27 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Columbia Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

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COLUMBIA, SC – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is proud to announce that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has selected 27 attorneys from the firm’s Columbia office for inclusion in The 2024 Best Lawyers in America©, including four attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” for the Columbia metro area and four attorneys as “Ones to Watch.”

The following have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas in the Columbia metro area:

– James Y. Becker – Litigation – Banking and Finance
– Mary Caskey – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
– William R. Johnson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
– Costa M. Pleicones – Appellate Practice

The following attorneys are listed in The 2024 Best Lawyers in America© for these specific practice areas:

– A. Parker Barnes III – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
– James Y. Becker – Consumer Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
– Elizabeth H. Black – Commercial Litigation
– John P. Boyd* – Environmental Law
– William C. Boyd – Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
– John C. Bruton, Jr. – Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
– Mary Caskey – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Consumer Law
– Joseph D. Clark – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
– Suzanne H. Clawson – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
– Frank W. Cureton – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
– J. Donald Dial, Jr. – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
– Clarke W. DuBose – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
– Theodore B. DuBose – Public Finance Law
– L. Foster Girard – Corporate Law
– William R. Johnson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Tax Law
– Robert Y. Knowlton – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities
– Steve A. Matthews – Appellate Practice
– John B. McArthur – Real Estate Law
– Stanley H. McGuffin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
– Gary W. Morris – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
– Costa M. Pleicones – Appellate Practice; Mediation
– Roopal S. Ruparelia – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
– Benton D. Williamson – Real Estate Law

Lawyers earlier in their careers are recognized as “Ones to Watch” for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The following attorneys have been recognized as “Ones to Watch”:

– Kaitlin T. Beck – Corporate Law
– Tyra S. McBride – Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Law
– Kathleen M. Muthig – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
– Ronald T. Scott – Municipal Law; Public Finance Law

For a full list of HSB attorneys recognized in The 2024 Best Lawyers in America©, visit our website, www.hsblawfirm.com/news.

* Lawyers who are listed for the first time

About Best Lawyers
Recognition in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. More information on the methodology process may be found online at https://www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.

About Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd provides business, litigation and financial legal services to local, national and international clients. With a history dating back to 1887, it is one of the largest law firms in South Carolina with more than 110 attorneys. The firm has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence and Greenville, South Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, visit www.hsblawfirm.com.