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Allen Bogan
Matt Bogan is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP who practices in Columbia, S.C. Mr. Bogan's practice concentrates on complex civil litigation, primarily financial services matters, and on the coordination of appellate, litigation, and trial strategies. He has also represented businesses accused of engaging in the unauthorized practice of law which often involves the modern-day intersection of commerce and technology.
Matt received his Juris Doctor (2004) from University of South Carolina School of Law (Student Member, John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court; President, Student Bar Association; Member, Southeastern Environmental Law Journal) and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance (2001) from Wofford College.
Professional Associations and Memberships: American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Member, Law School Task Force, South Carolina Bar Association (2005-2006); Chair, Paralegal Task Force, South Carolina Bar Association (Present); Board Member of the South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; Former Co-chair, Young Lawyers Section, Richland County Bar; Member, John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court; President (2012-2013); Executive Committee (2010-2012).
Awards and Honors: South Carolina "Super Lawyers Rising Stars" list, appellate work (2012-2015)
Clerkships: Served as a law clerk for the Honorable Chief Justice Jean H. Toal of the South Carolina Supreme Court; Served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard Mark Gergel, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
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Allyson Stuart
Professor Haynes received her BA from Duke University and her JD magna cum laude from University of South Carolina School of Law. She joined the Charleston School of Law faculty in 2004 after serving as Director of the Legal Department at Sony Corporation of America. She also served as law clerk to the Honorable David C. Norton, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and was an associate in the New York firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton. She teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Information Privacy Law, and Electronic Discovery. She has published articles and is a frequent speaker on internet privacy, personal jurisdiction, and digital evidence. Her latest article, Virtual Blinds: Finding Online Privacy in Offline Precedents , will appear in the Spring 2012 edition of the Vanderbilt Journal for Entertainment and Technology Law.
Charleston School of Law
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Christopher Paschal
Goings Law Firm, LLC
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Daniel Coble
Judge Daniel McLeod Coble was born and raised in
Columbia, South Carolina. Judge Coble attended public schools in Columbia and graduated from Clemson University with a B.A. in Economics. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Upon graduating law school, Judge Coble worked as
an assistant solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit where he also was the
lead prosecutor for South Carolina's first homeless court. He was appointed as a full-time magistrate
judge for Richland County in 2017 and served as the associate chief from
2018-2021. Judge Coble subsequently opened his own law practice, Coble Law Group, and focused on criminal and civil litigation.
Judge Coble has written several legal books and
articles and has been published by the South Carolina Bar, SC Lawyer, and
several law reviews. He served as the chair of the South Carolina Bar Publications Committee.
He was elected in 2022 to fill the seat of the
Honorable L. Casey Manning, resident judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, upon
his retirement.
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George James
Justice James was born in Savannah, Ga. and grew up in Sumter, South Carolina, aka, the center of the universe. He is a son of the late Ren F. James and the late George C. James. Justice James graduated from Wilson Hall School and graduated from The Citadel in 1982, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1985. Justice James was in private practice in Sumter for 21 years. In 2006, he was elected to the circuit court bench and served for eleven years until he was elected to the Supreme Court of South Carolina in 2017. He was re-elected in 2020 to a ten-year term. In addition to his membership in the South Carolina Bar Association and the Sumter County Bar Association, he is chairman of the Supreme Court of South Carolina Judicial Education Committee and is a member of the Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education. Justice James is also a member of the ABA Judicial Division and a member of the Executive Committee of the ABA Appellate Judges Conference. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the ABA Appellate Judges Education Institute. Justice James is married to the former Dena Owen and they have a daughter, Alston (a speech pathologist in Pawleys Island) and a son, George (a lawyer in Columbia).
S.C. Supreme Court
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Justin Kahn
Justin is a civil litigator with Kahn Law Firm, LLP in Charleston, S.C. He handles a variety of cases including professional liability and personal injury. He has written, lectured, and taught throughout the country on advocacy, procedure, evidence, ethics, technology, and persuasion.
He is triple board certified by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys in medical malpractice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a civil trial advocate and in civil pretrial practice advocacy. Justin is currently president of ABPLA and is on the board of NBTA. He is a diplomate with the National College of Advocacy of the American Association of Justice.
He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a civil circuit court mediator.
As an adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law, Justin teaches civil pretrial practice and deposition skills.
For over 30 years, he has authored the South Carolina Rules Annotated and the South Carolina Rules of Evidence Annotated used by judges and attorneys throughout South Carolina.
He is a member of various professional organizations including the American Association for Justice, South Carolina Association for Justice, South Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, MENSA and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.
He has practiced in state and federal courts throughout the country. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and the South Carolina Supreme Court.
He has argued appellate
cases before the South Carolina Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as
Fourth and Second Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Kahn Law Firm, LLP
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Letitia Verdin
Judge Verdin graduated from Furman University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina in 1997. While in law school, she was a member of the National Moot Court team and was named the outstanding student volunteer at the University of South Carolina.
After graduation from law school, she became an Assistant Solicitor with the Office of the 13th Circuit Solicitor, and later, the Office of the 8th Circuit Solicitor. It was during this time that she headed the Family Court unit for juvenile prosecution in both circuits. In 2000, she accepted a position as an Associate Attorney with the firm of Clarkson, Walsh, Rheney, & Turner, P.A. in Greenville, SC, practicing in the areas of governmental and general civil liability defense, criminal defense, and family law. In 2005, she returned to the Office of the 13th Circuit Solicitor where she prosecuted cases in the areas of child abuse and neglect and domestic violence.
Judge Verdin was elected to the Family Court as a resident judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in 2008. In 2011, the South Carolina Legislature elected her to the Circuit Court, Seat 2, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit .
S.C. Court of Appeals
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Thomas Pendarvis
Thomas A. Pendarvis graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1992 after receiving a degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia in 1984. The focus of his civil trial practice since 1992 has been representing who were injured by negligent lawyers, accountants, real estate appraisers, and other professionals. Thomas also has experience providing advice to lawyers on ethics and professional responsibility matters, lawyer moves between law firms, and law firm dissolutions. He also handles business and commercial disputes, wrongful death claims, personal injury claims, and other complex litigation matters.
Mr. Pendarvis currently sits on the Professional Responsibility Committee for the South Carolina Bar.
Pendarvis Law Offices, PC
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Vordman Traywick
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC
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