Ogletree Partners Join Nexsen Pruet

Greenville, SC - The law firm of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLC is pleased to announce that Ingrid Blackwelder Erwin and E. Grantland Burns have joined the Firm as Members practicing in Labor & Employment law and litigation areas. Erwin and Burns are both former Partners at the Greenville, SC based firm of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, and Stewart.

Tom Stephenson, a labor and employment Member in Nexsen Pruet's Greenville office, believes the addition of Erwin and Burns will greatly enhance the practice with their years of experience and dedication to labor and employment law. Together they bring over 30 years experience, and Erwin is a Certified Specialist in Labor & Employment Law by the South Carolina Supreme Court. "We're glad to have them on board and believe it's a win-win for everyone," Stephenson said.

Nexsen Pruet is a large general practice firm founded in 1945, with offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies in local, state, national, and international venues.

"Nexsen Pruet's strong concentration in the Southeast is one of the factors that brought me here," stated Erwin, who is licensed to practice in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

This commitment to business in the Carolinas is also one of the factors that attracted Burns to Nexsen Pruet. "I am excited about being a part of a firm which has its focus squarely on the expanding business climate of the Carolinas," he commented.

Al Pollard, Managing Member of the Firm in its Columbia office, also believes these are a great additions to the firm's expanding practice. "Nexsen Pruet has been concentrating on adding qualified experienced labor and employment attorneys over the past few years. Our clients are finding a growing need for labor and employment services. We are very pleased to have the privilege of practicing with such fine lawyers," he stated. The Firm now has 130 attorneys in six offices in the Carolinas, 25 practice in some area of labor and employment law, and eight of these are located in the Greenville office. Pollard added, "the fact that we now have six Certified Specialists in Labor and Employment Law demonstrates our commitment to qualified legal professionals dedicated to such an important area of the law."