Firm’s fifth attorney hire in 2019 COLUMBIA, S.C – Attorney Robert M. Peele, III has joined Collins & Lacy in the firm’s Columbia office. The hiring marks the firm’s fifth new attorney since March. Peele has defended civil litigation claims since 2012. Before that, Rob served as a Deputy General Counsel for the South Carolina… Continue Reading
Archives for July 2019
New S.C. Supreme Court Ruling Affects the Statute of Limitations for a Change of Condition and Allows the Commission to Unilaterally Schedule Hearings
Earlier this week the South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals decision in Tucker v. S.C. Dept. of Transportation, Opinion No. 27906 (July 24, 2019). Filing a Form 50, Notice of Claim, within the year after the last payment of compensation will preserve the Claimant’s right to assert a change of condition. The… Continue Reading
S.C. Association of County Attorneys
Click the links below to download materials from the 2019 SCACA Conference. SUNDAY, August 4, 2019 Joanie Winters (Winters Law Firm) – “Discrimination Standards” Ned Nicholson (Burr & Forman) – “The 2017 AIA Construction Contracts Update: More Fun than Tax Law” (handout) E. Tyler Smith & Ray Jones (Parker Poe) – Opportunity Zones Amelia Furr… Continue Reading
Collins & Lacy Attorney Named to S.C. Bar Leadership Position
Michael Burchstead serves on Council of Government Law Section [COLUMBIA, S.C. July 22, 2019] – Government, Ethics and Compliance attorney Michael R. Burchstead began service as a council member for the South Carolina Bar Government Law Section on July 1st. His term expires in 2022. Burchstead is one of six council members who work to… Continue Reading
Meet our new attorneys
News releases about the attorneys who joined C&L in the first half of 2019
Attorney Luke Richardson Joins Collins & Lacy
[COLUMBIA, S.C. July 9, 2019] – J. Lucas Richardson has joined Collins & Lacy’s Columbia office as an associate in the Trucking Defense Practice Group. Attorneys in this group represent motor carriers, owner-operators, shippers, freight forwarders, and brokers in litigation statewide arising from commercial vehicle accidents and cargo claims across the state of South Carolina.… Continue Reading
