65 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

August 14, 2019

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is proud to announce that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has selected 65 attorneys for inclusion in The 2020 Best Lawyers in America© and 10 attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year.”

The following attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas:

CHARLESTON

COLUMBIA

GREENVILLE

The following attorneys are listed in The 2020 Best Lawyers in America© for the specific practice areas:

CHARLESTON

COLUMBIA

  • A. Parker Barnes III (2019) – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
  • James Y. Becker (2012) – Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Elizabeth H. Black (2019) – Commercial Litigation
  • William C. Boyd (1993) – Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
  • John C. Bruton, Jr. (2010) – Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Mary Caskey (2019) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Consumer Law
  • Joseph D. Clark (2009) – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Suzanne H. Clawson (2008) – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
  • Frank W. Cureton (2005) – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • J. Donald Dial, Jr. (1983) – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Clarke W. DuBose (2011) – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Theodore B. DuBose (2003) – Public Finance Law
  • Randolph B. Epting (2005) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
  • Thomas R. Gottshall (2011) – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Manton M. Grier (2003) – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust
  • William R. Johnson (2013) – Economic Development Law; Tax Law
  • George S. King, Jr. (1993) – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
  • Robert Y. Knowlton (2010) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities
  • Steve A. Matthews (2010) – Appellate Practice
  • John B. McArthur (2008) – Real Estate Law
  • Stanley H. McGuffin (2005) – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Gary W. Morris (2011) – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
  • Hamilton Osborne, Jr. (2010) – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Roopal S. Ruparelia (*) – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • John K. Van Duys (2005) – Public Finance Law
  • H. Clayton Walker (*) – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Benton D. Williamson (2010) – Real Estate Law

FLORENCE

GREENVILLE

  • J. Ben Alexander (2009) – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Thomas H. Coker, Jr. (2008) – Litigation – Construction
  • W. David Conner (2012) – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Frank T. Davis III (2011) – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
  • Robert S. Galloway III (2003) – Public Finance Law
  • Christine Gantt-Sorenson (2013) – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Ellis M. Johnston II (1995) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities
  • H. Sam Mabry III (2003) – Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Christopher Major (*) – Commercial Litigation
  • W. Francis Marion, Jr. (2003) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • J.W. Matthews III (2013) – Commercial Litigation
  • Charles E. McDonald, Jr. (2008) – Real Estate Law
  • Moffatt G. McDonald (2010) – Litigation – Environmental
  • Kathleen C. McKinney (2003) – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law
  • Arthur F. McLean III (2010) – Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. (2013) – Litigation – Construction
  • Sarah McMillan Purnell (2008) – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • J. Derrick Quattlebaum (2011) – Insurance Law; Litigation – ERISA
  • Margaret R. Scoopmire (2013) – Real Estate Law
  • H. Donald Sellers (2011) – Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Sarah Spruill (2019) – Commercial Litigation
  • Seth R. Swan (2019) – Real Estate Law
  • Matthew P. Utecht (2006) – Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Knox H. White (2013) – Immigration Law

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed in any practice area

(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time

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