"Quill & Parchment: Expressing gratitude for lawyers who work for the common good"

The November 30th edition of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly features an article entitled "Quill & Parchment: Expressing gratitude for lawyers who work for the common good."

Senior staff writer Fred Horlbeck thanked Nexsen Pruet attorney Billy Wilkins for his work in overseeing the cleanup of contamination in Twelve Mile River in South Carolina's Upstate. 

Horlbeck writes:

Greenville attorney Billy Wilkins told me that his greatest satisfaction this year has been his service as one of the trustees overseeing an Upstate environmental cleanup. The reason: It's a lasting benefit to the public, he said.

Wilkins is the former U.S. Fourth Circuit chief judge who retired last year and went back into the practice of law after 27 years on the federal bench. He usually works 10-hour days and goes into the office on Saturdays or Sundays to get things done while the phone isn't ringing as it does on weekdays.

That regimen isn't exactly what most people expect from a retired federal judge in his late 60s. Popular expectations mandate a more free and easy lifestyle during the golden years.

But I'm glad that Billy Wilkins is watching over that cleanup, even if he is working the long hours of a young associate.

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