[COLUMBIA, S.C.,] Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce that founding partner and past-president of the ABOTA Foundation, Joel W. Collins Jr., along with the South Carolina Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, have planned the First Annual James Otis Lecture in celebration of Constitution Day at 2:00 pm, Friday, September 18th.… Continue Reading
Archives for August 2009
Collins & Culbreath Selected for Litigation Counsel of America
[COLUMBIA, S.C.] – Collins & Lacy, P.C. is pleased to announce that Joel W. Collins, Jr. and Gray T. Culbreath have been invited to join the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellows are selected… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Donation to Greenville County Library
[GREENVILLE, S.C. ] – In celebration of the Firm’s 25th Anniversary, Collins & Lacy, P.C. recently made a donation of 25 books to the Greenville County Library. Collins & Lacy recently expanded to Greenville in February 2008. “We are excited about our new office in Greenville and are pleased to make this donation to the… Continue Reading
The Explainer: Can a Server Be Held Responsible for a Patron Walkout at a Restaurant?
by Christian Stegmaier cstegmaier@collinsandlacy.com Last week, a reader of this blog posed the following: “As a former restaurant manager, I occasionally had to handle walkout situations, where guests either somehow forgot to pay or simplydidn’t want to. In situations like this, can the restaurant require theserver to cover the balance, or does the restaurant have… Continue Reading