lawrence Hershon
The Hershon Law Firm, P.A.
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Marilyn Gartley
Marilyn Elaine Gartley, Office of the Attorney General Securities Division, practices in the areas of commercial litigation, securities, heath care law, and bankruptcy. Ms. Gartley has extensive experience in the e-discovery arena.
After graduating law school in 2008, Ms. Gartley served as a law clerk to the Honorable John E. Waites of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina. After spending one-and-a-half years in commercial and consumer bankruptcy practice as debtors' counsel, in March of 2011, Ms. Gartley joined Anderson & Associates, P.A. and served as staff attorney for Chapter 7 Panel Bankruptcy Trustee for the District of South Carolina, Robert F. Anderson, until October of 2016. Ms. Gartley's practice with Trustee Anderson was primarily dedicated to complex commercial litigation that involved the investigation into, analysis of, and the pursuit of causes of action to settlement or judgment for the benefit of the debtor's estate and its creditors and in addition, a substantial portion of her practice was dedicated to the evaluation and application of federal and state statutory law and attendant regulatory schemes to the debtors' estates being administered by the Trustee. In October of 2016, Ms. Gartley joined the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General as an Assistant Attorney General in the Securities Regulation and Enforcement Division.
Ms. Gartley earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude , from the University of South Carolina School of Law where she was a member of the student editorial staff of the ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal. She also served as secretary for the American Constitution Society. In addition, Ms. Gartley was a research assistant for Professor Nathan M. Crystal and Professor David G. Owen. She received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in both Products Liability Research Seminar and Law and Literature.
Ms. Gartley takes an active interest in the rights and protections of South Carolina's citizens through her current position as the Chair of the South Carolina Bar's Consumer Law Section. Likewise, Ms. Gartley served as an appointed member of the Advisory Committee on Rules and Practice of the Bankruptcy Court from 2012 to 2016. In addition, Ms. Gartley currently serves as a Committee-member of the Bankruptcy Court's Credit Abuse Resistance Education community outreach program. Finally, Ms. Gartley has been actively involved in making a difference through her service as a former member of the board of directors for the local Columbia chapter of the national non-profit organization, Girls on the Run for the last six years.
Anderson & Assoc., PA
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Randy Skinner
Randy Skinner is a bankruptcy attorney in Greenville,
S.C. He received his B.S. (Business
Administration), M.B.A., and J.D. from the University of South Carolina.
Since being admitted to the South Carolina Bar in
1991, Mr. Skinner has become a statewide leader in the bankruptcy field, with
numerous accolades and appointments, including U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chapter 7
Panel Trustee, 2002-2019; Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the South
Carolina Supreme Court; Past chairman of the Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law
Specialization Advisory Board; named to Best Lawyers in America; named to South
Carolina Super Lawyers; and named South Carolina Legal Elite by Greenville
Business Magazine and Columbia Business Monthly.
Mr. Skinner is a member of the South Carolina Bar,
South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Consumer Bankruptcy Law Association, past chairman of the Law Related Education Committee of the South Carolina Bar and past recipient of Pro Bono Small Law Firm of the Year by the South Carolina Bar.
Skinner Law Firm, LLC
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Richard Gleissner
Mr. Gleissner was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1990, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1991. In 1998, the State of South Carolina's Supreme Court certified him as specialist in Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law and he continues to be certified in this area of specialization. In law school, Mr. Gleissner was awarded membership in the Order of Wig and Robe and the Order of the Coif. Mr. Gleissner is a member of the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association. In 2007, Mr. Gleissner taught Commercial Law and Bankruptcy at the Charleston School of Law. He currently practices with the Gleissner Law Firm, LLC which he also started in 2007. Mr. Gleissner regularly lectures and gives seminars on various aspects of Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Law for the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association, the South Carolina Bar, the National Judicial College, Lorman Educational Services, and Strafford Educational Services.
Gleissner Law Firm, LLC
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Shannon Phillips
Judge Shannon M. Phillips was born in 1983 in Spartanburg,
South Carolina. Judge Phillips graduated from the University of
Tennessee, summa cum laude , in 2005 with degrees in English
Literature and Political Science. She attended Vanderbilt University Law
School, where she served on the Vanderbilt Law Review. Upon her
graduation from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2008, she practiced civil
litigation at Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell, LLP in Dallas, Texas.
She relocated to South Carolina in June 2011, and practiced employment
litigation at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. in Greenville,
South Carolina until September 2013. Judge Phillips then practiced
general civil litigation at Talley Law Firm, P.A. in Spartanburg, South
Carolina until June 2021, when she was appointed Master-In-Equity for
Spartanburg County. She also serves by designation of the South Carolina
Supreme Court as a Special Circuit Court Judge for the 7th Judicial
Circuit.
Judge Phillips has been admitted to practice in the states of South Carolina and Texas, as well as the United States District Court- District of South Carolina, United States District Court- Northern District of Texas, United States District Court- Southern District of Texas, United States District Court- Eastern District of Texas, and United States District Court- Western District of Texas. She is married with three children.
Spartanburg County
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Tara Nauful
Tara Nauful currently practices law at Best Law P.A. In
private practice for almost 30 years, Tara represents clients in all aspects of
the financial services arena, including restructuring and workouts, bankruptcy,
and financial services litigation. Tara is a certified mediator and has been
certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in
Bankruptcy/Debtor-Creditor law since 1998. She is listed in The Best Lawyers
in America in the fields of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor
Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Bankruptcy Litigation, and she
holds Martindale-Hubbell’s highest (AV) rating for ethical standards and legal
ability.
In addition to her practice, Tara is a frequent author and
speaker on bankruptcy and legal ethics.
Education
University of South
Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1992
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Associate
Editor, ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal
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Order
of Wig and Robe
University
of Virginia, B.A., Psychology, 1989
Best Law, P.A.
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