77 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers

August 15, 2024

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is proud to announce that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review guide, has selected 77 HSB attorneys for inclusion in The 2025 Best Lawyers in America©, including eleven attorneys as “Lawyer of the Year” and fifteen attorneys as “Ones to Watch.”

The following attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas:

CHARLESTON METRO AREA

Charlton deSaussure, Jr. – Public Finance Law

COLUMBIA METRO AREA

Frank W. Cureton – Tax Law
Robert Y. Knowlton – Litigation – Intellectual Property
William R. Johnson – Economic Development Law

GREENVILLE METRO AREA

Bryan F. Hickey – Litigation – Intellectual Property
Frank T. Davis III – Economic Development Law
H. Sam Mabry III – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J. Ben Alexander – Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
J. Derrick Quattlebaum – Litigation – ERISA
Margaret R. Scoopmire – Real Estate Law
Reid T. Sherard – Family Law

The following attorneys are listed in The 2025 Best Lawyers in America© for these specific practice areas:

CHARLESTON

Scott Y. Barnes – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Tax Law
John R. Chase – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Carol L. Clark – Public Finance Law
Jeremy L. Cook – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law
Stephen E. Darling – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Charlton deSaussure, Jr. – Public Finance Law
Carter Deupree – Real Estate Law
David C. Humphreys III – Real Estate Law
Stafford J. McQuillin III – Commercial Litigation
Wm. Howell Morrison – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
James H. Suddeth III – Real Estate Law
David M. Swanson – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
H. Clayton Walker, Jr. – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Adam N. Yount – Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

COLUMBIA

A. Parker Barnes III – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
James Y. Becker – Consumer Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Elizabeth H. Black – Commercial Litigation
John P. Boyd – Environmental Law
William C. Boyd – Antitrust Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
John C. Bruton, Jr. – Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Mary M. Caskey – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Consumer Law
Joseph D. Clark – Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law
Suzanne H. Clawson – Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation
Frank W. Cureton – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
J. Donald Dial, Jr. – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Joseph D. Dickey, Jr. – Education Law; Employment Law - Individuals
Theodore B. DuBose – Public Finance Law
L. Foster Girard – Corporate Law
William R. Johnson – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Tax Law
Robert Y. Knowlton – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Securities
Steve A. Matthews – Appellate Practice
Stanley H. McGuffin – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
Gary W. Morris – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Costa M. Pleicones – Appellate Practice; Mediation
Roopal S. Ruparelia – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Benton D. Williamson – Real Estate Law

FLORENCE

John M. Scott III – Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Benjamin T. Zeigler – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law

GREENVILLE

J. Ben Alexander – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Thomas H. Coker, Jr. – Litigation – Construction
W. David Conner – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
Frank T. Davis III – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Economic Development Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Christine Gantt-Sorenson – Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Bryan F. Hickey – Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent
H. Sam Mabry III – Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Christopher Major – Commercial Litigation
W. Francis Marion, Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J.W. Matthews III – Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Charles E. McDonald, Jr. – Real Estate Law
Kathleen C. McKinney – Economic Development Law; Public Finance Law
Arthur F. McLean III – Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. – Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
Sally McMillan Purnell – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
J. Derrick Quattlebaum – Insurance Law; Litigation – ERISA
Margaret R. Scoopmire – Real Estate Law
Kenneth N. Shaw – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Reid T. Sherard – Family Law
Joshua Spencer – Litigation – Construction
Sarah Spruill – Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation
Garrett D. Steck – Immigration Law
Seth R. Swan – Real Estate Law
Matthew P. Utecht – Health Care Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Lawyers earlier in their careers are recognized as “Ones to Watch” for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. The following attorneys have been recognized as “Ones to Watch”:

CHARLESTON

Sterling Moose Busbee – Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Guy M. Dabbs IV – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
Bryan J. Kitz – Real Estate Law
Jane Bouch Stoney – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Real Estate Law

COLUMBIA

Kathleen M. Muthig – Administrative / Regulatory Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
Ronald T. Scott – Municipal Law; Public Finance Law

FLORENCE

Charles E. Ipock – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Municipal Law

GREENVILLE

J. Patrick Bradley – Construction Law; Insurance Law; Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants  
Tyler K. Gilliam – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law
Cameo Joseph-McCollum – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Jonathan Klett – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J. Philip Land – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Demetrius Pyburn – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Suyash Raiborde – Construction Law, Real Estate Law
Mackenzie C. Ruroede – Family Law

About Best Lawyers

Recognition in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. More information on the methodology process may be found online at www.bestlawyers.com/methodology.