82 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
August 19, 2021
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is proud to announce that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has selected 82 attorneys for inclusion in The 2022 Best Lawyers in America©, including five attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” and eleven attorneys as “Ones to Watch.”
The following attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas:
CHARLESTON
- Wm. Howell Morrison – Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- A. Parker Barnes III – Litigation – Real Estate
- James Y. Becker – Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Suzanne H. Clawson – Corporate Law
- Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. – Construction Law
The following attorneys are listed in The 2022 Best Lawyers in America© for these specific practice areas:
CHARLESTON
- J. Marshall Allen – Health Care Law
- Scott Y. Barnes – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law
- John R. Chase – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Jeremy L. Cook – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law
- Stephen E. Darling – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Charlton deSaussure, Jr. – Public Finance Law
- David C. Humphreys III – Real Estate Law
- Stafford J. McQuillin III – Commercial Litigation
- Wm. Howell Morrison – Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- James H. Suddeth III – Real Estate Law
- David M. Swanson – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
- John H. Tiller – Mediation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John Paul Trouche – Public Finance Law
- H. Clayton Walker, Jr. – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Adam N. Yount* – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- A. Parker Barnes III – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
- James Y. Becker – Consumer Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Elizabeth H. Black – Commercial Litigation
- William C. Boyd – Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
- John C. Bruton, Jr. – Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Mary Caskey – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Consumer Law
- Joseph D. Clark – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Suzanne H. Clawson – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
- Frank W. Cureton – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- J. Donald Dial, Jr. – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Clarke W. DuBose – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Theodore B. DuBose – Public Finance Law
- Randolph B. Epting – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- L. Foster Girard – Corporate Law
- Manton M. Grier – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Antitrust
- William R. Johnson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Tax Law
- George S. King, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
- Robert Y. Knowlton – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities
- Virginia S. Lanford* – Real Estate Law
- John K. Langford – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Steve A. Matthews – Appellate Practice
- John B. McArthur – Real Estate Law
- Stanley H. McGuffin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Gary W. Morris – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Costa M. Pleicones – Appellate Practice
- Roopal S. Ruparelia – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- John K. Van Duys – Public Finance Law
- Benton D. Williamson – Real Estate Law
- Pierce T. MacLennan – Employment Law – Management
- John M. Scott III – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Benjamin T. Zeigler – Economic Development Law
- J. Ben Alexander – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Thomas H. Coker, Jr. – Litigation – Construction
- W. David Conner – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Frank T. Davis III – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
- Christine Gantt-Sorenson – Litigation – Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Bryan F. Hickey – Litigation – Intellectual Property
- H. Sam Mabry III – 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. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- J.W. Matthews III – Commercial Litigation
- Charles E. McDonald, Jr. – Real Estate Law
- Moffatt G. McDonald – Litigation – Environmental
- Kathleen C. McKinney – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law
- Arthur F. McLean III – Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
- Sally McMillan Purnell – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- J. Derrick Quattlebaum – Insurance Law; Litigation – ERISA
- Margaret R. Scoopmire – Real Estate Law
- Reid T. Sherard – Family Law
- Joshua Spencer – Litigation – Construction
- Sarah Spruill – Commercial Litigation
- Garrett D. Steck* – Immigration Law
- Seth R. Swan – Real Estate Law
- Matthew P. Utecht – Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Knox H. White – Immigration Law
Associates and other lawyers earlier in their careers are recognized as “Ones to Watch” for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The following attorneys have been recognized as “Ones to Watch:”
CHARLESTON
- Bryan J. Kitz* – Real Estate Law
- Jane Bouch Stoney – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Real Estate law
- Kathleen M. Muthig – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Andrew Rawl* – Commercial Litigation
- Charles E. Ipock – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Tyler K. Gilliam* – Tax Law
- Cameodiamond Joseph* – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Jonathan Klett – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- J. Philip Land – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Jordan W. Peeler* – Family Law
- Meghan G. Riordan – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
About Best Lawyers
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