Ellen M. Adams

Ellen M. Adams is a shareholder practicing in the areas of premises liability, general litigation, professional liability, workers’ compensation, defense litigation, contract disputes, and insurance.  While completing her undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina, Ellen worked as a runner for Collins & Lacy.  Upon the completion of her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, she joined Collins & Lacy in 1991.  During law school, Ellen received the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law.  Ellen’s  reputation in the courtroom and professional standing among her peers have earned her a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She also has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America©.

Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Workers’ Compensation, defense of self-insured and uninsured employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers 
• Professional Negligence, claims involving medical malpractice claims and negligence claims of chiropractors, nurses, and medical technicians 

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney’s Association
• South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association
• Best Lawyers ©, 2009, 2010, 2011 
• Defense Research Institute  
• South Carolina Bar 
• Richland County Bar Association
• International Society of  Primerus Law Firms

Papers, Presentations and Publications 

• Sanctions, Pleadings, Appeals, and Medical Under the Revised Workers’ Comp Act, September, SC Bar,  2007
•  Note, Undisclosed Recordings of Conversations by Private Attorneys, South Carolina Law Review, 1991
• Should I Depose the Doctor and What Should I Ask?, SC Workers' Compensation Section of the SC Bar, July, 2006

Speaking Engagements

• Ellen Adams to Speak at IROPS Conference, November 13, 2009, The New Nurse Case Management Regulations