DHEC's general counsel will join Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. announces that Carlisle Roberts, Jr., the current General Counsel for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), will join the law firm as Special Counsel, effective March 19.
He will lead the firm’s Environmental Team and will be based in the Columbia office.
Roberts has served as DHEC’s chief lawyer since 1994, and supervises 16 lawyers and legal support staff. He and his department provide legal counsel and representation to the department in areas including state and federal environmental permitting and enforcement, proposed regulations and statutes, health law, and corporate legal matters such as personnel, Freedom of Information Act, administrative procedures, contracts and ethics.
Anne S. Ellefson, Managing Director of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, said, “Carl’s almost 30 years of experience working for the State of South Carolina in environmental matters will be of tremendous benefit to our clients. Carl’s background gives him a valuable perspective on federal and state regulations governing environmental and healthcare issues, as well as extensive knowledge of the state’s administrative procedures.”
Prior to becoming DHEC’s general counsel, he served then-Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., as Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Counsel (1991-1994). He also served previously as a Staff Attorney at DHEC for five years and was an Assistant Attorney General for four years where he argued approximately 50 cases before the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Roberts received his J.D., from the University of South Carolina School of Law (1982), and his B.S., cum laude, from the University of South Carolina Honors College in 1977 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and the South Carolina Supreme Court.
