Meet Cameo

Cameo Joseph-McCollum's practice focuses on the defense of healthcare providers.

She defends healthcare systems, hospitals, insurers, physicians, nurses and other clinicians in a wide range of medical negligence claims. She also advises medical professionals on matters of risk management, peer review and attorney-client privilege.

Cameo also advises and represents healthcare providers on professional licensing issues.

In addition, Cameo represents corporate entities and insurance companies in a variety of actions, including premises liability and foster parent liability.

While in law school, Cameo served as a law clerk to the Hon. Clifton B. Newman of the South Carolina Circuit Court, a law clerk to the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission and a law clerk to the University of South Carolina School of Law Clinical Legal Education Department. She served as Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, Director of International Relations of the National Black Law Students Association, board member of the Constitutional Scholars Pipeline Program and liaison to the ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity.

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 2016
• Clemson University, B.S., 2013

• South Carolina, 2016
• U.S. District Court, South Carolina, 2021

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2022-2025)
• Greenville Business Magazine “Legal Elite of the Upstate” Business Litigation (2021), Healthcare Law (2020, 2023), Insurance Law (2021) and Medical Malpractice Law – Defendant (2024)
• Greenville Business Magazine “Best & Brightest 35 and Under” 2022
• American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division “Star of the Quarter” 2019
• South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division “Star of the Quarter” 2018
• University of South Carolina School of Law Compleat Lawyer Award - Bronze, Outstanding Service Award, Hon. Sol Blatt, Jr. Scholar, Dean’s List
• Fourth Circuit Practice Best Final Argument Award
• Clemson University Greek Woman of the Year

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
• Special Olympics South Carolina, Board of Directors (2021-Present)
• Christ Church Episcopal School Alumni Association, Board Member (2017-2019), Treasurer (2018-2019)
• National Bar Association 
• American Bar Association, TIPS Conference Standing Committee (2019-2020), Young Lawyers Division, Scholar (2018-2019), National Conferences Team (2018-2021) and Liaison to the Commission on Law and Aging (2018-2021)
• Greenville Chamber of Commerce Opportunity Greenville, Class of 2017
• Greenville County Bar Association, Young Lawyer Committee Chair (2021-Present)
• South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, Special Olympics Committee Co-Chair (2018-2022), Color of Justice Committee (2017-2019) and Membership Events Committee Co-Chair (2022-Present)
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Greenville SC Alumnae Chapter

• “Defending the Implicit Bias Allegation in Medical Malpractice Actions,” Client CLE Seminar, San Antonio, TX, March 9, 2023
• “Medical Malpractice: The Deposition,” Emergency Medicine Legal Day, PRISMA Health-Upstate, March 7, 2023
• “Defending Damages, Ethics & Behavioral Health,” Client  CLE Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, March 12, 2020
• “Medical Malpractice,” Pediatric Grand Rounds at PRISMA Health Children’s Hospital – Upstate, Greenville, SC, November 8, 2019
• "EMS Presentation," Swamp Rabbit Prehospital Medicine Conference, Greenville, SC, May 31, 2019
• "Medical Malpractice," USC School of Medicine CRNA Students, Greenville, SC, March 22, 2019
• “Peer Review, Event Reporting and Disclosures,” Greenville Health System Pediatric Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Greenville, SC, December 20, 2018
• “Attorney-Client Privilege in the In-House Corporate Counsel Setting,” Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC, July 20, 2018