A leading legal directory has ranked Nexsen Pruet attorneys and practices among the top in South Carolina. In all, 11 Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been rated among the top attorneys in their practice areas including five who practice in Columbia: David Dubberly, Mark Knight, Marc Manos, Susi McWilliams, and Ed Menzie.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewar t , P.C. has been ranked “number one” in labor and employment law in South Carolina in the 2010 edition

of Chambers USA.

Burney Warren, former head of Mergers & Acquisitions for BB&T, has joined SCBT Financial Corp.

Floyd Bul lock, Marcia Camp, Stacey Merritt, Janelle Smith, and Ginger Thrift joined more than 150 people from North and South Carolina June 4 to walk 50 miles in three days to raise money for the Mid Atlantic Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

EFNEP Digest, the quarterly newsletter published by Clemson University’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, has won a first place award in the Media Women of South Carolina state communications contest. Anchor/reporter Hannah Horne will return to the anchor desk on WIS News 10 Sunrise effective June 28.

Christopher H. Barr has joined First Ci tizens bank as financial advisor.

Lexington Medical Center chief operating officer Tod Augsburger has become a Fellow of the Amer ican Col lege of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) . ACHE is the nation’s leading professional society for health care leaders.