Adair B. Patterson
Associate
| Columbia
Industries
Meet Adair
Adair Patterson is an associate in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Columbia office and focuses her practice on corporate law.Prior to joining our firm, Adair served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. While in law school, she served as the Senior Student Works Editor for the South Carolina Law Review, was a student member of Women in Law, and received the Joseph O. Rogers Bicentennial Fellowship and Albert C. Todd, III Estate Planning Award.
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2020
- Clemson University, M.Ed. Ed.S., 2015
- University of Virginia, B.A., 2012
Admissions
- South Carolina, 2020
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2021
Honors and Awards
- University of South Carolina School of Law 2020 “Compleat Lawyer” Bronze Medallion Recipient
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Wig and Robe
- CALI Award Recipient: Criminal Law, Corporate Tax, Estate Planning, Legal Writing for the Courts, Problems in Professional Responsibility, Property
Professional and Civic Activities
- South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Upstate Forever
- Women in Law, Student Member (2018-2020)
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Preparer
Presentations and Publications
- Pertuis v. Front Roe Restaurants, Inc.: Equity Restores the Corporate Veil in Single-Business Enterprise Theory, South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 891, 2019
- “Managing Your Liability When Clients Breach Their Fiduciary Duties,” HSB 2019 Corporate Law for Accountants Seminar Series, co-authored with Charlie Ipock
