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REGINALD W. BELCHER is a shareholder in the Columbia office of Turner Padget Graham & Laney P.A. Mr. Belcher is a Certified Specialist in Employment and Labor Law. He represents employers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies, including the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Mr. Belcher advises and counsels employers in various labor and employment matters, including development of policies and procedures, writing and negotiating contracts and severance agreements, maintaining affirmative action plans, and training supervisors and managers on issues such as sexual harassment, union avoidance, workplace violence, and wage and hour laws. He has published numerous articles and participated in local, state and national discussions on labor, employment and business issues. Mr. Belcher is admitted to practice in South Carolina and the District of Columbia, and before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and has been admitted pro hac vice in various state and federal courts in North Carolina and West Virginia. He earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from West Virginia University, and his Master of Human Resources and J.D. degrees from the University of South Carolina. (Columbia location) DONALD C. COGGINS JR. is a partner in the Spartanburg law firm of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, P.C. He has been practicing law for the past 27 years. Mr. Coggins focuses his practice in the areas of state and federal civil litigation, personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice, nursing home litigation and employment litigation. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the American Bar Association (member, Litigation Section and Tort Insurance Practice Section), the American Association for Justice (formally the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) and South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association. He has been named to Best Lawyers in America each year since 2005 and to South Carolina Super Lawyers each year since 2008. Mr. Coggins earned his B.A. degree from Clemson University and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina. (Greenville location) ANDREW W. COUNTRYMAN is an attorney in the law firm of Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP, where he has an array of experience in South Carolina courts concentrated in general liability defense and construction. He has lectured college classes on issues involving contract disputes and general practice of law. Mr. Countryman earned his B.S. degree from Davidson College and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina Young Lawyers Division, South Carolina Bar, and the American and Charleston County bar associations. (Charleston location) PAUL J. DOOLITTLE is a partner and co-founder of Jekel-Doolittle, LLC in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. Mr. Doolittle's practice areas include personal injury, nursing home, medical malpractice and criminal law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Doolittle is a member of the South Carolina Bar. (Charleston location) L. DWIGHT FLOYD is a partner at the law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, where he concentrates his practice primarily in commercial litigation, with an emphasis on science and technology issues and the unique challenges they present to business disputes. Mr. Floyd is a graduate of the Trial Advocacy Institute at the National Trial Advocacy College. Prior to joining Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP he practiced in Atlanta, Georgia, primarily in the areas of products liability and technology litigation for software, automotive and pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Floyd is a member of the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics Board of Trustees (2010-present), Alumni Association Board Member (2007-present, president, 2008-2009) and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice in South Carolina and Georgia, and before the District of South Carolina, Northern District of Georgia, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Floyd earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Clemson University, his M.S. degree from Colorado State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia. (Columbia location) ROBERT P. FOSTER is a partner with Foster Law Firm LLC, where he practices in the areas of products liability, including fires accelerated by flammable products, fires causing injury and death, and personal injury and wrongful death from accidents. He has been practicing with the same firm as a civil litigator since graduating from law school in 1983. Mr. Foster is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the chairman of the 13th Circuit Resolution of Fee Dispute Board, the National Fire Protection Association and the Phoenix Burn Society. He earned his B.S. degree, with honors, from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of South Carolina School of Law in Columbia, South Carolina. (Greenville location) DANIEL S. HALTIWANGER is an attorney in the Barnwell law firm of Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, L.L.C., where he practices in the areas of general litigation, product liability, nursing home abuse/neglect, railroad litigation, class actions and environmental litigation. He has previously lectured on class actions, toxic tort cases and the law of damages. Mr. Haltiwanger was an adjunct professor on legal writing at the University of South Carolina from 1999 to 2000. He also was a law clerk to the Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice South Carolina. Mr. Haltiwanger is a member of the South Carolina for Justice Association (board member) and the American Bar Association. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina. (Charleston and Columbia locations) WES A. KISSINGER is a partner with the Spartanburg law firm of Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, P.C. His main areas of practice include personal injury, civil litigation, and nursing home abuse and neglect. Mr. Kissinger earned his B.A. degree from the University of South Florida and his J.D. degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is a member of the South Carolina Association of Justice, the Federal Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the American Bar Association. (Greenville location) KELLY POPE is a partner with the law firm of Mooneyham Berry & Pope, LLC, where she focuses her practice in the areas of nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, sexual abuse and molestation, personal injury, auto collisions, family law and, workers' compensation. Ms. Pope earned her B.S. degree from Presbyterian College and her J.D. degree from Cumberland Law School Samford University. She is a member of SCHA, AAJ (board member NLD), the South Carolina Bar and South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. (Greenville location) JOHN J. PRINGLE is an attorney at the law firm of Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. His practices include commercial litigation, appellate law, administrative and regulatory law, information technology, public utility, environmental law, land use litigation, and class action litigation. Mr. Pringle addresses emerging information technology issues for financial institutions, the communication providers and other businesses in the context of regulatory compliance, contract negotiation, and litigation. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Washington and Lee University and his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Pringle is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Richard County Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Federal Communications Bar Association. (Columbia location) E. WAYNE RIDGEWAY JR. is an attorney at Burriss Law Firm, P.C. He joined the firm after spending almost seven years as a defense lawyer with a well respected statewide defense firm. Mr. Ridgeway began the practice of law after finishing law school at the University of South Carolina. He also completed his undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina, where he earned his B.S. degree from the College of Applied Professional Sciences. Mr. Ridgeway's practice areas include transportation, premises liability, products liability, construction defects and general auto negligence cases. He is admitted to practice law in both federal and state courts, and has successfully tried cases in both. Mr. Ridgeway is a member of the South Carolina Bar, American Bar Association, Richland County Bar Association, and is certified by the Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification as a Circuit Court Arbitrator. (Columbia location) RICHARD H. WILLIS is a partner with the Columbia law firm of Bowman and Brooke LLP, where he has been handling commercial litigation and contractual disputes in state and federal courts acrossthe country for more than 25 years. Additionally, Mr. Willis practices in the areas of product liability, environmental law, toxic torts, commercial litigation and personal injury defense. He has acted as lead counsel in 11 jury trial in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, and has handled appeals in the 4th and 11th circuits and all state appellate courts in which he is admitted to practice. While acting as regional counsel for his manufacturingclients, Mr. Willis has directed the supervision and management of their cases, as well as acting as lead trial counsel. He is an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches trial advocacy. Mr. Willis earned his B.A. degree from the University of the South and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, the American Bar Association, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association and the Environmental Law Institute. (Columbia location) HARRY COOPER WILSON III is an associate with Hood Law Firm, LLC, where he practices in the areas of medical malpractice, civil and commercial litigation, products liability, general negligence, and insurance law. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Mr. Wilson is a member of the American Bar Association and the Charleston County Bar Association. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was a member of the Student Bar Association, and the Peer Mentor Program. While in law school, Mr. Wilson served as a law clerk for the South Carolina House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. He served as a page to the speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, David H. Wilkins. Mr. Wilson is currently serving as a member of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division Long Range Planning Commission, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees for the YLD Foundation which handles the group's charitable giving. In 2010, he was named a "Star of the Quarter" by the South Carolina Bar for his work with the Special Olympics of South Carolina. (Charleston location)
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