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October 2006

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Class of 1956

• John E. Johnston is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the fields of commercial litigation and personal injury litigation law.

Class of 1969

• William L. Bethea, Jr. and his wife Paula Harper Bethea were named the 2006 Business Leaders of the Year by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.

Class of 1970

• A. Marvin Quattlebaum is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the field of real estate law.

Class of 1974

• Michael J. Giese is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the fields of commercial litigation and personal injury litigation law.
• F. Marion Hughes is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the fields of bankruptcy and creditor-debtor rights law.

Class of 1975

• Mark R. Holmes is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the field of commercial and industrial real estate transactions law.

Class of 1977

• M. Malissa Burnette is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for her accomplishments in the field of employment and labor law.
• William L. Dennis is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the fields of employee benefits and trusts and estates law.

Class of 1979

• Karen A. Gould is President of the Virginia State Bar.

Class of 1982

• James L. Werner is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the field of construction law.

Class of 1984

• D'Anne Haydel has begun a two-year term as President of the South Carolina Association of County Attorneys.

Class of 1986

• David B. Summer, Jr. is listed in Woodward White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the fields of administrative and health care law.

Class of 1991

• Matthew J. Norton is leader of the Hospitality and Planned Development Industry Team in the Myrtle Beach and Charleston offices of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein. He is listed in Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America 2007 for his accomplishments in the field of real estate law.

Class of 1995

• Wendy Alison Massa was recently knighted by the Vatican. Dame Wendy is a knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. She resides with her husband, Sir Michael, KHS, a physician, and their daughter, Tatiana Sophia, in Chicago and part of the year in Italy. She serves on the Business Conduct Committee of the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Class of 1996

• R. David Proffitt is an associate in the Columbia office of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd.

Class of 1998

• Margaret "Meg" R. Scoopmire joined the Greenville office of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd in June, serving as Special Counsel. Her practice primarily concentrates on real estate, commercial transactions, and corporate matters.

Class of 1999

• Michael W. Eisenrauch is Partner in Charge in the Myrtle Beach office of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein.
• Jennifer W. Rubin was awarded the 2005-2006 Young Lawyer of the Year by the Young Lawyer's Division of the South Carolina Bar.

Class of 2004

• Brandt R. Horton is an associate in the North Charleston office of Finkel Law Firm.

Class of 2005

• Julie J. Anders has joined the Hilton Head Island office of Alford & Wilkins, PC.
• David L. Barnes, Jr. is an associate in the Columbia office of McCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette, LLP.
• James G. Biel has joined the Columbia office of Ormand Ashley & Gibbons, PA.
• Kelley Blackburn is an associate in the Columbia office of Childs & Halligan, PA.
• Kimberly M. Boan is an assistant solicitor with the 13th Circuit Solicitor's Office.
• Shealy M. Boland has joined the S.C. Supreme Court Staff Attorneys' Office in Columbia.
• George Bullwinkel is an associate in the Charleston office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC.
• Joanne H. Burkett is an associate in the Spartanburg office of Cate & Collins, PA.
• Jennifer Camp is a staff attorney with the SC Court of Appeals.
• Darrell W. Carter is an associate in the Columbia office of Sweeny Wingate & Barrow, PA.
• Amy H. Clayton is an associate in the Columbia office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC.
• Andrew W. Countryman is an associate in the Charleston office of The Hood Law Firm, LLC.
• Daniel R. D'Alberto has joined the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins, LLP.
• J. Michael DeTreville is an associate in the Charleston office of Patricia O. DeTreville, PA.
• Aaron Dias is an associate in the Mount Pleasant office of Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, LLC.
• Amanda "Mandi" K. Dudgeon is an associate in the Charleston office of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA.
• Alison D. Durgee is an associate in the Charleston office of The Hood Law Firm, LLC.
• Sarah T. Eibling has joined the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins, LLP.
• Peter E. Farr is an associate in the Columbia office of Murphy & Grantland, PA.
• M. Ryan Gentry has joined the Columbia office of McNair Law Firm, PA.
• Emily R. Gifford is an associate in the Columbia office of Richardson Plowden Carpenter & Robinson, PA.
• Mark B. Goddard is an associate in the Columbia office of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA.
• Marcus K. Gore has joined the Columbia office of Walker & Reibold, LLC.
• Elizabeth O. Gumb has joined the North Charleston office of Buist Byars Pearce & Taylor, LLC.
• Thomas Harrington has joined the Columbia office of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC.
• Joan Hillard is an associate in the Columbia office of Nexsen Pruet, LLC.
• Herbert "Trey" C. Howell, III is an associate in the Charleston office of Craver & Webb, PA.
• Kenneth D. Kolb, Jr. is an associate in the Charleston office of Teschner Law Firm, LLC.
• Jason S. Luck has joined the Columbia office of Collins & Lacy, PC.
• Sarah Lytle is an associate in the Columbia office of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC.
• Jason D. Maertens is a staff attorney with the SC Court of Appeals.
• Melina Mann is a staff attorney with the SC Court of Appeals.
• Daniel "Chip" S. McQueeney, Jr. is a staff attorney with the SC Court of Appeals.
• Katherine C. Miars is an associate in the Charleston office of Anderson Segui & Reynolds, LLC.
• M. Allison Moon is an associate in the Greenville office of Gallivan White & Boyd, PA.
• Michael P. Morris has joined the Columbia office of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC.
• Amy Neuschafer has joined the S.C. Supreme Court Staff Attorneys' Office.
• Ryan W. Newton is an associate in the Columbia office of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA.
• Brandon T. Norris has joined the Greenville office of McNair Law Firm, PA.
• Erik T. Norton has joined the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins, LLP.
• Michael J. O'Sullivan is a staff attorney with the SC Court of Appeals.
• Paige B. Phillips is an associate in the Mount Pleasant office of Sottile Hopkins & Daniel, LLC.
• Aaron T. Polkey is an associate in the Charleston office of Derfner Altman & Wilborn, LLC.
• W. Duffie Powers is an associate in the Greenville office of Gallivan White & Boyd, PA.
• John David Ray is an associate in the Myrtle Beach office of R. Michael Munden, PA.
• George A. Reeves, III is an associate in the Columbia office of Baker Ravenel & Bender, LLP.
• John E. Rogers, II is an associate in the Spartanburg office of Butler Means Evins & Browne, PA.
• Jennifer A. Ross has joined the S.C. Supreme Court Staff Attorneys' Office.
• Jean L. Saunders is an associate in the Columbia office of Carol Sanders, PA.
• Meredith L. Seibert is an associate in the Columbia office of Duff & White, LLC.
• Thomas Sinclair is an associate in the Greenville office of Thomas & Fisher, PA.
• Allison P. Sullivan has joined the Columbia office of Bluestein & Nichols, LLC.
• H. Chris Tecklenburg, IV is an associate in the Charleston office of Clawson & Staubes, LLC.
• Jennifer H. Thiem has joined the Charleston office of Nelson Mullins, LLP.
• Jeanne M. Townes has joined The Law Office of W. Daniel Mayes in Aiken.
• Benjamin A. Traywick is an associate in the Columbia office of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, PA.
• Jeffrey Warner is Assistant to the Army General Counsel at the Office of the Army General Counsel in Washington, D.C.
• William W. Watkins, Jr. has joined the Charleston office of Elmore & Wall, PA.
• Charles J. Webb is an associate in the Columbia office of Richardson Plowden Carpenter & Robinson, PA.
• J. Matthew Whitehead is an associate in the Greenville office of Gallivan White & Boyd, PA.
• Kristina A. Young is an associate in the Charleston office of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein.
• Eric G. Zaiser is an associate in the Greenville office of Dority & Manning, PA.