George Bullwinkel Named To Charleston County Conservation Bank Board

Charleston, SC — George J. F. Bullwinkel III, an attorney in Nexsen Pruet’s Charleston office who practices in the real estate group, has been named to the Charleston County Conservation Bank Board.

Bullwinkel was selected from the applicants nominated for the seat reserved for an attorney practicing in the real estate field.

“George will be a great addition to this important board,” said Leighton Lord, Board Chairman of Nexsen Pruet.  “He, and our law firm, are keenly interested in helping to protect both our natural and historic land resources.”

The Conservation Bank Board consists of nine members who must have a demonstrated background, experience, and interest in the conservation of natural or historical resources. It will advise County Council on how to spend about $70 million for rural land protection.

Bullwinkel earned his undergraduate degree from Clemson, his International M.B.A. from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, and his law degree from the USC School of Law.

He also attended the WHU-Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management in Koblenz, Germany, and spent five months in Northern Ireland as a project manager with Larne Enterprise Development Co., working on various economic development projects.

Nexsen Pruet, LLC is one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, with more than 180 attorneys and offices in Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.  Founded in 1945, Nexsen Pruet provides a broad range of legal services to the business community and represents companies and other entities in local, state, national, and international venues.