House of Delegates

The House of Delegates establishes policy for the Bar. It meets at least twice a year and includes delegates from each judicial circuit. Between House meetings, the Board of Governors may act on matters not inconsistent with House policy.
 

Chair
Alice F. Paylor, Charleston

Immediate Past Chair
Julianne Farnsworth, Charleston

Past Presidents
Kenneth C. Anthony Jr., Spartanburg
Saunders M. Bridges, Florence
F. Earl Ellis Jr., Columbia
Elaine H. Fowler, Charleston
David L. Freeman, Greenville
Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, Columbia
Wm. Douglas Gray, Anderson
John A. Hagins Jr., Greenville
W. Brantley Harvey Jr., Beaufort
Knox L. Haynsworth Jr., Greenville
Leo H. Hill, Greenville
Harold W. Jacobs, Charleston
Jacob H. Jennings, Bishopville
I.S. Leevy Johnson, Columbia
John E. Johnston, Greenville
D. Michael Kelly, Columbia
Howard P. King, Sumter
Lanneau Wm. Lambert Jr., Columbia
Wade H. Logan III, Mt. Pleasant
John O. McDougall, Columbia
Julius W. McKay, Columbia
David A. Merline, Greenville
G. Dewey Oxner Jr., Greenville
James C. Parham Jr., Greenville
William L. Pope, Columbia
Morris D. Rosen, Charleston
Richard S. Rosen, Charleston
Claude M. Scarborough Jr., Columbia
Henry B. Smythe Jr., Charleston
Thomas S. Tisdale Jr., Charleston
J.D. Todd Jr., Greenville
Flo Lester Vinson, Florence
Bradish J. Waring, Charleston
Daniel B. White, Greenville
J. Rutledge Young Jr., Charleston

First Judicial Circuit (2)
Marva Ann Hardee-Thomas, Summerville
Robert Douglas Robbins, Summerville

Second Judicial Circuit (2)
Melissa Leigh Franklin, Aiken
James Martin Harvey Jr., Barnwell

Third Judicial Circuit (2)
Eugene McLeod III, Sumter
T.D. Williams IV, Sumter

Fourth Judicial Circuit (2)
J. Richard Jones, Darlington
Elizabeth Biggerstaff York, Hartsville

Fifth Judicial Circuit (30)
John Rhodes Bailey, Columbia
J. Steedley Bogan, Columbia
Mark Davis Cauthen, Columbia
Amie L. Clifford, Columbia
Andrew N. Cole, Columbia
Leslie A. Cotter Jr., Columbia
Rosalyn Woodson Frierson, Columbia
Harry L. Goldberg, Columbia
James S. Guignard, Columbia
Sue Erwin Harper, Columbia
Charles L. Henshaw Jr., Columbia
Tina Nicole Herbert, Columbia
Catherine H. Kennedy, Columbia
Francis B.B. Knowlton, Columbia
Regina Hollins Lewis, Columbia
James B. Lybrand Jr., Columbia
Angus H. Macaulay, Columbia
Eugene H. Matthews, Columbia
John Lucius McCants, Columbia
Thad Lee Myers, Columbia
Danielle F. Payne, Columbia
Robert Lawrence Reibold, Columbia
Pamela Jane Roberts, Columbia
David M. Ross, Columbia
Robert J. Thomas, Columbia
Walter B. Todd Jr., Columbia
Richard M. Unger, Columbia
J. Calhoun Watson, Columbia
Richard Giles Whiting, Columbia
William K. Witherspoon, Columbia

Sixth Judicial Circuit (1)
Michael Paul Swearingen, Winnsboro

Seventh Judicial Circuit (5)
Reginald L. Foster, Spartanburg
Kathleen J. Hodges, Spartanburg
Wes A. Kissinger, Spartanburg
Elinor V. Lister, Spartanburg
William O. Pressley Jr., Spartanburg

Eighth Judicial Circuit (2)
George P. Callison Jr., Greenwood
Robert W. Whitesides, Laurens

Ninth Judicial Circuit (20)
Daniel F. Blanchard III, Charleston
Nicholas J. Clekis, Charleston
Martha B. Dicus, Charleston
Rhett C. Dunaway, Charleston
C. Allen Gibson Jr., Charleston
W. Andrew Gowder Jr., Charleston
Wilbur E. Johnson, Charleston
Patricia A. Kennedy, Moncks Corner
Trent M. Kernodle, Charleston
Joseph S. Mendelsohn, Charleston
Wm. Howell Morrison, Charleston
Eli Alan Poliakoff, Charleston
Edward K. Pritchard III, Charleston
Marie-Louise Ramsdale, Mt. Pleasant
John Edward Robinson, Charleston
Martha Kent Runey, Charleston
Max C. Sparwasser, Charleston
R. Bruce Wallace, Charleston
Elizabeth H. Warner, Moncks Corner
David Whitten Wolf, Charleston

Tenth Judicial Circuit (3)
Robin Sloan Cromer, Anderson
Nancy Jo Thomason, Anderson
Caroline Elizabeth Waldrep, Anderson

Eleventh Judicial Circuit (4)
J. Leeds Barroll IV, Columbia
James Edward Bradley, W. Columbia
Christopher R. Koon, Cayce
Lisa Lee Smith, Lexington

Twelfth Judicial Circuit (3)
Philip Bryan Atkinson, Florence
Gena Phillips Ervin, Florence
Julie Jeffords Moose, Florence

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (15)
James Francis Brehm, Greenville
Edward Grantland Burns, Greenville
Anne S. Ellefson, Greenville
Allen O. Fretwell, Greenville
Jack D. Griffeth, Greenville
Cari V. Hicks, Greenville
Zandra L. Johnson, Greenville
Charles Stuart Mauney, Greenville
Andrew Burke Moorman, Greenville
Carl F. Muller, Greenville
E. Brown Parkinson Jr., Greenville
Fredrick Scott Pfeiffer, Greenville
Ross Buchanan Plyler, Greenville
A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., Greenville
M. Baker Wyche III, Greenville

Fourteenth Judicial Circuit (5)
William B. Harvey III, Beaufort
J. Reaves McLeod, Walterboro
John Joseph Pinckney, Hilton Head Island
Mary Elizabeth Sharp, Beaufort
David L. Tedder, Beaufort

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (6)
James Marshall Biddle, Myrtle Beach
Kathryn C. DeAngelo, Surfside Beach
Sanford Cox Graves, Conway
Natasha M. Hanna, Myrtle Beach
Brian F. Kernaghan, Myrtle Beach
Hal M. Strange, Georgetown

Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (3)
Daniel Joseph Ballou, Rock Hill
Thomas E. Pope, Rock Hill
Harold C. Staley Jr., Rock Hill

Out of State Delegates
James R. Gilreath Jr., Nags Head, NC
Philip W. Richardson, Orlando, FL

ABA State Bar Delegates
Lana H. Sims Jr., Columbia
Bradish J. Waring, Charleston

ABA State Delegate
I.S. Leevy Johnson, Columbia

Section Delegates
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Harry L. Goldberg, Columbia

Construction Law
Dunn D. Hollingsworth, Charleston

Consumer Law
David A. Maxfield, Columbia

Corporate, Banking and Securities Law
Thomas A. Brumgardt, Columbia

Criminal Law
William D. Bilton, Columbia

Employment and Labor Law
Amy Yager Jenkins, Charleston

Environment and Natural Resources
Wendy L. Wilkie, Mt. Pleasant

Family Law
Vicki J. Snelgrove, Aiken

Government Law
Robert S. Croom, Columbia

Health Care Law
Cheryl H. Bullard, Columbia

Military Law
Jennifer Niles Williams, Columbia

Probate, Estate Planning and Trust
John R. Chase, Florence

Real Estate Practices
Robert L. Buchanan Jr., Aiken

Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
William N. Nettles, Columbia

Tax Law
Maurice D. Holloway, Charlotte

Torts and Insurance Practices
E. Brown Parkinson Jr., Greenville

Trial and Appellate Advocacy 
Sallie P. Phelan, Mt. Pleasant

Workers’ Compensation
Andrew N. Safran, Columbia

Senior Lawyers Division
Ruth W. Cupp, Mt. Pleasant
G. Dewey Oxner Jr., Greenville

Young Lawyers Division
Fred W. (Trey) Suggs III, Greenville


Note: The members of the Board of Governors are also members of the House of Delegates.