Vincent Osborne has been recognized with both the 2009 Capital District Drinking Water Operator of the Year Award and the 2010 State Water Operator of the Year Award from the Water Environment Association of South Carolina.
Vincent Osborne
Trey Cantey, Laurie Grooms, and Brad Grooms have been recognized by Allstate Insurance Company with its Chairman’s Conference Award for high standards in customer satisfaction, customer retention, and profitable business growth.
Nelson Mullins attorneys statewide have been selected for the 2010 Super Lawyers list. The publication names South Carolina’s top lawyers as chosen by their peers and through independent research. Those based in Columbia selected for the Super Lawyers list are Stuart M. Andrews Jr., health care; George S. Bailey, estate planning and probate; C. Mitchell Brown, appellate; George B. Cauthen, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; Karen Aldr idge Crawford, environmental litigation; David E. Dukes, general litigation; Debbie W. Durban, employment and labor; Carl B. Epps III, business litigation; Robert W. Foster Jr., business litigation; James C. Gray Jr., business litigation; Sue Erwin Harper , employment and labor; William C. Hubbard, business litigation; Francis B.B. Knowlton, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; John F. Kuppens, personal injury defense: products; Steven A. McKelvey, business litigation; John T. Moore, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; Stephen G. Morrison, business litigation; Edward W. Mullins Jr., business litigation; R. Bruce Shaw, class action/ mass torts; B. Rush Smith III, class action/mass torts; and Daniel J. Westbrook, health care.
Trey Cantey
Nineteen Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named to the 2010 list of South Carolina Super Lawyers®. The attorneys practice in the firm’s Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach offices. Two of the firm’s attorneys, Rick Mendoza and Tom Stephenson, were among the Top 25 South Carolina lawyers who received the highest number of points in the “nomination, research and blue ribbon review process.” From Columbia: Gene Al len, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; Mike Brittingham, employee benefits/ERISA; Henr y Brown, construction litigation; David Dubberly, employment and labor; Vickie Eslinger, employment and labor; William Floyd, employment and labor; Tommy Lavender, environmental; Rose Manos, bankruptcy andcreditor/ debtor rights; Susi McWilliams, emp and labor; Rick Mendoza, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; Ed Menzie, real estate; and Bil ly Newsome, estate planning and probate.
Laurie Grooms
Twenty–six Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., lawyers have been named to the 2010 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers® list. The honored Columbia office lawyers are William C. Boyd, business/corporate; Frank W. Cureton, tax; J. Donald Dial Jr., tax; Randolph B. Epting, business/ corporate; Thomas R. Gottshall, environmental litigation; Manton M. Grier, business litigation; John B. McAr thur , real estate; Stanley H. McGuffin, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; Stephen F. McKinney, business litigation; Tara E. Nauful, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights; William H. Short Jr., bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights; and Benton D. Wil l iamson, real estate.
Brad Grooms
Chernoff Newman was recently honored with two regional ADDY awards as part of the three–tier national competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation. Chernoff Newman received one regional gold and one regional silver ADDY® award for the work developed on behalf of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture’s latest initiative, Palmettovore, by creating a “Mock–umentary” and an accompanying Web site, www.Palmettovore.com
Crystal Johnson, M.D., an OB/GYN specializing in high risk obstetrics, adolescent gynecology, and endocrine disorders, has been hired as a physician at Providence Hospitals. She will practice at Providence Women’s Health located on the campus of Providence Northeast Hospital.
Crystal Johnson, M.D.
The South Carolina Bar has received two awards from the American Society of Association Executives. The Young Lawyers Division’s Families Forever program received the Associations Advance America Award of Excellence. The Law Related Education Division’s Law for Teachers program was named to the Associations Advance America Honor Roll.
The following people have been named to various University Health Care System boards: Terry D. Elam, University Health Services Inc. and University Extended Care Inc.; Sanford Loyd, University Health Inc. and University Health Resources Inc. ; Alvin Mason, Richmond County Hospital Authority; and Charles L. Spurr Jr., M.D., University Health Services Inc. and University Extended Care Inc.
John T. Lay Jr., a shareholder at Ellis Lawhorne, has been invited to join the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, a highly selective organization that welcomes only one defense trial attorney per one million people. Lay was the only attorney selected from the Columbia area.
Charles L. Spurr Jr.
Dr. Peggy O. Hewlet t, dean of the University of South Carolina’s College of Nursing, has been elected to the board of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
A team of undergraduate students from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina has taken first place in an international case competition held March 18–20 at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The Moore school was the defending champion and competed against teams from Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The final presentation of the round–robin tournament was a case about Habitat for Humanity. The team, one of the youngest in the competition, comprised freshman Sarah Genay of Charlotte; juniors Saidah Gr imes and Tim Davis of Columbia and Richmond, Va.; respectively, and senior Michael Roglitz of Tampa, Fla. A second Moore school team placed third in the competition. Patrick Demouy has served as faculty adviser to the Moore school’s undergraduate and graduate case teams for 11 years.
Terry D. Elam
University of South Carolina historian Dr. Bobby Donaldson, an associate professor of history and African–American studies and former faculty associate at Preston College, has been appointed to a three– year term as principal of Preston.
Randy Stober has joined KeenanSuggs Bowers- Elkins as a Benefits Operations manager.
Diane E. Sumpter has been appointed to serve on the Midlands Technical College Commission. The Midlands Technical College Commission is a 12–member board representing the college’s service area.
Alvin Mason
John T. Lay Jr.
Dr. Bobby Donaldson
Randy Stober
Diane E. Sumpter
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