CHAIR/CLE COORDINATOR          
Jennifer C. Blumenthal

Burr Forman, LLP
100 Calhoun Street, Suite 400
Charleston, SC 29401 
(843) 723-7831 
jblumenthal@burr.com       

CHAIR-ELECT                            
James T. Buxton                         

Buxton & Collie, LLC                                       
940 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 205              
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464                                   
(843) 606-2397                                              
jbuxton@buxtonandcollie.com  

VICE CHAIR
Benjamin A. Barnhill

Nelson Mullins
Two W. Washington Street, Suite 400
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 373-2246
ben.barnhill@nelsonmullins.com

SECRETARY
Hal E. Cobb                     

Cobb Dill & Hammett Law Firm, LLC             
222 W. Coleman Boulevard, 1B                     
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464                                   
(843) 327-5777                                              
hcobb@cdhlawfirm.com         

SECTION DELEGATE
Cynthia Spieth Morton 

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Five Exchange Street 
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 720-4624
cynthia.morton@wbd-us.com    

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
L. Foster Girard

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA                         
Post Office Box 11889                                     
Columbia, SC 29211                                        
(803) 540-7760                                              
fgirard@hsblawfirm.com  

COUNCIL MEMBERS                         

James S. Bruce, exp. 2024                       
K&L Gates, LLP                                                            
134 Meeting Street, Suite 500                         
Charleston, SC 29401                                      
(843) 579-5622                                              
jamie.bruce@klgates.com                               

Nathan D. Johnson. Exp. 2024
Buxton & Collie, LLC 
940 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 205
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 606-2397
njohnson@buxtonandcollie.com

Matthew E. Pecoy, exp. 2025                           
DarrowEverett, LLP                                         
28 Broad Street, Suite 204                              
Charleston, SC 29401                                      
(843) 867-2801                                               
mpecoy@darroweverett.com                         

George E. Morrison, exp. 2025
Burr & Forman LLP
Post Office Box 1431
Charleston, SC 29402
(843) 723-7831
gmorrison@burr.com

Adair B. Patterson, exp. 2026                           
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA                         
1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor                           
Columbia, SC 29201                                       
(803) 540-7854                                              
apatterson@hsblawfirm.com                           

Emery T. Levine, exp. 2026
Maynard Nexsen PC
1230 Main Street, Suite 700
Columbia, SC 29201        
(803) 253-8209
ELevine@MaynardNexsen.com