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Veteran tax attorney Timothy Thompson joins Robinson Gray law firm
COLUMBIA, SC – Veteran tax attorney Timothy C. Thompson has joined Robinson Gray law firm as Of Counsel. This will be a new practice area for the firm, and Thompson brings extensive and diverse experience to the task. A 1993 graduate of The Citadel, he obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South […]
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Beth Richardson joins Spring 2019 Class of Diversity Leaders Initiative
COLUMBIA, SC – Beth Burke Richardson, a member with Robinson Gray Law Firm, has joined the Midlands Spring 2019 Class of the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative. The Riley Institute at Furman started the DLI in 2003. The program’s more than 2,000 graduates has included a wide array of business, governmental and community leaders. Participants […]
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Celeste Bowers joins board of Palmetto Land Title Association
COLUMBIA, SC – Celeste Bowers, an associate with Robinson Gray law firm in Columbia, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Palmetto Land Title Association. She was elected as a director at the PLTA Annual Spring Convention on April 12. The PLTA works to maintain professional standards and ethics in the title […]
Featured, Firm News, Accolades
Seven Robinson Gray attorneys named Super Lawyers; five named Rising Stars
COLUMBIA, SC – Robinson Gray is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been named 2019 South Carolina Super Lawyers®, and five additional lawyers were selected as 2019 South Carolina “Rising Stars.” This is the 12th year that lawyers from Robinson Gray have appeared on the Super Lawyers list. The attorneys were selected […]
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Ashley Johnson joins Columbia’s Design Development and Review Commission
COLUMBIA, SC – Ashley Johnson, an attorney with Robinson Gray law firm, has been named to the city of Columbia’s Design Development and Review Commission. The commission reviews and approves work proposed within Columbia’s historic districts, urban design areas, and designated landmarks. The Commission generally meets the second Thursday of every month at City Hall. […]
Firm News, Accolades
Robinson Gray member Bobby Stepp honored at Leadership in Law awards
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC is pleased to announce Bobby Stepp was honored at the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly’s 2019 Leadership in Law awards dinner held Friday, March 15, 2019, in Charleston, South Carolina. The Leadership in Law awards honor outstanding members of South Carolina’s legal community who have achieved success in their law […]
Advocate's Journal
Exemptions to Disclosure Under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act
As explained in this blog post, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) provides a statutory framework through which the public can request public records. FOIA also contains a number of exemptions, however, that would permit (but not require) a public body to not disclose the requested information. This “permit but not require” feature […]
Advocate's Journal
Obtaining Records Under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act
The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), at S.C. Code Ann. § 30-4-10, et seq., provides a means by which members of the public can “peer behind the curtain” to better understand the activities of public bodies. One of the key features of FOIA is the provision enabling the public to obtain or inspect […]
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Stringfellow writes of the inspiring story of Jonathan Jasper Wright
La’Jessica Stringfellow, an associate with Robinson Gray, has written an article for the S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association’s publication about Jonathan Jasper Wright, a pivotal figure in South Carolina’s legal history. The article appears in the Winter 2019 edition of The Defense Line. Wright played an enormous role in South Carolina during Reconstruction. The son […]
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La’Jessica Stringfellow joins Robinson Gray as associate
COLUMBIA, S.C. – La’Jessica Stringfellow has joined Robinson Gray law firm as an associate. Her practice with the firm will focus on commercial litigation and insurance defense. La’Jessica was previously an assistant solicitor in the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s office, where she prosecuted domestic violence, sexual assaults, and other violent crimes. Before that, she served as […]