Chair
Billy Newsome
Newsome Law, PA
1501 Main Street #601
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 218.9644
billy@newsomelawsc.com

Chair-Elect
Jonathan Spitz
Todd & Johnson, LLP
609 Sims Avenue
Columbia, SC 29205
(803) 252.1500
jspitz@toddandjohnson.com

Vice Chair
Andrew Merline
Merline & Meacham, PA
PO Box 10796
Greenville, SC 29603
(864) 242.4080
amerline@merlineandmeacham.com

Secretary
R. Marshall Minton
Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC
PO Box 123
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 881.6898
marshall@blaircato.com

Immediate Past Chair
Douglas B. O’Neal
Merline & Meacham, PA
PO Box 10796
Greenville, SC 29603
(864) 242.4080
doneal@merlineandmeacham.com

Section Delegate
Anne Kelley Russell
Womble Bond Dickinson
5 Exchange Street
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 720.4606
ak.russell@wbd-us.com

General Council Members

S. Kyle Agee (2024)                                            
Johnston Allison & Hord, PA                                    
1065 E. Morehead Street                                        
Charlotte, NC 29204                                             
(704) 998-2255                                                  
kagee@jahlaw.com

W. Jake Rea (2024)  
Burr & Forman, LLP
104 S. Main Street #700
Greenville, SC 29609
(864) 552.9368
jrea@burr.com

Maurice D. Holloway (2025)                             
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP                    
301 S. College Street, 23rd Floor                              
Charlotte, NC 28202                                             
(704) 417.3106                                                   
maurice.holloway@nelsommullins.com

Andrew E. Rhea (2025)
Evans Carter Kunes & Bennett, PA
PO Box 369
Charleston, SC 29402
(843) 577.2300
rhea@eckb.com

Zachary Moulton (2026)                                
Maxwell Law Firm                                                 
PO Box 1115                                                      
Aiken, SC 29577                                                  
(803) 641.6700                                                   
zmoulton@maxwelllawfirm.com

Julie Oliver (2026)
Burr Forman, LLP
2411 N. Oak Street, Suite 206
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
(843) 444.1107
joliver@burr.com