CHAIR
Lisa R. Claxton
Clemson University
207 Sikes Hall
Clemson, SC 29634
(864) 656-8917
lclaxto@clemson.edu
CHAIR-ELECT/CLE COORDINATOR
Bradford L. Love
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA
Post Office Box 2048
Greenville, SC 29602
(864) 240-3388
blove@hsblawfirm.com
VICE CHAIR
John H. Harris
Spartanburg County Attorney’s Office
Post Office Box 5666
Spartanburg, SC 29304
(864) 596-3406
jharris@spartanburgcounty.org
SECRETARY/CLE COORDINATOR
Michael R. Burchstead
Burr & Forman, LLP
1221 Main Street, Suite 1800
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 753-3261
mburchstead@burr.com
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR/SECTION DELEGATE
Robert R. “Rob” Smith, II
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
100 N. Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 331-1091
robsmith@mvalaw.com
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Lawrence E. Flynn, III, exp. 2024
Pope Flynn, LLC
Post Office Box 11509
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 354-4902
lflynn@popeflynn.com
Ginny L. Merck-Dupont, exp. 2024
Lancaster County
101 N. Main Street
Lancaster, SC 29720
(864) 607-4991
gmerckdupont@lancastersc.net
V. “Ginny” P. Bozeman, exp. 2025
Turner Padget
Post Office Box 1473
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 227-4372
vbozeman@turnerpadget.com
Michael Pitts, exp. 2025
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
110 East Court Street, Suite 200
Greenville, SC 29601
(864) 577-6365
mikepitts@parkerpoe.com
Kenneth Roper, exp. 2026
Pickens County
222 McDaniel Avenue B-2
Pickens, SC 29671
(864) 898-5829
kenr@co.pickens.sc.us
Leslie M. Simpson, exp. 2026
S.C. Association of Counties
1919 Thurmond Mall
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 252-7255
lsimpson@scac.sc