Turner Padget
News
Lanny Lambert Selected to Join Both
National & Local Boards
Lanny Lambert has been appointed to the National
Conference of Bar Presidents as a member-at-large of the
Executive Council. Lanny has also been appointed to the
Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Central South
Carolina, Inc.
Since its inception in 1950, the National Conference of
Bar Presidents has provided training and information to
state and local bar association leaders. Leaders in the ABA
often come from this organization. Past state, county and
metropolitan bar leaders from 53 states and territories make
up the current organizational members of the NCBP. The
Executive Council has fifteen members, five selected each
year for a three-year term. Lanny’s contributions to the
association as President of the South Carolina Bar were
instrumental in selecting him for this visible position.
Michelle Clayton Selected by
Leadership South Carolina
Leadership South Carolina (“LSC”) has
selected Michelle Clayton as part of the program’s Class of
2009. Michelle practices primarily in the areas of business
litigation and employment law and is a member of the Firm’s
Recruiting and Diversity Committees. Click
here for the full story.
Turner Padget Client, H.J. Heinz
Company, Announces New
Factory in Florence County
Turner
Padget is honored to be associated with such a world class
organization as H.J. Heinz. Click
here for details
regarding the new factory that will bring approximately 350
jobs to Florence, South Carolina.
Elaine Fowler Receives Platinum Level
Compleat Lawyer Award
Six
outstanding alumni were recognized for their significant
contributions to the legal profession by the U.S.C. School
of Law on April 17, 2008. Elaine is a shareholder in
our Charleston office and has been with Turner Padget since
1975. Click
here for the full story.
Super Lawyers Select Turner Padget
Attorneys
Eight
Turner Padget attorneys will be included in the 2008 edition
of Super Lawyers of South Carolina. Super Lawyers is a
listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice
areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition
and professional achievement. Super Lawyers magazine names
attorneys in each state who received the highest point
totals, as chosen by their peers and through the independent
research of Law & Politics. The attorneys selected
are:
John K. Blincow, Professional
Liability
John E. Cuttino, Civil
Litigation
J. Rene Josey, Business
Litigation
Curtis L. Ott, Products
Defense
Thomas C. Salane, Insurance
J. Munford Scott, Jr., Tax
Franklin G. Shuler,
Employment
John S. Wilkerson, General
Litigation
Art Justice, 2008 Campaign Chair of
the Florence United Way Campaign
Art has been
involved with the United Way in Florence for numerous years.
This year he will serve as Campaign Chair of the 2008-2009
United Way.
In Art’s capacity this year, he will oversee the various
divisions, and the volunteers assigned to each one, will
direct Leadership giving by individuals, and will directly
work with the larger corporate contributors to increase
their particular campaigns within their company.
The 2007 Florence campaign expects to reach a
record for contributions of $1.6 million. Obviously, Art
hopes to exceed the 2007 results. Planning on the campaign
has already begun. They will begin visiting their larger
corporate contributors this summer, as well as conduct
training for the volunteers. The Pacesetter campaign will
kick off in early August, with the full campaign beginning
in September and ending in March 2009.
Turner Padget
Lawyers Participate in Regional Convention
Several Turner Padget attorneys
participated in the Southern Regional Black Law Students
Association Convention on January 23-26, 2008.
Click
here
for the full story.
Michael Roberts,
Chairman of Professional Advisory Committee of McLeod Health
Foundation
McLeod Foundation, through
the efforts of its Planned Gifts Development Committee, has
formed the Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) composed of
local estate planners, financial planners and business
professionals. Michael G. Roberts, shareholder of
Turner Padget, and a certified specialist in taxation,
estate planning and probate law, serves as chair of the PAC.
"Those of us on the Planned Gifts Committee saw the need for
a forum in which to gather local advisors for fellowship and
education. The more informed we as advisors become,
the better we can assist those clients who desire to benefit
charitable organizations like the McLeod Health Foundation,"
Mr. Roberts said. Click
here for the full story.
John E. Cuttino
named National Chair of DRI Construction Law Committee
John Cuttino has been named
the national Chair of the Construction Law Committee of the
Defense Research Institute (DRI) effective October 14, 2007.
The Defense Research Institute is the international
membership organization of attorneys involved in the defense
of civil litigation. Its Construction Law Committee is
comprised of over 800 talented and diverse lawyers from both
large and small firms around the country, and provides an
excellent forum for practitioners to increase their
expertise in this specialized area of law, share practical
and expert information, and assist each other in increasing
the volume and quality of their construction practice.
Best Lawyers
Selects Turner Padget Attorneys
October, 2007 - Eighteen
Turner Padget attorneys will be included in the 2008 edition
of The Best Lawyers in America. The Best
Lawyers in America is one of the oldest and most
respected peer-review publications in the legal profession.
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys
by conductive exhaustive peer-review surveys in which
thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their
professional peers. Click
here
for the full story.
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