HSB Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. 

The following have been named Best Lawyers 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice area:

Charleston, SC

• John R. Chase – Tax Law
• Charlton deSaussure, Jr. – Public Finance Law
• John H. Tiller – Product Liability Law – Defendants

Columbia, SC

• John C. Bruton, Jr. – Litigation – Construction
• Suzanne H. Clawson – Securities / Capital Markets Law
• Frank W. Cureton – Trusts and Estates
• William R. Johnson – Economic Development Law

Greenville, SC

• J. Ben Alexander – Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Kathleen C. McKinney – Public Finance Law
• Arthur F. McLean III – Litigation – Trusts and Estates

HSB is also proud to share the following lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in The 2019 Best Lawyers in America^© list for the specific practice areas:

Charleston, SC

• Scott Y. Barnes (1993) – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law
• John R. Chase (2005) – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Stephen E. Darling (2011) – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Charlton deSaussure, Jr. (2005) – Public Finance Law
• Julie O. Medich (2009) – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Wm. Howell Morrison (2015) – Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• James H. Suddeth III (2013) – Real Estate Law
• David M. Swanson (2009) – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
• John H. Tiller (2011) – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• J. Paul Trouche (2003) – Public Finance Law

Columbia, SC

• A. Parker Barnes III (*) – Litigation – Real Estate
• James Y. Becker (2012) – Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Elizabeth Black (*) – 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 (*) – 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
• John K. Van Duys (2005) – Public Finance Law
• Benton D. Williamson (2010) – Real Estate Law

Florence, SC

• John M. Scott III (2009) – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
• Benjamin T. Zeigler (2012) – Economic Development Law

Greenville, SC

• 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; 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
• W. Francis Marion, Jr. (2003) – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• J.W. Matthews (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 M. 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 (*) – Commercial Litigation
• Seth Swan (*) – 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

About Best Lawyers®
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Lawyers being honored as “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers in America publication are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the exhaustive peer-review assessments conducted with thousands of leading lawyers each year. Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Over 79,000 leading attorneys globally are eligible to vote, and more than 12 million votes have been received to date on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world.