Bar News

The SC Bar honored the 2017 Pro Bono Award winners on May 24 at the House of Delegates meeting in Isle of Palms. Megan Hunt Dell of Dell Family Law in Charleston was named the Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year, and Murphy & Grantland, PA in Columbia was named the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year.

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Lyndey Bryant of Columbia has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the SC Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD). The Young Lawyer of the Year Award is presented annually to a young lawyer who exemplifies excellence in practicing law and public service.

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Wade Hampton High School senior Erin Jones was awarded $2,000 for participating in “Your Big Idea,” a scholarship contest sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD).

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The South Carolina Bar Law Related Education (LRE) Division has recognized two lawyers with its Lawyer of the Year Award for their work with the mock trial program. Rock Hill attorneys Gary Lemel (McKinney, Tucker & Lemel Law Firm) and Nathan Sheldon (Law Office of Nathan Sheldon) share this year’s title. Both attorneys will be recognized at the House of Delegates meeting on May 24 at the Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms.

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The South Carolina Bar has named Brian Autry of Kenison, Dudley & Crawford in Columbia the 2018 G. Dewey Oxner Jr. Mentor of the Year. The award was presented by Supreme Court Justice John W. Kittredge on May 3 at the Mentor of the Year luncheon.

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