Chambers and Partners Ranks Gallivan White Boyd as a Leading Law Firm in S.C.
Columbia, S.C. – May 8, 2020
Gallivan White Boyd is pleased to announce its inclusion as a Leading Law Firm in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA. Chambers USA ranks the top lawyers and law firms across the United States. Out of 6,695 total firm rankings, Gallivan White Boyd is ranked as a Top Tier Law Firm in South Carolina for litigation. With four offices across the Carolinas, the firm frequently represents businesses and individual clients in business and commercial disputes, insurance matters, arbitration and litigation. Additionally, partners Gray T. Culbreath, John T. Lay Jr. and Daniel B. White were chosen as leading business attorneys practicing law in commercial litigation. Combined, Culbreath, Lay, and White have more than 75 years of...
Super Lawyers® List John T. Lay Jr. in Top 25 Lawyers in S.C.
Greenville, S.C. – April 28, 2020
Gallivan White Boyd celebrates another achievement for partner John T. Lay Jr. Over each of the past 13 years, he has been selected for inclusion in the annual edition of Super Lawyers®. This year, Lay has been further recognized on the Top 25: 2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers List, a list on which he has been included since 2018. He is a business litigator practicing in the firm’s Columbia, South Carolina office. Super Lawyers®, a Thomson Reuters business, rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. We believe John T. Lay has exceeded the expectation of superior, professional leadership. His achievements are...
Twenty-one Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in the 2020 Edition of Super Lawyers®
Greenville, S.C. – April 27, 2020
Twenty-one attorneys from the firm’s Greenville, Charleston and Columbia offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers. Most notably, John T. Lay Jr., whose practice area is business litigation, has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in South Carolina. Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters, lists the top 5 percent of the attorneys in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers utilizes a multiphased selection process that includes peer nominations, independent third-party research, and peer reviews by other attorneys in their primary practice area. The 14 attorneys listed as Super Lawyers...
Breon Walker Named 2020 Honoree of the South Carolina Leadership in Law Award
Columbia, S.C. – March 11, 2020
Partner Breon Walker will be recognized as a 2020 Honoree of the South Carolina Leadership in Law award hosted by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. The Leadership in Law event recognizes attorneys from across the Palmetto State who have achieved success in their law practice, made contributions to society and had an impact on the legal profession. A top Lawyer of the Year award will be selected out of the class of honorees and revealed the night of the event - Friday, March 13, 2020. Walker has a diverse legal practice which includes the defense of personal injury claims, products liability defense, commercial litigation, and government relations. Breon has years of trial experience in state and appellate courts dating...
Gallivan White Boyd Partners Selected to Become Riley Fellows
Columbia, S.C. – February 10, 2020
Gallivan White Boyd congratulates two partners of the firm on their selection to become Riley Fellows. Janice Holmes (Columbia, SC) and Stuart Mauney (Greenville, SC) join other leaders selected from across the state to participate in the Riley Institute’s Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI). Holmes is a member of the thirteenth DLI class in the Midlands, and Mauney will be a member of the twenty-ninth DLI class in the Upstate.
“Discovering ways in which differences can strengthen our organizations is of utmost importance as we seek to grow and support a thriving economy and rich culture,” said Dr. Donald Gordon, executive director of the Riley Institute.
DLI class members are identified through a rigorous...
Three Gallivan White Boyd Attorneys Elected Partner
Columbia, S.C. – January 30, 2020
Gallivan White Boyd is pleased to announce that three attorneys were chosen to become partners, Drew Bradshaw and Amity Edmonds in Greenville, South Carolina and Jessica Waller Laffitte in Columbia.
Drew Bradshaw
Bradshaw’s practice includes all aspects of civil litigation at both the state and federal level. He places a particular emphasis on transportation litigation in the railroad and trucking industries, products liability litigation, and toxic and mass torts.
Amity S. Edmonds
Edmonds focuses her practice on workers’ compensation defense. She represents employers, insurers, self-insured entities, and third-party administrators defending an array of workers’ compensation issues. Edmonds represents...