2026 Leaders in Law Honorees
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Stephanie Lowry, Dayton Rogers of South Carolina
Andrew Mathias, Maynard Nexsen PC
Amber Mufale, Buist, Byars & Taylor
Ben Pogue, Ben Pogue Law
Kurt Rozelsky, Spencer Fane LLP
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL
Chet Chea, Eastern Industrial Supplies, Inc.
Andrew Dennis, The Beach Company
LEADERS IN LAW
Constance Anastopoulo, Charleston School of Law
Patrick Anderson, Anderson & Moore, LLC
Beattie Ashmore, Beattie B. Ashmore Law Firm
John C. Bateman, The Bateman Firm
Anne Frances Bleecker, Bleecker Family Law
Peter Brown, The Law Office of Peter David Brown
Stephen L. Brown, Clement Rivers, LLP
Rhett Burney, Law Office of Rhett Burney
Tally Parham Casey, Wyche, P.A.
Sally H. Caver, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Tushar V. Chikhliker, Maynard Nexsen PC
Jennifer S. Cluverius, Maynard Nexsen PC
Reginald Corley, Scott & Corley P.A.
James R. Courie, McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC
Mark C. Fava, The Boeing Company
F. Cordes Ford IV, Womble Bond Dickinson
Robert F. Goings, Goings Law Firm LLC
Catherine Ava Leatherwood, Rogers Townsend
MIchael Montgomery, Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte LLC
J.R. Murphy, Murphy & Grantland, P.A.
Boyd B. Nicholson Jr., Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
Anna Catherine Parham, Hammack Law Firm
Jeanean Petoskey, LawyerLisa
Matthew Roberts, Maynard Nexsen PC
Trudy H. Robertson, Moore & Van Allen
Peter G. Siachos, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Deyaska Spencer Sweatman, The Deyaska Spencer Law Firm
Bradley S. Wright, Burr & Forman
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Joseph F. Rice, Motley Rice LLC
Ronald Charles Scott, Scott & Corley P.A.
Lewis T. Smoak, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak and Stewart
Biff Sowell, Sowell + Durant
PARTNER
Christopher Pracht, Pracht Injury Lawyers, LLP
Cheryl Shoun, Maynard Nexsen PC
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The Leaders in Law Awards celebrate In House Counsel, Leaders in Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Partners and Lifetime Achievement. The award recognizes dedicated individuals whose leadership, both in the legal profession and in the community, has had a positive impact in South Carolina.
Awards Celebration
Monday, June 29, 2026
4:30 p.m. Networking Reception
6:00 p.m. Dinner and Awards Celebration
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
1101 Lincoln St.
Columbia SC 29201
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