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2007 Ceremony

Outstanding Law Alumni Honored by USC School of Law

The 2007 Compleat Lawyer Awards dinner was held April 19 at the Capitol City Club in Columbia. Nine South Carolina lawyers were chosen as the 2007 recipients of USC School of Law's Compleat Lawyer Award. The awards were established in 1992 by the Law School Alumni Association to recognize alumni for outstanding civic and professional accomplishments.

The Platinum Award is given to three attorneys who have been in practice for over thirty years. The recipients are:

• J. Lewis Cromer, Cromer & Mabry, Columbia
• Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Gibbs & Holmes, P.C., Charleston
• H. Dave Whitener, Jr., Whitener & Wharton, P.A., Columbia

The Gold Award is presented to three attorneys who have been in practice for 15-30 years. The recipients are:

• David E. Dukes, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Columbia
• Charles W. Patrick, Jr., Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman, LLC, Charleston
• J. Mark Taylor, Moore, Taylor & Thomas, P.A., West Columbia

The Silver Award is presented to three attorneys who have been in practice for 14 years or less. The recipients are:

• Anne Macon Flynn, SC State Budget & Control Board, general council, Columbia
• Dale R. "Bubba" Samuels, Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Cummings, GA
• Lorri Shealy Unumb, Charleston School of Law, associate professor, Charleston

	All Recipients: Lewis Cromer, Charles Patrick, Dave Whitener, Lorri Unumb, Dale Samuels, Anne Macon Flynn, Mark Taylor, Coming Gibbs, David Dukes (not pictured)
	Platinum Recipients: J. Lewis Cromer, H. Dave Whitener, Jr., Coming B. Gibbs, Jr.
	Gold Medallion Recipients: J. Mark Taylor, Charles W. Patrick, Jr., David E. Dukes (not pictured)
	Silver Medallion Recipients: Lorris Shealy Unumb, Dale "Bubba" R. Samuels, Anne Macon Flynn
	Coming B. Gibbs, Jr. and Sue Gibbs
	Charles Patrick, Lorri Unumb
	Dottie Pratt, Jack Pratt, Peter and Patty Korn
	Carolyn House Stewart, Alex Eikner, Deanene Thornwell
	And the band played on ...