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Barbara Seymour represents lawyers, law firms, judges, and law students in matters related to ethics, professional discipline, and Bar admissions at Clawson & Staubes, LLC. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Marketing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1990 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia in 1993. Barbara worked as a trial lawyer until 2000 when she joined the staff of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. She served as the Deputy Disciplinary Counsel from 2007 until 2017. Barbara is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, and the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. She currently serves on the Law Related Education, Professional Responsibility, Unauthorized Practice of Law, and Diversity Committees at the South Carolina Bar. She was a 2006 and 2011 Fellow of the National Institute for the Teaching of Ethics and Professionalism. She is the author of Trust Accounting for South Carolina Lawyers: An Annotated Practice Manual, published by the SC Bar. She has also taught a variety of Paralegal Studies courses for the past twenty-five years.

Henry L. Deneen joined Murphy & Grantland in July 2016 and founded Blindspot Solutions, LLC in July, 2019. Blindspot Solutions focuses on EI training for professionals and Executive Coaching.

He began his legal career as a litigator in private practice, later being appointed a municipal judge for the city of West Columbia, SC.  He served as Chief Legal Counsel for then-South Carolina Governor, David M. Beasley from 1995 through 1997.  Beasley and Deneen co-founded The Center for Global Strategies, Ltd. (www.centerforglobalstrategies.org), a non-profit organization connecting businesspeople to international initiatives.  He currently serves as the Executive Director of CGS and as Executive Director of Global Hope Network International (www.ghni.org).  Deneen also served as President of Greater Europe Mission, during which time he earned a Doctorate in Executive Leadership, with a focus on Emotional Intelligence.   He now regularly offers CLE-accredited courses on Emotional Intelligence designed specifically for lawyers.

A South Carolina native, he served clients in matters involving the defense of South Carolina businesses and through mediation primarily in the upstate from his home in the Greenville area. He continues to serve as Leadership Development Director for Murphy & Grantland, P.A.

Deneen is certified as a Mediator in South Carolina Circuit, Family, and Probate Courts.  He received his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.  He and his wife, Celia, have been married for over 30 years and have four children: Laura, Lee, Leslie, and Layna, two of whom are married. Henry and Celia have three beautiful grandchildren.

Joseph serves as General Counsel and Special Advisor to the President of Midlands Technical College where he provides legal advice and assistance to Midlands Technical College Commission, Executive Council, President, and other college officials on complex legal matters, policy questions, and operational procedures. As in-house counsel for MTC, Joseph manages outside litigation and outside counsel. He also currently serves as a lead adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Joseph was selected as the co-winner of the 2019 South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer of the Year Award, He volunteers as a Mock Trial attorney coach for his alma mater, Richland Northeast High School, and as a trial advocacy team coach at USC School of Law.

Joseph has provided advice and counsel to education sector clients on a broad range of issues, including Title VII, Title IX, Clery Act, ADA, FERPA, FMLA, employment law related issues (EEOC & SCHAC complaints), compliance, ethics, risk management, student related legal issues, and other relevant federal and state laws. He has represented clients in hearings, trials, depositions and mediations. He also has experience representing clients in administrative, state and federal courts, as well as internal investigations and evaluations.

Mr. Ganjehsani has been Chief Legal Counsel for the S.C. Technical College System since 2018. In this role, he furnishes guidance to the System's sixteen institutions on personnel matters, student affairs, contracts, and a wide array of higher education issues. He spent five years as an Assistant Attorney General for the S.C. Attorney General's Office, where his duties included representing government officials in court proceedings and advising the State Employee Grievance Committee during disciplinary appeal hearings. Mr. Ganjehsani was the S.C. Department of Public Safety's General Counsel from 2012 to 2017, during which time he managed all civil litigation for the state's largest law enforcement agency. Previously, he served as a Labor Attorney with the U.S. Army at Fort Jackson and was an associate with law firms in Atlanta, Georgia, and Charleston, S.C.

Mr. Ganjehsani is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He has been admitted to the S.C. Bar since 1999 and the State Bar of Georgia since 2002. He is a member of the S.C. Bar's House of Delegates and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.