Thirty-eight Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP attorneys have been honored as members of the 2023 South Carolina Legal Elite. The attorneys were voted on by their peers and those selected are spotlighted in the current editions of Charleston Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly, and the Greenville Business Magazine.

In addition, nine Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys— Joseph Bias (Education), Laurel Blair (Estate & Trust – Litigation), Andy Coburn (Corporate Law – Business Organizations and Employee Benefits), Rhett Dehart (Criminal – White Collar), Morris Ellison (Foreclosure), Cordes Ford (Construction), Foster Gaillard (Hospitality & Tourism), Anne Kelley Russell (Estate & Trust – Planning), and Stephanie Yarbrough (Government – Finance)—have been honored as the top practitioner in the state in their respective practice area. 

Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys recognized as members of the 2023 South Carolina Legal Elite are:

Charleston

  • Laurel Blair—Business Litigation, Corporate Law – Banking & Finance, Estate & Trust – Litigation, Estate & Trust – Planning, Tax and Estate Planning
  • Will Dawson—Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Law – Business Organizations, Corporate Law – Banking & Finance
  • Rhett DeHart—Corporate Investigations, Criminal – White Collar
  • Ryan Ellard—Corporate Investigations, Insurance
  • Morris Ellison—Commercial Real Estate, Foreclosure
  • Cordes Ford—Construction
  • Foster Gaillard—Hospitality & Tourism
  • Greg Horton—Business Litigation, Employment – Defendant
  • Dana Lang—Product Liability – Defendant
  • Whit McGreevy—Corporate Law – Business Organizations, Economic Development
  • Cynthia Spieth Morton—Commercial Real Estate
  • Matt Orville—Commercial Real Estate
  • Dan Orvin—Commercial Real Estate
  • Anne Kelley Russell—Estate & Trust – Planning, Tax and Estate Planning
  • Henry Smythe—Business Litigation
  • Matt Tillman—Business Litigation
  • Andrew Walden—Construction
  • Bill Warnock—Construction
  • James Weatherholtz—Personal Injury – Defendant, Product Liability – Defendant
  • James Wilson—Corporate Law – Banking & Finance, Hospitality & Tourism
  • Stephanie Yarbrough—Government – Finance, Economic Development
  • Tom Zamadics—Estate & Trust – Planning, Tax and Estate Planning

Columbia

  • Joseph Bias—Education
  • Bryant Caldwell—Appellate, Business Litigation, Product Liability – Defendant
  • Todd Carroll—Appellate, Business Litigation
  • Kevin Hall—Appellate, Business Litigation, Corporate Investigations, Education, Product Liability – Defendant, Professional Liability
  • Belton Zeigler—Energy & Utilities

Greenville

  • Michael Bogle—Environmental
  • Amy Clayton—Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Law – Banking & Finance
  • Andy Coburn—Anti-Trust, Corporate Law – Business Organizations, Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law – Securities, Employee Benefits
  • Kean DeCarlo—Intellectual Property and Innovation
  • Jamie Francis—Corporate Investigations, Corporate Law – Business Organizations, Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Sterling Laney—Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights, Business Litigation, Corporate Law – Banking & Finance, Foreclosure
  • Eric McCarthy—Professional Liability
  • Jill Rothstein—Professional Liability
  • Lindsay Smith—Commercial Real Estate
  • Betty Temple—Corporate Law – Banking & Finance, Corporate Law – Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law – Securities, International
  • Jason Wyman—Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights, Foreclosure