Attorneys

Gene Allen
T. Eugene Allen, III practices primarily in the litigation, creditors' rights and bankruptcy fields.

Amy Allen Hinson
Amy Allen Hinson practices primarily in the area of intellectual property law.

Melissa Azallion
Melissa Azallion practices in both the firm's employment and labor and the immigration groups.

Ralph Barbier
Ralph Barbier practices in the health care area, with a focus on medical staff credentialing issues, Certificate of Need, EMTALA, and compliance/fraud and abuse investigations.

Robert G. Baynes
Bob Baynes concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and fiduciary defense matters.

Gary Beaver
Gary Beaver focuses his practice on commercial litigation involving fiduciary duties, products liability, intellectual property (trademarks and copyrights), e-commerce issues, false advertising, torts, contract disputes, and bad faith insurance defense.

Laurie Becker
Laurie Becker practices in the areas of corporate law, creditor rights and bankruptcy, commercial lending, public finance, and economic development.

Townsend Belser
Townsend Belser, Jr., a registered patent attorney, has more than 35 years experience in chemical, nuclear and environmental processes and equipment, semiconductor processes and devices, automotive and other mechanical equipment and devices, and related patent and trademark matters.

Edward Bender
Mr. Bender practices in the health care group.

Mark Bender
Mark Bender has substantial experience in complex corporate matters, health care business transactions, computer law, and commercial and municipal finance.

Joan Bergman
Joan Bergman focuses her practice in the areas of economic development and real estate.

Eric Biesecker
Eric H. Biesecker's commercial litigation practice focuses on real estate litigation and construction law, including contract drafting, lien and bond claims, contract disputes, construction defect and delay litigation, title insurance claims, condemnations, foreclosures, and landlord-tenant disputes.

David Black
J. David Black is an attorney in the firm's Columbia, SC office, practicing in the areas of complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, software litigation, intellectual property, and procurement.

Cherie Blackburn
Cherie W. Blackburn has more than 20 years of experience advising clients regarding employment issues and litigating employment related lawsuits.

Jim Blair
James A. (Jim) Blair, III practices in the areas of real estate development, real property transactions, real estate litigation, corporate law, and utilities.

Brian Bonner
Brian C. Bonner practices in the areas of real estate, corporate, and securities law.

Jeanne Born
Jeanne Born practices in the health care group with an emphasis on hospital and long term care law, risk management, health information and technology including "HIPAA," credentialing, medical staff issues including revising medical staff bylaws, peer review matters, legal compliance, administrative and regulatory issues and reimbursement.

Brooks Bossong
Brooks F. Bossong focuses his practice in the areas of creditors’ rights, commercial litigation, and commercial collections.

Cooper Brantley
F. Cooper Brantley concentrates his practice in the area of real estate development.

Elizabeth Brantley
Elizabeth M. Brantley focuses her practice in the area of real estate.

Mike Brittingham
Michael T. Brittingham is a Certified Tax Specialist who focuses his practice on employee benefits and related tax matters, including qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, welfare benefit plans, fringe benefits, and executive compensation.

Henry Brown
Henry Brown practices primarily in the areas of construction litigation, commercial litigation, mediation and alternate dispute resolution.

Patrick Brown
Pat Brown practices in the areas of public finance, commercial finance, commercial real estate and general corporate law.

Jim Bryan
James W. Bryan has practiced in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, tort litigation, trucking industry defense, commercial litigation and environmental law.

George Bullwinkel
George J.F. Bullwinkel, III practices in Nexsen Pruet’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Russell Burke
Russell Burke has a wide variety of commercial and tort litigation experience in antitrust, health care, and products liability.

Margaret Burnham
Margaret Shea Burnham concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial real estate transactions and litigation.

Grant Burns
E. Grantland Burns practices primarily in the areas of litigation, employment law, corporate compliance/crisis management, and alternate dispute resolution.

David R. Cannon
Dave Cannon practices in the areas of administrative law, business permitting, state and local liquor law and licensing matters, commercial real estate and leasing, as well as hospitality and business transactions.

Molly Hughes Cherry
Molly Hughes Cherry practices in the litigation and in the employment and labor groups.

Tushar V. Chikhliker
Tushar Chikhliker is a member of the firm’s banking and finance group, concentrating on economic development and public finance.

Amy Harrison Clayton
Amy Clayton practices in the areas of commercial real estate, general business and corporate law, and commercial lending, with special emphasis on real estate development and commercial leasing.

Jennifer S. Cluverius
Jennifer S. Cluverius is an associate in the Columbia office and works with the firm’s employment and labor law practice group.

Laurence A. Cobb
Larry Cobb practices primarily in the area of utility regulatory law.

Bob Coble
Robert D. Coble practices in the areas of health care, regulatory law and governmental representation.

Steve Coles
Stephen W. Coles is a Member in the Greensboro, N.C., office, where he works with the firm’s Business litigation practice group.

Andrew Colvin
Andrew Colvin's wide-ranging experience in real estate, corporate finance, local government and business development has benefited his clients in the greater Hilton Head area, including Beaufort County, Jasper County and Colleton County.

Lica Colwell
Angelica ("Lica") M. Colwell practices in the Business Litigation Group, where she focuses on intellectual property litigation and other litigation involving complex medical issues.

Kristian Cross
Kristian M. Cross practices with Nexsen Pruet’s business litigation group, concentrating on business disputes, insurance litigation, antitrust issues and unfair business practices. She also has experience with labor and employment issues.

Franklin Daniels
Franklin G. Daniels' broad-based real estate, corporate and economic development experience spans both the corporate and the law firm settings.

John Davidson
John W. Davidson practices in the construction and the environmental groups.

Andrew P. Dennis
Andrew P. Dennis practices with Nexsen Pruet's corporate law group.

Jay DeVaney
Jay DeVaney practices in the areas of commercial real estate, secured lending and land use litigation.

Joseph Diab
F. Joseph Diab concentrates his practice in the areas of general corporate and international commercial law.

Paul Dominick
Paul Dominick is a trial lawyer with experience in complex litigation, including class actions, securities, products liability, general business and personal injury litigation.

Elbert Dorn
With more than 20 years of trial experience, Elbert S. Dorn devotes his practice to products liability, pharmaceutical and class action litigation.

David Dubberly
David E. Dubberly chairs the Firm’s Employment and Labor Law Practice Group; he also co-chairs the Firm's International Law Team.

C. Jones DuBose, Jr.
Jones DuBose is a member of the firm's corporate and securities practice group.

James Duggan
J. James Duggan practices in the areas of taxation, probate, estate planning, real estate and corporate law.

Stephanie Eames
Stephanie Eames practices in the areas of economic development, banking and finance and corporate law.

Andrea Painter Easler
Andrea Easler practices in the firm's real estate group.

David Eddy
David C. Eddy has been handling complex commercial litigation for clients for thirty years.

Joshua L. Ellis
Joshua L. Ellis is a member of the litigation practice group.

Sloan Ellis
Sloan Price Ellis practices in the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group.

Larkin Ellzey
Larkin B. Ellzey practices in the area of real estate and corporate law.

Victoria L. Eslinger
Victoria L. Eslinger practices in the area of general and business litigation, labor and employment as well as in the firm's international practice.

William Floyd
William H. Floyd, III practices labor and employment law including employee benefits litigation.

James Galyean
James D. Galyean practices in Nexsen Pruet’s Business Litigation Practice Group as Special Counsel.

David Garrett
David J. Garrett’s practice at Nexsen Pruet focuses on immigration-related matters.

Amy Harmon Geddes
Amy Harmon Geddes is a Member in Nexsen Pruet’s Columbia, SC office practicing in the areas of tort, commercial and business litigation.

David Gossett
David Gossett concentrates his practice in economic development, real estate and lending, and includes extensive experience representing a wide variety of banking and financial institutions on complex real estate, asset-based, commercial, construction and development loan transactions, as well as workouts and debt restructuring.

Manton Grier, Jr.
Manton M. Grier, Jr. practices in the areas of business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on appellate practice.

Suzanne Graham Grigg
Suzanne (Suzi) Graham Grigg practices in the area of Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights.

Stephen P. Groves, Sr.
Stephen P. Groves, Sr. practices in the Litigation and Insurance Groups.

Joe Guy
Dr. Joseph T. Guy is a Patent Agent.

John Hardaway
John B. Hardaway, III practices in the intellectual property group.

Leon Harmon
Leon Harmon practices primarily in the areas of employment, environmental and OSHA law.

Joan Hartley
Joan W. Hartley practices in the environmental and employment and labor groups.

J. David Hawkins
David Hawkins practices primarily in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation.

Harper Heckman
Harper Heckman practices in the areas of lien, bond, construction law and civil litigation and is the Chair of the firm's Construction Practice Group.

James T. Hedgepath
Jamie Hedgepath's practice focuses on employment issues, including employment discrimination, FMLA, wage payment and employee handbook matters.

Julian ("Jay") Hennig III
Julian (Jay) Hennig, III practices primarily on the firm's corporate and securities group.

Tim Hewson
Since 1989, Tim Hewson has exclusively represented health care providers.

Gregory (Greg) Higgins
Gregory T. Higgins concentrates his practice in the areas of construction law and commercial litigation.

Elizabeth A. Holley
Elizabeth Holley practices in the areas of commercial transactions, agricultural finance, and corporate law.

Jennifer Hollingsworth
Jennifer J. Hollingsworth practices in Nexsen Pruet’s Business and Commercial Litigation Practice Group.

James Holshouser
Former North Carolina Governor Jim E. Holshouser, Jr. is Of Counsel with the firm’s Banking and Finance group in Raleigh.

Andrew Wilds Howle
Andrew Howle focuses his practice in the area of corporate law, corporate finance, business law, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactional work.

Ed Hughes
Edward M. Hughes practices primarily in the areas of land use law, real estate acquisitions and development, community governance, conservation easements, interstate land sales, condominium, secured transactions and commercial lending.

Robert H. Hull, Jr.
Bob Hull practices primarily in the areas of real estate, banking and corporate law.

Rusty Infinger
Russell T. Infinger practices exclusively in the area of workers' compensation defense.

Scott Jackson
Scott Jackson concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law, corporate finance, business law, mergers and acquisitions and franchise law.

Harold Jacobs
Harold W. Jacobs practices primarily in litigation, with emphasis in the areas of aviation, products liability, antitrust and unfair trade practices.

Heather Johnson
Heather N. Johnson concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate and commercial transactions and commercial real estate litigation.

Thomas H. Johnson, Jr.
Thomas H. ("Tom") Johnson, Jr. practices with the firm's the real estate practice group.

Mike Jordan
J. Michael Jordan practices in the firm's Business Litigation Group.

Amy Jowers
Amy Jowers concentrates her practice in the area of business litigation.

Ben Kahn
Benjamin Kahn focuses his practice is the areas of bankruptcy law and commercial litigation.

Joe Kahn
Joseph M. Kahn is an attorney with the Firm’s Health Care group and works out of the Greensboro, NC office.

Sara Kanos
Sara Kanos practices in the areas of intellectual property, computers & technology, and litigation.

Stacey Kern
Stacey T. Kern practices in Nexsen Pruet's Litigation Group, concentrating her time in the firm’s Research and Drafting Center.

Brian Kernaghan
Brian F. Kernaghan practices in the areas of real estate, real estate planning, real estate development, taxation and business.

Christopher D. King
Chris King concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law and commercial banking and finance.

Winburne King
W. Winburne King III serves as General Counsel of Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc.

Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr.
Fred Kingsmore, Jr. concentrates his practice in the areas of taxation, estate planning, trust and estates, business succession planning, family wealth transfer, tax controversies, mergers and acquisitions, probate administration and business law.

Corky Klett
William Y. Klett, III practices in the Intellectual Property group.

Mark Knight
Mark Knight practices primarily in the securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, and partnership areas.

Dan Koenig
Daniel W. Koenig is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, including the Insurance Litigation Committee and the Trucking and Transportation Committee.

Tommy Lavender
W. Thomas Lavender, Jr. practices in the areas of environmental, administrative, natural resources, agricultural, and governmental law.

Dan Leonardi
Daniel C. Leonardi is a member of the firm's intellectual property group.

Alan Lipsitz
Alan Lipsitz practices primarily in the areas of real estate, public and commercial finance, and economic development.

Jeffrey Locker
Jeff Locker practices primarily in the areas of real estate development, commercial real estate, federal and state land sale registrations, banking and finance, corporate law, economic development and creditors' rights.

Jimmy Long
James G. Long, III is a member in the business and commercial litigation practice group with experience in handling a wide variety of litigation cases in all Courts in South Carolina.

Leighton Lord
W. Leighton Lord III practices in the areas of economic development, corporate, partnership and real estate law.

April C. Lucas
April Lucas practices in the areas of corporate, economic development, finance, international, public contracts, and public finance law.

Robert Lyerly
Robert D. Lyerly Jr. practices in the firm's Tax and Estate Planning Groups.

Dennis Lynch
Dennis J. Lynch practices in the business and commercial litigation group.

Angus Macaulay
Angus H. Macaulay is a native of Richmond, Virginia.

Michael A. Mann
Mike Mann leads the Intellectual Property group, focusing on the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications, advising clients regarding patent, trademark and copyrights issues, intellectual property transfers and licensing and dispute mediation.

Marc Manos
Marcus Manos concentrates his practice in civil litigation, with an emphasis on complex litigation.

Rose Duggan Manos
Rose Manos practices primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation.

Christie Matthews
Christie S. Matthews practices in the business litigation group and is the director of the firm's Research and Drafting Center.

Burnet R. Maybank, III
Burnie Maybank is a member of Nexsen Pruet's economic development and banking & finance practice groups.

Joseph D. McCullough
Joe McCullough practices primarily in the areas of commercial real estate, real estate development, and finance.

William McMaster
Bill S. McMaster practices in the corporate, securities, and mergers and acquisitions areas.

Susi McWilliams
Susan P. McWilliams has over 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer defending individuals and corporations in business torts, employment, products liability, professional liability, contract, and many other commercial disputes.

Lawrence Melton
Lawrence C. Melton practices primarily in the construction law group.

Rick Mendoza
Julio E. Mendoza, Jr. practices in the areas of creditors' rights and bankruptcy law.

Ed Menzie
Edward G. Menzie combines extensive corporate, finance, real estate and securities experience in the representation of a variety of clients, including major real estate developers.

Nikole Setzler Mergo
Ms. Nikole Mergo is a member licensed and representing clients in both South Carolina and North Carolina, practicing in complex commercial litigation with a concentration on employment litigation defense and advice and counseling, antitrust, unfair business practices and professional malpractice defense.

Charles Miller
Charles G. Miller practices in the areas of litigation and commercial law.

Lacey Moore
Lacey M. Moore is an attorney in the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina Office and concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, toxic tort litigation appellate and white collar crime litigation.

Christy Myatt
Christine Myatt represents a wide variety of banking and financial institutions on real estate, construction, development and tax credit lending transactions and in workouts, debt restructuring and bankruptcy.

William G. Newsome III
Billy Newsome practices in the areas of taxation, wealth transfer planning, trust and estate administration, and exempt organizations.

Julian Nexsen
Julian J. Nexsen is a founding member of Nexsen Pruet.

Suzanne Guitar Odom
Sue Odom is a tax attorney in the Columbia, South Carolina office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, who focuses her practice on the area of ERISA and employee benefits.

Samuel F. Painter
Samuel F. Painter is a member of the employment law section.

Peter Pappas
Peter Pappas' principal areas of practice are business litigation, labor and employment law, commercial and civil litigation, insurance litigation, ERISA litigation, fidelity and surety, federal civil practice.

David Parrish
David J. Parrish practices in the areas of business litigation and construction law.

Brian Pearce
Brian T. Pearce concentrates his practice in the areas of land use and real estate litigation as well as commercial real estate.

Ernest C. Pearson
Ernest C. Pearson practices in the Banking and Finance Group, focusing on areas that include corporate law, international law, public finance, commercial real estate, and economic development.

John Perkins
John R. Perkins, Jr. practices in the firm's Intellectual Property, Litigation, Computer, Internet and Technology, Appellate Advocacy, Startups - Innovation Team, and Alternative Energy groups.

Chaun Pflug
Chaun W. Pflug practices in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office and works in the real estate, wireless communications, environmental, and litigation practice groups.

Sean M. Phelan
Sean M. Phelan practices in the areas of banking and finance, commercial real estate, corporate law, telecommunications, and workers' compensation litigation.

Grainger Pierce
C. Grainger Pierce, Jr. practices in the firm’s Employment and Labor Law group.

Michael Pitts
Michael S. Pitts handles a wide variety of litigation ranging from the defense of management in labor and employment matters to complex commercial cases.

David Pokela
David S. Pokela concentrates his practice in the areas of land use and real estate litigation, commercial litigation, and appellate representation.

Kent Porth
R. Kent Porth practices in the area of taxation, with an emphasis on employee benefits.

James Potter
James W. Potter practices primarily in environmental law with emphasis in air pollution, water pollution, hazardous waste and Superfund litigation. He also works with OSHA-related matters.

Brian T. Price
Brian Price practices in the corporate and commercial finance groups.

Bill Prince
William A. Prince focuses his practice on Medicaid rules and reimbursement, health regulations, government regulations and strategic planning.

Rick Reames
J. Frederick Reames III practices throughout South Carolina in the areas of trusts and estates planning and administration, taxation with an emphasis on state and local taxation, and general commercial transactions.

Randy Reavis
Randall Reavis concentrates his practice in the areas of Construction Law, Civil and Commercial Litigation.

Jeff Reichard
Jeffrey M. Reichard focuses his practice primarily in the areas of Construction Law and Intellectual Property.

Matthew Roberts
Matthew Roberts is the Chair of the firm's Health Care Practice Group.

Neil Robinson
Neil C. Robinson, Jr.’s extensive practice experience includes complex real estate transactions; administrative law, including permitting, zoning and land sales registrations, development agreements; and industrial, commercial, mixed use, planned community, brownfields, and resort real estate development.

Peter Santos
Peter Santos is an experienced business litigator who co-chairs the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group.

Pat Sarsfield
Patrick D. Sarsfield II is an attorney in the firm's Charlotte office practicing primarily in the areas of complex civil litigation, commercial and real property disputes, creditor's rights, labor and employment, personal injury, and all other aspects of civil litigation including appellate and administrative matters.

George A. Scott, Jr.
George Scott practices with the firm's Corporate Group. He also works closely with members of the Business Litigation, Bankruptcy and Health Care Groups.

David Senter
David Senter practices in the Construction Group. Since joining the firm in 1984, Mr. Senter has concentrated his practice in the areas of construction, commercial litigation and commercial collections.

Todd Serbin
Todd A. Serbin focuses his intellectual property practice on handling matters related to patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and entertainment law.

David Slough
David C. Slough practices with the firm’s real estate and litigation practice groups.

Kirsten Small
Kirsten E. Small focuses her practice in appellate law in state and federal courts.

John A. Sowards
John Sowards is chairman of the board for Nexsen Pruet. His law practice is focused on the areas of real estate, corporate and finance law.

Tom Stephenson
Thomas L. Stephenson practices primarily in the areas of labor law, employment law, and employment-related litigation.

Val Stieglitz
Val Stieglitz practices in the areas of business torts, unfair competition, commercial, intellectual property, trade secrets, insurance, and products liability litigation.

Joel Stoudenmire
Joel Stoudenmire practices primarily in the areas of taxation, corporate law, and estate planning.

Taylor Stukes
Taylor Stukes concentrates his practice in the areas of complex civil litigation, serious tort claims, construction litigation, trucking industry defense, insurance coverage disputes, and medical malpractice defense.

Ric Tapp
Ric Tapp is a trial lawyer with a concentration in commercial litigation.

Jack Taylor
John B. “Jack” Taylor has extensive experience in commercial and industrial construction law, including arbitration and mediation.

Jeff Tibbals
Jeffrey S. Tibbals concentrates his practice in the area of real estate litigation.

Tom Tisdale
Thomas Tisdale practices in the litigation and appellate groups.

Paul Topolka
Paul G. Topolka is Special Counsel and works in the tax practice group.

Jeff Vinzani
Jeffrey Vinzani's practice is concentrated in general business law with major emphases on complex real estate and finance transactions.

Bruce Wallace
Bruce Wallace practices in the business and consumer litigation group.

Brad Waring
Bradish Waring practices in the business litigation practice group. He serves as co-chair of the firm's insurance litigation committee.

Travis Wheeler
Travis C. Wheeler works as an associate on the antitrust practice team.

Sam Whitt
Samuel W. Whitt concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate law, venture capital, economic development, finance, nonprofit law, and estate planning.

Bill Wilcox
William Wilcox, IV concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of taxation, corporations, partnerships, and pensions and benefits.

William W. Wilkins
William W. “Billy” Wilkins, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and former Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, leads Nexsen Pruet’s White-Collar Crime, Appellate Advocacy, and Corporate Compliance/Crisis Management practices.

Marguerite Willis
Marguerite S. Willis practices in complex commercial litigation, with concentration in the antitrust field.

Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson is a trial lawyer whose principal areas of practice are commercial litigation including foreclosures and receiverships, construction law and litigation, bankruptcy law, creditors' rights law, and real property litigation.

Jonathan Yates
Jonathan L. Yates is a member in the firm’s real estate practice group and focuses his practice on telecommunications and land use issues.