Susan P. McWilliams

Susi 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.  She is a Fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, a Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law by the SC Supreme Court, and was appointed to the SC Ethics Commission by Governor Mark Sanford, for which she now serves as Chair. 

Ms. McWilliams graduated with high honor from Agnes Scott College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the Mercer University Law School, where she was the Student Writing Editor of the law review.

Married and the mother of three children, Ms. McWilliams is active in her church and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Columbia.

• American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
• Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law
• Best Lawyers in America - Labor and Employment Law Section
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers - Employment Law and Litigation
• South Carolina Ethics Commission - Board Member
• YWCA - TWIN (Tribute to Women and Industry) Award - 1997
• Richland County Bar Association - Past President

• 18 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among South Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• 38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Names To "The Best Lawyers in America 2008"
  Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
• Legal Publisher Recognizes Ten Nexsen Pruet Attorneys For Excellence; Three Practices Areas Again Rated No. 1
  Ten Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named among the top legal practitioners in their fields in the 2007 edition of the Chambers USA Guide, and three of the firm’s practice areas were rated No. 1 in South Carolina.

• Employment & Labor Law Desk Reference For The Carolinas