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
Anne S. Ellefson, Greenville

Immediate Past Chair
Alice F. Paylor, 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
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
Fred W. Suggs Jr., Greenville
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)
Randall L. Charpia, Summerville
Robert Douglas Robbins, Summerville

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

Third Judicial Circuit (2)
Helen Tyler McFadden, Lake City
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
Shannon Furr Bobertz, Columbia
J. Steedley Bogan, Columbia
Amie L. Clifford, Columbia
Andrew N. Cole, Columbia
Leslie A. Cotter Jr., Columbia
John D. Elliott, Columbia
Harry L. Goldberg, Columbia
James S. Guignard, Columbia
Daryl G. Hawkins, Columbia
Charles L. Henshaw Jr., Columbia
Tina Nicole Herbert, Columbia
Catherine H. Kennedy, Columbia
Francis B.B. Knowlton, Columbia
Angus H. Macaulay, Columbia
Eugene H. Matthews, Columbia
John Lucius McCants, Columbia
Cynthia Hall Ouzts, Columbia
Alice W.W. Parham, Columbia
Danielle F. Payne, Columbia
Robert Lawrence Reibold, Columbia
Pamela Jane Roberts, Columbia
David M. Ross, Columbia
Lana H. Sims Jr., Columbia
Robert J. Thomas, Columbia
John Hagood Tighe, Columbia
Robert E. Tyson Jr., Columbia
Richard Giles Whiting, Columbia
Mitchell Willoughby, Columbia
William K. Witherspoon, Columbia

Sixth Judicial Circuit (1)
Michael Paul Swearingen, Winnsboro

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

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

Ninth Judicial Circuit (20)
John W. Akerman, Charleston
Daniel F. Blanchard III, Charleston
Nicholas J. Clekis, Charleston
Martha B. Dicus, Charleston
Rhett C. Dunaway, Charleston
Michele Patrao Forsythe, Charleston
C. Allen Gibson Jr., Charleston
W. Andrew Gowder Jr., Charleston
Patricia A. Kennedy, Moncks Corner
Trent M. Kernodle, Charleston
Joseph S. Mendelsohn, Charleston
Edward L. Phipps, Mt. Pleasant
Edward K. Pritchard III, Charleston
Marie-Louise Ramsdale, Mt. Pleasant
John Edward Robinson, Charleston
Martha Kent Runey, Charleston
Richard M. Unger, Charleston
R. Bruce Wallace, Charleston
Elizabeth H. Warner, Moncks Corner
David Whitten Wolf, Charleston

Tenth Judicial Circuit (3)
Floy Kenyon Anderson, Anderson
Nancy Jo Thomason, Anderson
Caroline Elizabeth Waldrep, Anderson

Eleventh Judicial Circuit (4)
J. Leeds Barroll IV, Columbia
James Edward Bradley, W. Columbia
Reginald Patrick Corley, Columbia
Lisa Lee Smith, Lexington

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

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (15)
Edward Grantland Burns, Greenville
Robert Scott Dover, Pickens
Allen O. Fretwell, Greenville
Jack D. Griffeth, Greenville
Charles M. Groves, Greenville
Jennifer A. Jeffrey, Greenville
Zandra L. Johnson, Greenville
Charles Stuart Mauney, Greenville
Carl F. Muller, Greenville
Jonathan Ashley Neal, Greenville
E. Brown Parkinson Jr., Greenville
Fredrick Scott Pfeiffer, Greenville
Ross Buchanan Plyler, Greenville
S. Venus Poe, Simpsonville
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)
Kenneth S. Generette, Conway
Daniel J. MacDonald, Myrtle Beach
M. Gregory McCollum, Myrtle Beach
Angela Graham McIver, Conway
Joseph Stanley Sandefur, 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
Beverly A. Carroll, Charlotte, NC
Charles B. Garren, Atlanta, GA

ABA State Bar Delegates
J. Michelle Childs, Columbia
Rosalyn Woodson Frierson, Columbia
Daniel B. White, Greenville

ABA State Delegate
I.S. Leevy Johnson, Columbia

Law School Deans
Andrew Louis Abrams, Charleston
Walter F. Pratt Jr., Columbia

Section Delegates
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Robert W. Hassold Jr., Greenville

Construction Law
John W. Davidson, Columbia

Consumer Law
Thomas E. Lydon, Columbia
 
Corporate, Banking and?Securities Law
James W. Sheedy, Rock Hill
 
Criminal Law
W. Michael Hemlepp Jr., Columbia
 
Employment and Labor Law
J. Hagood Tighe, Columbia

Environment and Natural Resources
Randolph R. Lowell, Columbia
 
Family Law
Martha L. Hamel, Pawleys Island
 
Government Law
Robert S. Croom, Columbia
 
Health Care Law
Andrea H. Brisbin, Charleston
 
Military and Veterans’ Law
Barry J. Bernstein, Columbia
 
Probate, Estate Planning and Trust
Scott W. Hutto, Georgetown
 
Real Estate Practices
M. Jeffrey Vinzani, Charleston
 
Solo and Small Firm Practitioners
Däna E. Wilkinson, Spartanburg
 
Tax Law
James F. Reames III, Columbia
 
Torts and Insurance Practices
Gerald E. Reardon, Columbia
 
Trial and Appellate Advocacy
William J. Watkins, Greenville


Workers’ Compensation

Shannon T. Poteat, Columbia

Senior Lawyers Division
Ruth W. Cupp, Mt. Pleasant
Harold W. Jacobs, Charleston
 
Young Lawyers Division
Rebecca Ann Roser, Columbia

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