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Contents

Calling on the portAs the home of what historically has been

one of the nation’s busiest ports, literally tons

of cargo moves through the state each year

on its way to store shelves and manufacturing

plants across the nation. We’ll take you inside

some of the most important — and heated —

issues that the port, and the industries that

support it, face today.

A maritime industry in transition ............Page 16

The growing role of rail ..........................Page 19

Cover Photo/Leslie Halpern

MARKETFACTSREAL ESTATE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION GOVERNMENT

STATEWIDE EDITION

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Find out who appears in

the 2009 edition of The

Best Lawyers in America.

Essential information about

South Carolina’s people,

businesses and economy.

EXCLUSIVE

Ready, willing & ableIn this SCBIZ magazine exclusive, Lynn

Harton, The South Financial Group’s new

president and CEO, discusses his plans to

revive the troubled bank holding company

and maintain its independence.

Photo/James T. Hammond

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COVER STORYPORTS, LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION

http://carolinacareplan.com


in Th e Wall Street Journal noted that health

care spending has now risen to 17.6% of total

U.S. output, up three percentage points from

1994. Th at’s unsustainable growth, and now

virtually everyone recognizes this as a critical

fi nancial issue for the nation, for businesses

and for individual citizens.

Th e Obama administration will push hard

for action at the federal level this year, but it’s

very clear that improving the quality of health

care while reducing costs and improving ac-

cess to care will require eff orts at all levels. It’s

like World War II, in a way,

where everyone pitched in and

everyone made some sacrifi ces

to ensure victory.

At the individual level, we

must take personal responsi-

bility for trying to maintain

our own good health. Stop

smoking. Eat a healthier diet.

Exercise more. Make sure you

have a “medical home” at a clinic or fam-

ily physician’s practice to help monitor your

health and provide timely care when needed.

Perhaps we should be calling this a “medical

home base” to avoid confusion.

In the provider sector, including hospitals,

physicians and medical support staff , there’s

a need to recognize that we must remake

our health care system to deliver better care

and get more return for dollars we spend on

care. It can be done — and is being done —

at places such as the Mayo Clinic, the Cleve-

land Clinic and the Geisinger Health System

in rural Pennsylvania. An article in the April

issue of the AARP Bulletin (yes, I’m showing

Have you heard the news? Instead of just

talking about fi xing what’s broken with

health care, a new collaborative organi-

zation called AccessHealth SC is doing some-

thing about it.

I’ve been involved for many years in ad-

vocacy for community-based approaches

to bridging the gaps in care for low-income,

uninsured citizens in the Charleston region;

so for me it’s truly exciting to see the emer-

gence of a statewide eff ort with serious goals

and timelines and the opportunity for fund-

ing to support pilot programs

around the state.

Th e program, initiated by

the Duke Endowment, is ad-

ministered by the S.C. Hos-

pital Association. Th e goal is

to change the current frag-

mented system of care for the

uninsured into a coordinated

approach that meets patients’

needs for ongoing preventive, chronic and

acute health care and medication needs.

You can fi nd out much more about the

program at www.accesshealthsc.net. I urge you

to visit the Web site and become familiar with

the program. Aside from the importance of

the initiative in terms of improving the overall

health of South Carolinians, we as business-

people need to recognize that this eff ort has

the potential to give us a competitive advan-

tage from the standpoint of regional econom-

ic development and the fi nancial health of our

businesses.

It’s no secret that health care costs contin-

ue to spiral out of control. A recent column

AccessHealth SC shows great promise for state

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my age) combines coordinated primary care,

surgery “with a warranty,” electronic health

records and increased patient involvement

to produce dramatic improvements in care,

along with more effi cient spending of health

care dollars.

Help from AccessHealth SC to pilot proj-

ects in regions around the state will come in

two forms: technical support to help create

community-based care networks and mon-

etary grants to sustain the networks. Com-

munities must apply for the grants, which will

be awarded twice a year based on a variety of

criteria.

Although the AccessHealth SC initiative

is targeted mainly at helping the uninsured in

our communities, it should be obvious to any-

one who’s been paying attention to health care

issues that the building of community systems

to provide better care for the uninsured can

and should be used as a platform to provide

better care for everyone, whether insured or

not.

So make sure you learn more about

AccessHealth SC and what it can do for your

community’s health and economic develop-

ment.

When it comes to fi xing our health care

system, this is our time. Th is is our moment.

Together, we can do this.

e) combines coordinated primary care

It’s no secret that health care costs continue to spiral

out of control.

V i e w p o i n t

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UpfrontR E G I O N A L N E W S | D ATA

S.C. exports top $19.8B in 2008

South Carolina’s exports in 2008 totaled more than $19.8 billion in

goods sold to 193 countries, according to recent reports from the S.C.

Department of Commerce and the S.C. State Ports Authority.

The state’s exports increased 19.65% from 2007, ranking the state

No. 18 out of 54 U.S. states and territories and third in the Southeast.

Some of the top export industries included vehicles, machinery,

rubber, plastics, organic chemicals, and optics and medical equip-

ment.

Aircraft and spacecraft experienced the greatest export growth,

at 153%. The iron sector increased 132% and inorganic chemical ex-

ports were up 69%.

Germany remained South Carolina’s No. 1 export market in 2008,

purchasing more than $4.78 billion in products, and the Saudi Arabia

market grew the most, up 405%.

Other markets in the state’s top 10 included Canada, Mexico, the

United Kingdom, China, France, Australia, Belgium, Japan and Brazil.

“It’s so much more fun to mow the lawn when the grass is high. You look behind yourself and you can tell where you’ve been.”

Lynn Harton, president and CEO of

The South Financial Group, in an

exclusive interview with SCBIZ to discuss his

new position and how he plans to revive the

troubled bank holding company and

maintain its independence.

See the full story on Page 12.

S.C. business bankruptcies up 86%Bankruptcy fi lings by businesses increased 86%

last year in South Carolina, according to the Adminis-

trative Offi ce of the U.S. Courts.

Statewide, business bankruptcies increased from

144 to 268.

Total bankruptcy fi lings in South Carolina in-

creased 14% last year to 8,502.

Nationally, bankruptcy fi lings increased at an even

steeper rate last year — 31% — to 1.1 million.

260,800That’s how many jobs trade through the ports on South Carolina’s coast generates.Trade also generates $11.8

billion in annual income and $1.5

billion in government taxes, and

has a $44.8 billion impact on the

state’s economy.

Source: S.C. State Ports Authority

Upstate Midlands Lowcountry Pee Dee Grand Strand

Are we there yet?The economy and rising fuel

costs have caused a double-digit decline

in traffi c congestion across South Caroli-

na’s major highways, according to a national

survey from Inrix Inc., a company that

tracks traffi c patterns across the country

using GPS technology to compile data.

Nearly every major metropolitan

area in the country saw a double-digit

decrease in traffi c congestion from 2007

to 2008, Inrix reported, for an average decline

of 30% nationwide. It also reported Americans

spent an average of 13 fewer hours stuck in

traffi c in 2008 than in 2007.

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Augusta-Aiken 528,519 -38.2% 92

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Cluster aims to connect distribution industry

In an effort to provide a formal structure through which transportation, distri-

bution and logistics companies in South Carolina can collaborate, New Carolina:

South Carolina’s Council on Competitiveness launched the Transportation, Distribu-

tion and Logistics Cluster in February of 2008.

Since then, nearly 40 business professionals from industry, government, edu-

cation and trade groups have come together to increase effi ciency and innovation

within the industry and to work on improving competitiveness on regional, national

and international fronts.

The group’s fi rst major initiative has been development of a statewide strategic

communications plan to create a better understanding of the critical nature of the

cluster and its impact on South Carolina’s overall economy. It hired Chernoff New-

man to conduct the study and create the plan, which should be released in the fall.

“The plan provides the communications strategies necessary to secure the

future competitiveness of the industry, which will result in increased prosperity

for South Carolinians at all economic levels,” said Deepal Eliatamby, president of

Alliance Consulting Engineers and co-chairman of the cluster. “The cluster is put-

ting the fi nishing touches on the report and will launch it statewide starting in the

fall with a series of presentations and hosted events in the Upstate, Midlands and

Lowcountry.”

Guided by Eliatamby and co-chairman Bill Smith, CEO of Red Rock Develop-

ments, New Carolina is preparing to mobilize the cluster by creating stewards,

engaging stakeholders and providing a mechanism to support cluster actions.

“With a strong system of interstate highways, one of the world’s most effi cient

ports, two rail companies operating track throughout the state, airports with an

international scope and a growing network of distribution centers, our state is po-

sitioned to become a hub for the global marketplace,” Eliatamby said.

Members of the cluster include leaders from S.C. State Ports Authority, S.C.

Trucking Association, S.C. Department of Commerce, World Trade City Orangeburg,

Hillwood Investment Properties, S.C. Power Team, ATS Logistics, Milliken & Co.,

Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Orangeburg County Development Com-

mission, Engineered Products and WSI of the Southeast.

For more information or to get involved, contact Katherine Robinson, project

coordinator at New Carolina, at [email protected].

U p f r o n t

E-commerce tool to help market S.C. seafood

S.C. Market Maker is a new online marketing tool

designed to streamline the supply chain from S.C. seafood

and other agricultural producers to consumers.

It is part of a national online network that connects the

entire supply chain, includ-

ing growers, fi shing industry

members, distributors, retail-

ers and consumers.

The effort to bring Market

Maker to South Carolina has

been facilitated by Clemson

University Public Service Ac-

tivities, the S.C. Department

of Agriculture, the S.C. Sea

Grant Consortium and the

U.S. Department of Agri-

culture Natural Resources

Conservation Service.http://sc.marketmaker.uiuc.edu

Local impact of the Capital Purchase Program

As of March 2009, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has

made investments in banks in 48 states, the District of Colum-

bia and Puerto Rico through the Capital Purchase Program. The

investments have ranged from $301,000 to $25 billion.

So far, the Treasury has invested $615,846,000 in fi nancial

institutions in South Carolina.

Date Name of Institution Price Paid

11/21/08 First Community Corp. $11,350,000

12/05/08 South Financial Group Inc. $347,000,000

12/05/08 First Financial Holdings Inc. $65,000,000

12/19/08 Security Federal Corp. $18,000,000

12/19/08 Tidelands Bancshares Inc. $14,448,000

1/09/09 GrandSouth Bancorp. $9,000,000

1/09/09 Congaree Bancshares $3,285,000

1/16/09 SCBT Financial Corp.* $64,779,000

1/30/09 Greer Bancshares Inc. $9,993,000

2/13/09 BankGreenville $1,000,000

2/13/09 Regional Bankshares Inc. $1,500,000

2/27/09 Southern First Bancshares Inc. $17,299,000

3/08/09 HCSB Financial Corp. $12,895,000

3/08/09 First Reliance Bancshares Inc. $15,349,000

3/13/09 Provident Community Bancshares Inc. $9,268,000

3/27/09 Clover Community Bankshares Inc. $3,000,000

4/24/09 Peoples Bancorp. Inc. $12,680,000

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury

*SCBT returned the funds in May.

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When you fi rst began to drive, you

learned the importance of check-

ing your blind spots. Your driving

instructor made you take that extra second to

turn around and look to make sure your path

was clear before you turned or merged into

another lane.

Now that you are a business owner or man-

ager, it is time to apply this basic principle to

your workplace to make sure the environment

is diverse.

It’s important to take the time to assess the

work force, look for diversity blind spots and

take steps to make sure you are driving your

business — and your employees — down the

road of success.

What is a diversity blind spot? Diversity blind spots arise when we make

judgments based on our prior individual ex-

periences or knowledge base. Diversity blind

spots are not intentionally discriminatory, but

they might result in unintentional discrimina-

tion or the perception of discrimination, said

Cheryl Behymer, a partner at the Fisher and

Phillips law fi rm in Columbia.

In the legal context, we oft en fi nd diver-

sity blind spots in the categories protected

by our various civil rights laws: race, sex, age,

religion, etc. But we might also see a diversity

blind spot arise based upon the way some-

one is dressed or speaks, whether they have

tattoos, piercings or other characteristics,

Behymer said.

“You need diff erences for

strength. If you have more

perspective, more points of

view, that will help your work-

place to be healthier, more

productive and more suc-

cessful. It also helps you to be

more creative and innovative

and that’s important in this

economy. When challenges

are so intense, you need that

edge to bring to the table,”

said Behymer, who is also the

chairwoman-elect for the S.C.

Diversity Council and has

conducted numerous on-site

diversity training programs.

How do you recognize it?You can start by simply taking a quick look

around your offi ce. Do your employees look,

think and believe the way you do?

We oft en surround ourselves with people

who support our own beliefs and ideas, but

“companies are missing the boat when they don’t

look at diversity and don’t value diff erent ideas,”

said JoAnne Moss, a partner with the Columbia

consulting fi rm Human Resource Dynamics.

Ways to gain clarity include conducting do-

it-yourself employee surveys, hiring a consult-

ing fi rm to perform an audit or participating in

a program off ered by the Diversity Council, an

affi liate of the S.C. Department of Commerce.

Th e council, created in 1999, not only

serves as a hub for businesses across the state

looking for information and contacts regard-

ing diversity education, training and support,

it also off ers programs for members.

“Th e HR audit (her organization performs

for companies) is going to give us a clear

picture of their work force makeup and the

culture of the organization and leadership,”

Moss said. “A lot of things can be gleaned

from the start. We can establish policies and

procedures and people management systems

that will help the company grow in the di-

rection they want, but they

are not sure how to do that.”

How do you establish workplace diversity?

No matter which path to

clarity you choose, Moss said

your initiative to achieve di-

versity should be strategic and

have buy-in from the top. You

should also follow through on

plans and recommendations.

A committee — which is di-

verse, of course — can help

make sure the company stays

on course with initiatives.

“You don’t want to take a

survey and then never give

any feedback or never do any

follow-up, because that conveys an ‘I don’t care’

attitude,” Behymer said. “It can also be danger-

ous because if you acquire knowledge of dis-

crimination and don’t do anything about it,

there is a liability.”

Another important way to achieve a diverse

work force is to consider your hiring practices.

If you mostly hire people who were recom-

mended by current employees, you might be

building a work force of like-minded people.

“You need to be casting a wider net to

reduce bias in the interview process and im-

prove your selection process,” Moss said. “If

you limit your recruiting strategies, you limit

what you get.” SCBIZ

Check your blind spot

By Allison Cooke Oliverius, Special Projects Editor

“If you have more perspective, more

points of view, that will help your workplace to be healthier, more productive and

more successful.”Cheryl Behymer

partner, Fisher and

Phillips law fi rm

lind The council, created in 1999, not only

Six key reasons to tie workplace diversity to organizational strategic goals and objectives:

Having greater adaptability and fl exibility in a 1.

rapidly changing marketplace.

Attracting and retaining the best talent.2.

Reducing costs associated with turnover, 3.

absenteeism and low productivity.

Increasing return on investment from various 4.

initiatives, policies and practices.

Gaining and keeping greater or new market 5.

share — locally and globally — with an

expanded, diverse customer base.

Increasing sales and profi ts. 6.

Source: S.C. Diversity Council


Ayear ago, Jamey Nelson would never

have thought to bring his business to

the Charleston Food + Wine Festival,

an event that caters to epicureans.

Nelson is the director of business devel-

opment for Palmetto Surfacing, a Charleston

company that provides kitchen and bathroom

countertops to restaurants and homes.

Aft er recognizing the only segment of his

business that was staying fl at or growing was

remodeling, Nelson decided to actively pur-

sue this segment — and the festival was an

ideal place to reach those people.

“It was a completely nontraditional venue,”

Nelson said. “Our angle was that we had a

countertop that was certifi ed

safe for food preparation.”

Palmetto Surfacing ended

up becoming an event sponsor.

It provided countertops for the

food demonstrations and had a

booth at one of the tents.

Palmetto Surfacing didn’t

exactly fi t the typical sponsor

mold for a food and beverage

industry event, but looking at

diff erent ways to reach out to

a client base and having a little

open-mindedness paid off .

“It went really well; a lot of

our client base was there socializing and we

were able to catch them at a social setting and let

everybody know we’re still here,” Nelson said.

“Everyone in this market is hearing doom

and gloom. It’s good to let everybody know

we’re strong, we’ll be here next year.”

Th e company was able to gain exposure to

about 5,000 people and “made a lot of impres-

sions that over time will pay off .”

“It’s paid for itself already,” Nelson said.

“We’ve gotten three direct jobs from just be-

ing there. Th ose three will turn into nine if we

make those three happy.”

In Columbia, the Congaree Vista Guild

decided to try a new idea to stimulate the bur-

geoning restaurant area there. It organized the

fi rst Viva La Vista event — a budget-friendly

food festival — in October.

Th e rule was that the 26 participating res-

taurants had to off er menu samplers at an af-

fordable price, between $1 and $4 each. And

the music and entertainment would be free.

“People could try a Ruth’s Chris steak sand-

wich for $4,” said Jacque Riley, owner of Riley

Communications, which helped organize the

event. Th e Blue Marlin, Ristorante Divino,

Liberty Tap Room and Gervais & Vine off ered

bites of sea scallops, grilled lamb, and shrimp

and grits.

“We wanted people to be able to try every-

thing for a low cost,” said Deirdre Mardon,

executive director of the Vista Guild. “Th en,

we hoped people would come

back to the restaurants.”

Th ey didn’t know what to

expect, and 7,000 people came

out and bought $20,000 in

food tokens in the fi rst hour.

Th e guild had bought

25,000 tokens and planned to

use them the whole day. But

they went so quickly, the rest

of the day was spent count-

ing tokens to be reused, Mar-

don said. At this year’s event,

planned for Sept. 12, the guild

is bringing 60,000 tokens.

Words of wisdomAlthough there are no rules for trying new

things and looking outside the box for inno-

vative business ideas, Satish Jayachandran, a

marketing professor at the University of South

Carolina’s Moore School of Business, says a

few things should be kept in mind.

“Whatever you do now should not hurt

your survival in the future,” he said. “At some

point, we will come out of the recession.”

He advises increasing the aff ordability of

your products. Off er smaller sizes for lower

prices, change the thresholds for discounts —

instead of buy three, get one free, off er buy two,

get one free — and lower fees, he said.

But Jayachandran warned that people get

accustomed to lower prices, and that makes it

harder to increase those prices again.

Emphasizing value and decreasing con-

sumer risk sends a message to consumers, es-

pecially with higher-value products, he said.

He cited Hyundai’s off er to take your car back

if you lose your job. Similarly, JetBlue Airways

off ers a full refund with no cancellation fees if

you book a ticket and then lose your job.

“If you reduce the risk of buying, people

will be more willing to get off the sidelines and

buy,” he said.

Nelson advised looking for strategic part-

nerships, like the one Palmetto Surfacing

forged with the Food + Wine Festival.

And for Nelson, being open-minded is

what brought him to the festival — one of his

suppliers approached him with the idea.

“Your suppliers have customers just like

you, but in more markets,” Nelson said. “Ask

them if there are any other things they’re do-

ing in other markets that are working.” SCBIZ

Businesses look outside box to adapt to the economy

year ago, Jamey Nelson would never food

By Chelsea Hadaway, Staff Writer

Te c h n v a t i o n

“It’s paid for itself already. We’ve

gotten three direct jobs from just being there.”Jamey Nelson

director of business development,

Palmetto Surfacing

Palmetto Surfacing countertops gave Bobby Flay

room to slice and dice at the Charleston Food + Wine

Festival. (Photo provided/www.letstalkcharleston.com)

At Viva La Vista, participating restaurants offer menu

samplers at an affordable price. (Photo/Jimmy Higgs)


Darla Moore recites, without hesitation,

the moment she knew she was destined

for greatness: She was 9 years old and

swinging on her grandmother’s porch on

Pine Bay Road in Lake City.

She might not have known specifically

that she would rise to the top of the business

world. She might not have known specifically

that a business school would bear her name.

She might not have known specifically that

she would be the keeper of a massive for-

tune.

But she knew she was destined for some-

thing.

“When you are born with energy, ambi-

tion, curiosity and you’re born in a rural envi-

ronment, you feel the confines of that,” said

Moore during an interview at her downtown

Charleston home.

As a teenager, Moore said she couldn’t

stand the rules and restrictions of her small

hometown. Her main thought was: “I’ve got

to bust out of here.”

Moore headed to the University of South

Carolina, on the fast track for a promising

future. “All I wanted was to get that degree

and get out,” she said. Moore earned a degree

in political science from USC.

Then she was off to Washington, D.C.,

working for the Republican National Com-

mittee and later earning an MBA from

George Washington University. In the early

1980s, Moore was managing director of

Chemical Bank in New York, which today is

JPMorgan Chase & Co..

But at that time, a Southern woman didn’t

have many opportunities.

In a January 2000 article on Inc.com,

Moore is quoted as saying, “There wasn’t a

snowball’s chance in hell that a female from

the rural Deep South would be invited or

embraced by that LBO (leverage buyout)

environment. Historically, no major players

in the LBO business were women.”

Not easily deterred, Moore turned to

another avenue of finance: bankruptcies.

While at Chemical Bank, Moore turned

the banking world on its ear — suddenly she

was making money on companies that were

facing financial troubles. Chemical Bank was

offering bankrupt companies high-interest

loans and raking in the profits. According to

an article in Fortune magazine, Moore gener-

ated at least $100 million for Chemical during

her last three years there.

The future Moore dreamed of as a child

had arrived.

The top of her gameIn early 1993, Moore left Chemical Bank

to become CEO of her husband’s company,

Rainwater Inc. Moore and Richard Rainwater

had married Dec. 13, 1991.

Moore had no trouble taking on sticky

investment situations and fully embracing

her role as a stockholder in major corpora-

tions. Fortune dubbed her the “toughest babe

in business.”

She had no problem booting Richard

Scott, CEO of Columbia/HCA, and T. Boone

Pickens, founder of oil and gas company

Mesa, from their top roles.

“I’ve harassed guys all my life,” Moore

said in a Fortune cover story in September

1997.

Moore also garnered spots on Fortune’s

list of the 50 Most Powerful Women.

She has a stunning home just off the Bat-

tery in downtown Charleston, and she main-

tains her family home in Lake City.

Moore, 54, has come full circle. She looks

differently at the Lake City life from which

she had run as though her life depended

on it. In the two decades after she left her

hometown, Moore said a remarkable thing

happened: She grew up.

“I got there — wherever ‘there’ is,” she

said. “How many more articles can you have?

How many more magazine covers? How

much more money? How much more recog-

nition? It’s the law of diminishing return.”

Moore realized she wanted substance in

her life.

“The gratification of life is in being pro-

ductive, not in things,” she said. “The value

system that had been embedded in me I

utterly embraced after I had gotten there.”

Today, Moore said life is about friends,

family and substance. She attributes her suc-

cesses to a stable, loving family and a small

Southern town where everyone had a hand

in raising her.

Moore has been generous with her time,

her expertise and her wealth. In 1998, she

gave USC’s College of Business Administra-

tion $25 million. The school was named in

her honor, making it the first major business

school to be named for a woman. In 2004,

Moore donated an additional $45 million to

her alma mater.

Moore founded the Palmetto Institute,

an independent nonprofit research and edu-

Destined for greatnessDarla Moore takes on the business world and wins

By Holly Fisher • Photography by Paula Illingworth

Darla Moore attributes her success to having a

stable, loving family and growing up in a small town

where everyone had a hand in raising her.

her role as a stockholder in major corpora-

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cational organization, in 2002. Its mission is

to create a climate that raises the per-capita

income of South Carolina and its citizens.

A passion for parksIn addition to her service on several boards,

Moore’s latest efforts involve improvements

to Charleston’s public parks. Moore, an avid

gardener and plant lover, recognized that,

although Charleston’s historic buildings are

carefully preserved, the same attention wasn’t

being given to the city’s 120 public parks.

While she lived in New York City, Moore

watched Central Park be transformed from

a “rat-infested, fearful” place to a wonderful

park, she said. She was certain the same atten-

tion could be given to Charleston’s parks.

“There’s the preservation of history, but

the parks are not up to the same standard,”

she said. “It’s time for Charleston to have a

similar organization as the one that rehabbed

Central Park.”

In New York City, the

City Parks Foundation is

a nonprofit organization

that supports hundreds of

parks throughout the city.

Moore met with representa-

tives from the foundation,

who visited Charleston and

offered recommendations.

The result is the Charles-

ton Parks Conservancy and

an initiative called Park

Angels.

Six lead Park Angels — those with a pas-

sion for the city’s public parks — have been

selected to publicly represent the conservan-

cy. They are working with the organization

and the city to mobilize Charleston residents

who have a passion for parks.

The key, Moore explained, is involving

not only the city but the local residents. It’s a

long-term project that has undertaken several

projects since its inception, including recent

work at Brittlebank Park and Chapel Street

Fountain Park.

“The city can’t do it,” she said. “You can

sit and complain that somebody needs to do

something, but that somebody is you. You

can say somebody needs to do something —

well, bend over and pull the weeds.

“I don’t get paid for it, but I want to be

part of something bigger,” Moore said, add-

ing she would be pulling weeds along with

the angels.

Out of the weedsIn fact, it’s often when Moore is out pull-

ing weeds with her dog that her best business

ideas take shape.

As vice president of Rainwater Inc., Moore

is involved in the often complex task of select-

ing companies worthy of investment dollars.

The initial concept is simple: “We started

with a pot of money and we made it a bigger

pot of money,” she said. Rainwater Inc. man-

ages $2.5 billion.

The devil, as they say, is in the details. So

how that pot of cash grows isn’t so simple.

Rainwater Inc. has spent the past three

years preparing for the current recession.

“The good news is, I’ve lived through

these markets before,” Moore said. “It’s cycli-

cal. We will come out of this, but it’s not the

end of cycles.”

America is in a transitional period in

which the luxury of cheap oil is disappear-

ing, Moore said. Americans

have been spoiled and now

comes the painful adjust-

ment of a shrinking econ-

omy.

Rainwater Inc. has been

getting out of some invest-

ments and employed a strat-

egy to make the business

liquid, Moore explained.

Without a crystal ball,

Moore and Rainwater have

looked to the world news

around them to make the best business deci-

sions they can.

“Being a successful investor is the ability

to make decisions with imperfect informa-

tion,” Moore said.

She added, “Most of our strategies were

derived from the front page of the newspaper,

not the business section.”

Over the past 10 to 15 years, the rest of the

world has bought into the idea of capitalism.

With capitalism, everyone is going after the

same resources, Moore said. All that takes

energy, and though the United States once

had access to the world’s oil supply, now

many more countries are sucking off the

same straw, she said.

“That’s what we saw — the globalization

of capitalism led to a commodity crisis of

energy, oil and food.

“A lot of people derived the same big pic-

ture, but we probably moved before most,”

Moore said.

Part of the packageMany years have passed since Moore was

a little girl swinging on her grandmother’s

front porch. She’s put plenty of cracks in the

glass ceiling and forged a path for business-

women today.

Moore pauses at the idea of herself as a

role model. She realizes she probably is one,

but she doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking

about it.

In fact, gender really isn’t important,

Moore said; working hard is.

“I don’t think about it in the context of

gender. I think about being the best in the

world at what you do,” she said.

Being a Southern female with blond hair

and blue eyes started as the kiss of death,

Moore said, but now it’s part of the package.

“I became the best in the world at what I

did,” she said. “It’s not about boys, girls, men

or women. I worked as hard as I could pos-

sibly work.” SCBIZ

“Being a successful investor is the ability

to make decisions with imperfect information.”

Darla Moore

The sparkle in Lynn Harton’s eyes as he

discusses his plan to turn around Th e

South Financial Group — the fi nancially

troubled parent of Carolina First Bank — sug-

gests the company might have chosen just the

right person for the job.

Did he know how big a task he faced when

he took over late last year as president and

CEO?

“I had a pretty good idea,” the 47-year-old

North Carolina native said. He refl ected for a

second, then added: “It’s so much more fun to

mow the lawn when the grass is high. You look

behind yourself and you can tell where you’ve

been.”

Harton, who has been with Th e South Fi-

nancial Group since February 2007, came on

board as chief risk and credit offi cer, a posi-

tion that gave him a front-row seat as the bank

holding company began to grapple with a toxic

portfolio of real estate loans gone bad, mostly

around Tampa, Fla.

A brief historyTh e 20-year-old bank was started in Green-

ville by Mack Whittle — its fi rst and only pres-

ident before Harton. It grew rapidly, buying

banks to become a major player in Florida and

the Carolinas. South Financial is now listed as

the nation’s 35th-largest bank.

Carolina First was created in 1986 and is the

largest S.C.-based commercial bank in the state.

It operates in both Carolinas, as well as on the

Internet under the brand name Bank Caro-

Line.

Th e South Financial Group also has 70 of-

fi ces operating as Mercantile Bank in Florida,

most of them in Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa

Bay, southeast Florida and Gainesville.

Th e Mercantile Bank unit grew from a

small St. Petersburg bank with 240 employ-

ees. Th e Greenville bank bought GulfWest

Banks Inc., Mercantile’s parent, in 2002. Aft er

making other acquisitions and experiencing

growth, South Financial rebranded all its Flor-

ida banks with the Mercantile banner.

Real estate repercussionsBanks such as Carolina First expanded into

Florida during the past two decades because

the Sunshine State was seen as the growth

mecca of banking, largely built on real estate

development. But that balloon burst for banks

as fast as it did for the housing market when

the recession gathered steam last year.

Today, the Tampa market constitutes

10.3% of the company’s commercial real estate

loans, the third-largest segment aft er Upstate

South Carolina (14.1%) and Western North

Carolina (18%).

But when it comes to commercial real es-

tate loans that are past due for 90 days, 26% of

such loans are in the Tampa area and 11% are

in central Florida. By comparison, 5% of those

loans are concentrated in the coastal zone of

South Carolina, and 6% are in the rest of the

state.

Florida is seemingly the black hole of South

Financial’s troubles, a major contributor to its

fi ve consecutive quarters of losses, totaling

more than a half billion dollars.

Th e South Financial Group reported a loss

for 2008 of $568.6 million, or $7.77 per diluted

share, compared with net income of $73.3 mil-

lion, or 99 cents per diluted share, for 2007.

Th e company attributed the loss primarily to

a $426 million goodwill impairment charge

resulting from a decrease in the Mercantile

banking segment’s value and a $344.6 million

provision for credit losses resulting from con-

tinued credit deterioration — particularly in

the Florida market.

Th e bank holding company’s woes have

been refl ected in the peaks and valleys of its

stock price: It traded as low as 69 cents on

March 5 aft er reaching a 52-week high of

$13.50. Th e stock traded at more than $30 a

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On May 5, Harton appeared at the annual

shareholders’ meeting in Greenville, his fi rst

as CEO. He didn’t sugarcoat the task ahead

to put the company back on a solid footing.

During his presentation, he pointed out that

Th e South Financial Group’s stock declined in

value in 2008 by 72%, compared with a 45%

drop for the top 20 U.S. banks and 39% for the

company’s peer banks in the Southeast.

He also noted that Th e South Financial

Group accepted $347 million from the U.S.

government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program

in November.

To survive and thrive, he said, Th e South

Financial Group must “solidify strong brand

and community support in S.C. and then re-

create in Florida and N.C.”

Culture shockHarton said the current economic reces-

sion that has pummeled banks particularly

hard will have some winners and losers. He

predicted that 500 banks will fail across Amer-

ica during this economic downturn. And he

cautioned shareholders and employees that

the bank’s culture must be changed if it is to

survive and remain independent. But he also

said it is his aim to make the company a “con-

solidator,” not a bank that is forced into a shot-

gun marriage with a larger, healthier bank.

Harton has some experience whipping

troubled banks back into profi table enterpris-

es. He led the 2004 merger and integration of

Union Planters Bank of Memphis, Tenn., with

Regions Financial Corp., a large, multistate

bank based in Birmingham, Ala.

Today, Harton has a laser focus on building

a common banking culture across the com-

pany that understands credit risk and that has

deep support from within to recognize and

deal with potentially troublesome loans.

Harton was frank with shareholders on

May 5, saying growth had been given such a

high priority that it blinded local managers to

the fundamentals for ensuring that the bank

amassed good assets as it grew. When he took

over, Harton began to prune the corporate tree

of managers responsible for the Florida bank’s

troubled portfolio.

As he had at Union Planters, which expe-

rienced about 50% turnover under his man-

agement, Harton set about replacing local and

regional leaders within his new bank.

“Some people could come along; others

could not,” he said.

When he got the call to join Th e South Fi-

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dent in February 2007, he said he already had a

good sense of the company, having competed

with Carolina First and Mercantile banks

while at Regions Financial.

“I knew the company,” he said. “What I

didn’t know was what I’d be allowed to do.”

He started at the bank working for Whittle,

who had long held the three top positions of

chairman of the board, president and CEO. It

was a corporate governing structure not un-

common in the heady days before the reces-

sion.

But Th e South Financial Group, like so

many other companies staggered by the col-

lapse of the housing market and its associ-

ated lending practices, began unwinding that

powerful position at the top of corporation.

Th e board’s makeup changed. Previously, the

lineup featured overlapping directorships with

the chairman. For example, Whittle was on the

University of South Carolina board, and for-

mer USC President Andrew Sorensen sat on

Whittle’s bank board.

With Whittle’s departure from the execu-

tive post in October and from the board this

spring, new rules were adopted to separate the

board chairman’s post from the chief execu-

tive role. John C.B. Smith Jr., an attorney with

Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough in Co-

lumbia, became the non-executive chairman.

Harton sits on the board, but under the new

rules he cannot be chairman.

When Harton introduced himself to more

than 100 shareholders at the annual meeting,

he was greeted warmly. Th e only shareholder

to speak at the meeting, Jimmy Grantham,

opened his remarks by saying, “Th ank God

you are here.”

But Grantham, who owned stock in a bank

that was purchased by Th e South Financial

Group, is a frequent critic of the board. He as-

sailed the board for a lack of vision and failure

to have a strategic plan. He says the company

grew too fast by acquiring other banks without

adequately supervising them.

“I’m not sure one man can fi x this,” he

said.

Smith, Th e South Financial Group’s board

chairman, responded that the board has

worked long and hard since the crisis began

and even decided the day of the annual meet-

ing to reduce its own compensation to half of

2008 levels because of the crisis.

A man with a planTh e fi rst slide in Harton’s presentation to

shareholders attacked the problem head-on:

“Change is needed … Financial performance

reputation of the company is less than stellar.”

One important area of change he noted is

his new leadership team. Th e organizational

chart he off ered showed that, of 11 people

on the current senior executive management

team, eight have joined the company since

2005. And seven of them assumed their cur-

rent leadership roles in the past 12 months.

Both of the bank’s subsidiaries have new

presidents: Scott Frierson at Carolina First and

Ernie Diaz at Mercantile.

In addition, Harton has reorganized the

company to eliminate what he calls business

“silos” to fully integrate all the bank’s opera-

tions and create broad and deep support for

the company’s frontline bankers.

Harton insists that the company is working

from a position of strength, despite its recent

losses. Its tangible equity as a percentage of

tangible assets was 10.03% as of March 31, the

third-highest among its Southeast peer banks.

Th e South Financial Group also has reined

in spending. Th e total number of employees

has been reduced by 3%; no executive man-

agement bonuses were paid for 2008; no em-

ployee merit increases will be authorized in

2009; the 401(k) match has been cut by 50%;

and new travel and other expense policies have

been implemented.

Th e corporate jet is parked and is for sale.

Harton has set in motion a thorough re-

view of the bank’s strategy and practices, to

ensure it has the best possible business model

as it works its way out of the fi nancial swamp.

One such review he cites is the eff ectiveness

and profi tability of its branch offi ces.

He found that the best-performing branch

offi ces were in major business hubs and sub-

urban submarket hubs. Th e worst-performing

branches were in predominantly residential

areas.

Yet South Financial has continued to ex-

pand into those residential suburbs.

“We’ve been chasing rooft ops,” he said,

when research has shown that is not the right

strategy.

Another goal Harton has set for the com-

pany is to fully utilize the digital revolution.

Th ere’s still too much paper in the loan ap-

proval process, he said. He aims to establish a

product development group and a sales man-

agement group.

“Commercial lending is our biggest line

of business, but we didn’t have a commercial

business support group,” Harton said.

Harton emphasizes education and training

within the company to ensure his employees

have all that is required to succeed.

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“Th is is a business we are going to own,”

Harton said. “We can’t spend money on ev-

erything, so this is what we’re going to spend

money on.

“Our people are excited about the clarity of

the plan,” Harton said. He has been traveling

around his company’s markets in the Carolinas

and Florida, holding employee meetings and

briefi ng his workers on his goals and strategy.

Be careful what you wish forFor Harton, becoming leader of a major re-

gional bank realizes a long-held dream, but he’s

come by a path he might not have foreseen.

He said he did not know he might quick-

ly become president of Th e South Financial

Group when he came to Greenville in 2007.

“Th at was a hope of mine,” he said, “but it

happened much more quickly than I anticipat-

ed. I never asked for it. You have to earn that.”

He exudes confi dence that he can lead the

bank out of the wilderness.

“Oh, I can fi x it,” he said in an interview,

smiling broadly.

But he is ever mindful of the challenges.

“Th e only question is the environment we

all are in,” he said. “It’s like a golf tournament:

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PORTS, LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION


This summer, Tim Twomey will begin

his 50th year working on the Charles-

ton waterfront.

In the past half century, he’s watched the

evolution of containerization change the face

of the maritime industry. He’s witnessed the

explosive growth of shipping companies and

the changing role of steamship agencies —

such as his employer, Carolina Shipping Co.,

where he works in the operations depart-

ment.

He’s adapted to the advent of technol-

ogy and lived through the dispersal of the

Lowcountry’s maritime cluster — once

centrally located downtown near the U.S.

Custom House, now spread out across the

greater Charleston region. Begrudgingly, he

has given in to post-Sept. 11 port security

measures.

Twomey, 74, has taken these changes in

stride.

But what bothers him the most is the

public’s seemingly lukewarm attitude toward

the state’s maritime activities.

“When I fi rst came here and got in the

business, everybody was involved in it and

people were interested in the waterfront,”

Twomey said. “I think we are at fault some-

what for not educating people more about the

A MARITIME INDUSTRY IN TRANSITION By Molly Parker, Staff Writer

Jafza International and big-name manufactur-

ers such as BMW and General Electric.

According to a recent report sanctioned by

the S.C. State Ports Authority, trade through

the ports on South Carolina’s coast generates

260,800 jobs, $11.8 billion in annual income

and $1.5 billion in government taxes, and

it makes a $44.8 billion impact on the state

economy.

“As the port goes, so goes our econo-

my here,” former SPA President and CEO

Bernard Groseclose said late last year at a gala

celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Pro-

peller Club.

Shortly aft er that speech, Groseclose of-

fered his resignation to the SPA’s board. His

sentiments proved true, only in reverse — as

the economy went, so went our port.

In December, Maersk Line announced

it would be pulling out of Charleston when

its contract expired at the end of 2010. Th at

announcement shook the maritime industry

and economic developers across the state —

Maersk is the world’s largest shipping line and

the Port of Charleston’s largest customer, ac-

counting for about 20% of its business.

Negotiations are ongoing to keep the

Danish company in town.

Th at announcement also led to a politi-

waterfront and its contribution. I think we

have been negligent.”

Multibillion-dollar impact Th at contribution is the creation of thou-

sands of jobs across South Carolina and the

luring of deep-pocketed developers such as

Waterfront veterans Joe Buckheister (left) and Tim

Twomey have a combined 85 years of experience.

(Photo/Leslie Halpern)

The rankingsTop 10 export commoditiesRank Commodity % of Total1 ....... Paper and paperboard, incl. waste ..14%

2 .......Wood pulp .........................................7%

3 ....... Fabrics, including raw cotton .............4%

4 .......General cargo, miscellaneous ............4%

5 ....... Auto parts ..........................................4%

6 ....... Automobiles ......................................3%

7 ....... Synthetic resins, NSPF.......................3%

8 ....... Logs and lumber ...............................3%

9 .......Unclassifi able chemicals ...................3%

10 ..... Poultry, chiefl y fresh and frozen .........2%

Top 10 import commoditiesRank Commodity % of Total1 ....... Furniture ............................................8%

2 ....... Auto parts ..........................................7%

3 ....... Sheets, towels, blankets ....................4%

4 .......General cargo, miscellaneous ............3%

5 ....... Fabrics, including raw cotton .............3%

6 ....... Auto and truck tires and tubes ..........3%

7 .......Menswear .........................................3%

8 ....... Apparels, miscellaneous ....................2%

9 .......Women’s and infantwear ...................2%

10 ..... Paper and paperboard, incl. waste ....2%

Top 10 export destinationsRank Destination % of Total1 .......Germany ..........................................10%

2 .......Belgium/Luxembourg ........................8%

3 .......Netherlands .......................................7%

4 .......United Kingdom .................................6%

5 .......China .................................................6%

6 .......Brazil .................................................5%

7 ....... India ..................................................4%

8 ....... Japan ................................................4%

9 ....... Italy ....................................................3%

10 ..... France ...............................................3%

Top 10 import destinationsRank Destination % of Total1 .......China ...............................................21%

2 .......Germany ..........................................14%

3 ....... India ..................................................8%

4 .......Netherlands .......................................6%

5 ....... Pakistan .............................................4%

6 .......Brazil .................................................4%

7 .......Belgium/Luxembourg ........................3%

8 ....... Japan ................................................3%

9 ....... Italy ....................................................3%

10 .....United Kingdom .................................3%

Ranked by 2008 loaded TEU

Source: S.C. State Ports Authority



cal awakening — for better or worse — and

pushed the port toward a new way of think-

ing. Today, the ports authority, and by exten-

sion the state’s maritime industry, is an entity

in transition. It’s also an entity that just can’t

seem to catch a break.

“Th e way I see it, it looks like the port

takes one step forward and two steps back,”

said Joe Buckheister, a vice president with

McAllister Towing & Transportation Co.

Inc. Buckheister has spent 36 years working

the waterfront, and two of his three children

took up maritime careers as well: his daughter

with Maersk and his son with the State Ports

Authority.

A sea of changes At the ports authority,

the search for a new chief

executive is under way.

Meanwhile, state

lawmakers penned leg-

islation this session that

could have far-reaching

governance and fi nancial

implications — dictating

changes to the board’s

makeup and requiring

the sale of thousands of

acres of valuable Daniel

Island land, among other

things.

Th e agency is in the

midst of craft ing a new

strategic plan.

Th e SPA created a

new position, chief com-

mercial offi cer, and hired Paul McClintock of

Atlanta to fi ll it. His mission is to streamline the

port’s marketing eff orts.

Crews are busily constructing a $550

million terminal on the former Navy base

in North Charleston. And a fi ght is brewing

about how, or whether, to provide near-dock

dual rail access to that terminal.

Th e economy, meanwhile, continues to

hammer container traffi c.

Between July 2008 and March 2009, the

port handled 1.1 million 20-foot equivalent

units, a drop of 13.6% compared with the

year-ago period. Th ere is not a port in the

nation unaff ected by the economy’s global

downturn. But Charleston is losing market

share at the same time.

Of the nation’s top 10 ports, the only ones

to register steeper volume drops were the

Port of Seattle, at 21.2%, and the Port of Long

Beach, in California, at 18.3%.

Th e Port of Savannah’s year-over-year drop

during that period was 9.8%, from about 2

million TEUs to 1.8 million TEUs.

Revving the economic engineBut the ports authority is making positive

gains, too.

When Groseclose resigned, the SPA

board’s vice chairman, John Hassell, stepped

in to temporarily fi ll the role. Hassell, on leave

from his job as president of the Maritime As-

sociation of South Carolina, said he has no in-

terest in taking over permanently, but he has

not sat idly by, either.

Getting the agency’s

house in order during

this economic down-

turn is too important

to simply keep the next

chief executive’s seat

warm, he said.

Hassell has put all

of the port’s employees

through a customer

training program.

As the agency’s

leader, he’s worked

to fulfi ll the board’s

mission of facilitating

economic develop-

ment in the state. It’s a

balancing act between

ensuring the ports au-

thority keeps a strong

balance sheet and still

revving its economic development engine, he

said. Groseclose was criticized for putting too

much weight on the creation of wealth for the

authority.

“We became a margin-driven organiza-

tion,” Hassell said.

Th at was fi ne when the economy was

booming — and Hassell said it was necessary

to create capital for the major projects under

way, including the new terminal construction.

But when the economy began to slide, the au-

thority should have taken a closer look at its

customer arrangements, Hassell said.

“We should have probably reacted faster to

that than we did,” he said. “Looking forward,

we are laser-focused on our economic devel-

opment mission.”

It might be years before the results become

evident — but Hassell is confi dent the agency

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is making headway.

“I wish we could see immediate results, but

that’s not the way it is in this industry, particu-

larly in these times,” he said.

Teamwork pays off Th e SPA has received some immediate

gratifi cation, though. Another of Hassell’s

goals is for the authority to think outside its

own boundaries and to form partnerships

with private companies for a team marketing

approach.

Th rough this eff ort, the ports authority

and a host of private companies were able to

persuade Th e National Shipping Co. of Saudi

Arabia to add Charleston to its East Coast ro-

tation.

Hassell said the company’s decision was

driven largely by the port’s proximity to com-

panies that produce energy-related products,

such as General Electric’s gas turbine manu-

facturing plant in Greenville.

Th e team that lured the new carrier here

included SSA Cooper, a stevedoring agency

that handles union labor; Superior Transpor-

tation, a North Charleston-based trucking

company; Dockside Logistics, an export han-

dling company that counts General Electric

among its customers; and J.E. Oswalt, which

transports the heavy turbines off railcars.

Superior Transportation President and

CEO Pat Barber called it an example of the

type of collaborative marketing eff ort that

needs to become the norm.

“I think it gives the customer a certain de-

gree of confi dence when they see all the mem-

bers of the supply chain in the same room

reading from the same sheet of music,” Barber

said. “We’ve already proven it works.” SCBIZ

Economic impactAmong the key fi ndings of an SPA-

sanctioned study, maritime activity in the

state contributes the following:

More than $44.8 billion in total econom-•

ic output each year across the state.

260,800 jobs, representing 10.9% of all •

jobs in South Carolina.

$11.8 billion in labor income, which is •

13.6% of the state’s total income.

$1.5 billion in state and local taxes. •

$18.5 billion in value-added impact, •

representing 12.1% of the total gross

state product.

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Every day, large blue cranes at the Port

of Charleston move hundreds of cargo-

fi lled containers onto waiting 18-wheel-

ers, which hit the highways with everything

from home furnishings to high-end manufac-

turing equipment.

Trucks reign in South Carolina.

But state offi cials now say it’s time for

trains to play a larger role in the economic

supply chain, to give business and industry

lower-cost freight options, reduce the glut of

traffi c along the state’s highways and mitigate

diesel emissions.

“Th e increased cost of fuel and freight has

made rail king,” Commerce Secretary Joe Tay-

lor said.

In late March, the Commerce Department

released a study that thrust the state’s rail sys-

tem into the spotlight. Some 2,260 miles of rail

lines crisscross the state, connecting businesses

to one another and to the Port of Charleston.

About 20% of the goods coming into the

Port of Charleston leave on a train, but that is

less than at competing ports. Th e Georgia Ports

Authority moves about 35% of its cargo via rail,

and the Virginia Ports Authority moves about

30%, according to a senior railroad executive.

Yet the debate is far more complicated

than whether one of the nation’s oldest modes

of transportation should play a bigger role in

South Carolina’s future.

Implementing the contents of the thick

study — conducted by Wilbur Smith Asso-

ciates of Columbia — would mean running

intermodal trains that can be a mile long

through neighborhoods in North Charleston

that are the focus of a renaissance of revital-

ization eff orts.

In a recent public speech, Keith Summey,

the shoot-from-the hip mayor of the state’s

third-largest city, recently compared the state

of South Carolina to Nazi Germany because

of its attempts to run roughshod over his re-

development eff orts.

He also promised a legal fi ght against the

“worthless legislators” attempting to dictate

rail access in his city.

A port issue Th ose pushing for a compromise argue

that the port’s long-term competitiveness is at

stake — and South Carolina’s economy with it.

Without equal access for Norfolk Southern and

CSX, the railroads serving the port will have no

incentive to off er competitive rates, the theory

goes; and without competitive rail rates, ship-

pers might choose to call on other ports.

“Th e issue is really a port issue,” said Rob

Martinez, Norfolk Southern’s vice president of

business development. “Is Charleston going to

be competitive in the long term or will it be-

come a port of second order on the Atlantic?”

Th e study says that “one of the largest, if not

the largest” rail issue in South Carolina con-

cerns Class 1 service to the Port of Charleston.

It reads: “Rail service at the port received

poor ratings in availability, capacity, quality

and service levels (the only ‘needs improve-

ment’ overall) from shippers’ perspectives.”

Th e port’s largest container terminal, the

Wando Welch facility in Mount Pleasant, is 11

miles from the nearest rail line.

Two of the port’s container terminals are

served by rail, and some 5,000 empty contain-

ers have been handled at the Columbus Street

Terminal in the past couple of years. But no

loaded containers have been handled at Co-

lumbus Street or the existing North Charles-

ton facility, the study says. Instead, containers

are trucked to rail yards several miles away.

Most of the goods moving to or from the

Port of Charleston via rail are break bulk

cargo such as generators, or BMW vehicles

manufactured in the Upstate and shipped out

of Union Pier Terminal.

Th e source of contention is a section of the

study that calls for the placement of a near-

dock intermodal facility on the former Navy

base. Th e SPA is building a container terminal

on the southern end of the property, and the

developer Noisette Co. has planned a sustain-

able business and residential development

atop 340 acres on the property’s north end.

Placing an intermodal facility on the base

would require the use of an existing rail line that

runs through the base’s northern end — and

through the heart of the Noisette Co.’s property.

CSX has near-dock access to the terminal

property from the southern end, but the state’s

No. 1 carrier has no plans to share that line

with chief rival Norfolk Southern — nor can

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Th e only viable option, the study says, is

to build an intermodal facility on the former

Navy base that could service Norfolk Southern

and CSX — or only Norfolk Southern, should

CSX wish to carry out its plans for an inter-

modal facility to the south of the terminal. John

Koch, CSX’s director of international sales and

marketing, says the company has done its part,

working “diligently over the past several years

with the Ports Authority and other entities to

“meet rail needs of the port in the future.

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Seven-year-old promises

Summey isn’t just angry; he’s also the keeper

of a memorandum of understanding that the

city of North Charleston and the SPA penned

in 2002, in which the state agency promised

that any rail access serving the terminal would

remain exclusively to the south end.

When the SPA signed that agreement, it had

not put together a plan for the exact terminal

location or made any decisions on rail service.

By that point, the SPA had become the ball

in a legislative pingpong game — directed

back and forth between Daniel Island and

North Charleston several times. In May 2002,

the General Assembly passed a law dictating

that the new terminal go to the “west bank of

the Cooper River” — which eff ectively meant

the defunct North Charleston Navy base.

Later that same month, state leaders bro-

kered a compromise with the city, giving

North Charleston the entire northern section

of the base free of charge. Th e city then sold

that land to Noisette for $9.6 million.

Meanwhile, the SPA sought from the Army

Corps of Engineers a permit for the new ter-

minal, which called for moving all cargo by

truck, either for the long haul or on short trips

to Norfolk Southern and CSX’s intermodal fa-

cilities in North Charleston, located off Meet-

ing Street and Goer Drive, respectively.

Th e corps issued approval of the project in

April 2007 aft er an arduous, fi ve-year process

— and the permit did not include on-dock

rail service. At the time, the SPA said that plan

suited its shipping customers just fi ne.

It suited the State Ports Authority, too.

Th e agency had spent years and millions of

dollars planning a massive container terminal

on Daniel Island meant to secure Charleston’s

place in the global shipping world — only to

have those plans shattered in a political up-

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heaval, attributable in part to Daniel Island

residents’ concerns about trains running

through their upscale community.

And it seemed to suit the state’s political

leaders, as well.

Little noise was made at the time about the

fact that on-dock or near-dock rail access was

not a part of the blueprint.

But the game changed recently — the ante

upped by Commerce’s rail study.

Jeff McWhorter, president of S.C. Public

Railways, the Commerce arm that funded the

study, said it was conducted last year “because

it was simply time for it.” Th e state’s rail plan

had not been updated since 1999, largely be-

cause no state or federal funding had been

available for railroad improvements, he said.

Th e concern was that South Carolina

would miss out on federal funding for rail

improvements without a current plan as the

nation — facing overcrowded roads and emis-

sions concerns — looked to Congress to fund

rail upgrades that could create a viable alter-

native to trucks and cars in the movement of

goods and people.

“Th e whole point of ensuring dual access

to both Class 1 carriers that serve the Charles-

ton area is to ensure, to the extent possible,

the sustainable economic viability of our

state,” McWhorter said.

SPA executives have remained publicly

quiet on the debate, fearful their involvement

could hinder the agency’s hard-fought terminal

project and delay its 2014 scheduled opening.

Boasting of its deep waters capable of han-

dling larger ships, economic developers and

port offi cials say forging ahead with construc-

tion signals to the world that South Carolina

has outstretched arms ready to grab the excess

capacity expected to fl ow to the East Coast via

the expanded Panama Canal — set to debut

in fi ve years.

Th e new terminal will increase the Port

of Charleston’s capacity by about 1.4 million

20-foot-long containers, to a total of about

4 million TEUs, according to permit docu-

ments.

In April, the agency awarded its fi rst con-

struction contract for the terminal. Work on

the $60 million containment wall is expected

to begin this summer, following several years

of site preparation and excavation work.

“Our message to the marketplace has to be

that we are building a new terminal and that it’s

going to be online by 2014,” said John Hassell,

interim executive director of the SPA.

Rep. Jim Merrill, R-Daniel Island, said he

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fi nds the SPA’s decision to stay out of the de-

bate “baffl ing.”

“Truly, I don’t know what words to use,”

Merrill said. “I’m incredulous, shocked, baffl ed,

bewildered that they would plan and ask the

community to support expansion and say they

are committed to reducing their environmental

impact and load on our infrastructure and not

work to improve a vital component of it.”

Merrill was among the lawmakers who di-

rected the SPA off of Daniel Island.

Today, he joins other state and local offi -

cials in rallying for dual rail access, and he led

the charge in the state House to transfer the

controversial rail line in question to S.C. Pub-

lic Railways. At the close of session, lawmak-

ers abandoned that plan, instead punting the

issue to the courts.

Noisette argues it already owns the deeds

to the line and the property underneath it —

and is already involved in a lawsuit with the

Charleston Naval Complex Redevelopment

Authority attempting to prove the point.

A hard-fought dream When the Navy base closed in 1996, it

rocked North Charleston.

Since then, the city has worked aggres-

sively to revitalize its oldest neighborhoods.

Th e fruits of those eff orts include the creation

of a quaint downtown strip of eateries and the

demolition of the state’s largest public housing

project, which was a hotbed of crime.

A pastel-colored development for low-

income families went up in its place, and area

home values have been climbing ever since.

Noisette helped create the vision for a

3,000-acre footprint that includes many of the

city’s most underserved communities, in addi-

tion to the 340 acres owned by Noisette on the

former Navy base. Th at company is headed by

John Knott, known locally for developing the

private Dewees Island, an upscale community

accessible only by boat.

Noisette leases and manages a little more

than 800,000 square feet of offi ce and ware-

house space on the northern end of the Navy

base and has sold 11 acres — numbers the com-

pany says warrant bragging rights considering

it was deeded the fi nal parcels of the property

just a few years ago. It received its fi rst and larg-

est chunk, about 170 acres, in July 2003.

Knott said a tentative agreement is in place

with a developer to start the fi rst of several

planned urban housing developments, but

he said talk of running intermodal trains

through his property has put those discus-

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Superior Transportation Inc.Patrick Barber, President

1940 Hanahan Road, North Charleston, SC 29406

843-740-1840www.superiortransportation.us

Product or service: TruckingYear founded locally: 1998

Within your industry, what are your company’s unique areas of expertise?

We haul and transport heavy and awkward cargo, as well as precast and prestress concrete products, including bridge girders, pipes and wall panels.

How has the current economy changed the way you do business?

We have trimmed spending and we’ve taken steps to make our fl eet more fuel effi cient, including reducing speed and engine idling.

What do you think is the most important “key to success” that a startup business

should consider?

Start with plenty of cash and hold onto it.

What does your fi rm provide that differentiates you from your

competition?

We offer hands-on management, experience and an excellent safety record.

MOVING THE ECONOMYWhat major factors and issues do you believe will affect the local economy in

2009?

A change in leadership at the South Carolina State Ports Authority and stimulus money.

What major factors and issues do you believe will affect the ports, logistics and

distribution industry in 2009?

Dual rail access to the new port terminal, or an agreement allowing Norfolk Southern to operate on CSX tracks.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned that you would pass on to a

younger person entering the work force?

Always wake up earlier than your competition!

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sions on shaky ground.

Knott also has threatened to sue the state,

and he claims that “the massive condemna-

tion” necessary to carry out that plan would

easily exceed $300 million.

“Th is would destroy the entire Noisette

area and the redevelopment the city of North

Charleston has put so much eff ort into,” he

said.

Still, leading Senate Republicans say the

state’s economic health outweighs the wishes

of a developer with an aggressive dream.

South Carolina’s unemployment rate is the

second-highest in the nation, behind Michigan.

Even before the recession, the Port of Charles-

ton was losing market share to its competitors,

falling behind Georgia and Virginia.

“I understand that Noisette’s development

would be harmed if you have a rail line run-

ning through the middle of it,” said Sen. Larry

Grooms, chairman of the Senate Transporta-

tion Committee. “But I told them, I cannot

put your economic self-interest ahead of the

economic interest of the entire state.”

Recently, Grooms, R-Charleston, along

with Senate colleagues Glenn McConnell,

R-Charleston, and Hugh Leatherman, R-

Florence, directed Norfolk Southern to recon-

sider the possibility of building an intermodal

facility in Charleston on a parcel of land near

the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge called

the Promenade. Both Norfolk and S.C. Public

Railways argue the plan is unworkable.

Grooms, who is exploring a run for gov-

ernor, said his ultimate goal is to fi nd a com-

promise. But he said he will fi ght, if necessary,

as did Summey — pitting state lawmakers

against a mayor who once rode an armored

personnel carrier into town to make a point.

It was Summey’s protest of plans to place

a frozen chicken storage locker on the former

Navy base that eventually led to the compro-

mise parceling off half the base to the Ports

Authority and half to the city.

Th e end result of that was that memoran-

dum of understanding between the SPA and

North Charleston. State lawmakers directed

the city and port to the negotiation table, so

it’s unfair for them to be attempting to change

the rules today, Summey said.

“Th e state of South Carolina has become

not unlike Nazi Germany in that they think

they can dictate to us as a community how

we live,” Summey said during a City Council

meeting. “Th at’s wrong, and I don’t care which

ones of those worthless legislators vote for it.

Th ey do not represent our community fairly,

and we will fi ght it to the nth degree.” SCBIZ

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Parker Rigging Co. Inc.Timothy L. Parker, President

5541 Woodbine Ave., North Charleston, SC 29406-6143

843-747-7977 • Fax: 843-747-5560 www.parkerrigging.com

Services: Crane Rental, Rigging, Steel Fabrication and Erection,

Railcar Tie-downs and Burn-offsYear founded locally: 1982


Parker Rigging Co., Inc. specializes in crane rental and rigging. With cranes up to 175-ton capacity, PRC can provide their customers with affordable and effi cient lifting services. PRC also specializes in securing large cargo to railcars for rail transport.

What do you think is the most important “key to success” that has made your

business thrive?

Even though it may sound cliché, Parker Rigging Co., Inc. prides itself on customer service. Our customers know that they will always receive the personalized treatment they have come to expect. PRC is a small, hands-on, company with the owners and management available for our customers.

What do you see as the key issue – in your industry – that must be addressed?

Proper training of crane operators and riggers is the most important issue in the

MOVING THE ECONOMY

PARKER RIGGING

crane business today. Crane accidents cause many injuries and deaths in the United States each year. Many of these accidents are caused by crane operators that are not properly trained. Parker Rigging Co., Inc. strives to keep its staff of crane operators and riggers trained to all current OSHA and ANSI standards.

What major factors and issues do you believe will affect the local economy in

2009?

The biggest factor to affect the local economy is consumer attitude. If consumers are afraid to spend money, the economy will become stagnant. The next factor to affect the local economy is corporate attitude. Corporations must realize that they can stimulate the economy by spending money on capital expenditures, product development, and hiring new employees. As the prevailing attitudes toward the economy brighten, the economy should grow.

C&C Warehouse & Distribution Co. Inc.

Top local executive: Jimmy Connelly, President

1009 Trident St., Hanahan, SC 29410843-818-2332

www.candcwarehouse.com

Product or service: Service-oriented warehouse and distributionYear founded locally: 1972


We specialize in product packing, order processing and inspection services. We even have a team that does assembly and quality control for the automotive industry.

What do you think is the most important “key to success” that a start-up business

should consider?

Learn the industry. Know your competition and focus on customer service. We, as warehousing professionals, are a service-oriented business. If we cannot provide the customer with the service they require, someone else will.


competition?

We perform automotive parts inspection and product assembly. For example, we import two different parts from two different customers, assemble them, perform quality

MOVING THE ECONOMYtesting and send the fi nished assembled parts to the end user.


young person entering the work force?

Your business colleagues can be your best customers. Developing a relationship with your peers can be very helpful and educational.


distribution in the industry in 2009?

The S.C. State Ports Authority, politicians and city offi cials must come together and focus on one goal. That goal is to allow the SCSPA to build and grow, as it is the biggest economic developer in the state.


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Sunland DistributionArch Thomason, President and CEO

255 Black Hawk Road, Greenville, SC 29611

www.SunlandDistribution.com

Product or service: Third party logisticsYear founded locally: 1982

Within your industry, what are your company’s unique areas of

expertise?

Sunland Distribution has seen a lot of changes in the logistics industry since our founding in 1982. The globalization of trade has led to a huge expansion in the type of goods being shipped and stored, and to business relationships that stretch across the globe. As one of the largest third-party logistics companies in the Southeast, we provide warehouse services, transportation management services, contract labor, packaging and full supply chain consulting services. Sunland specializes in HAZMAT chemical storage, food storage in state-of-the-art facilities that meet USDA and FDA requirements, automotive Tier 1 support and retail goods warehousing.


Some commodities that used to fl ow through our facilities fairly quickly are now stored for longer periods because their sales have slowed dramatically during this economic downturn. Tires and paper are two examples. That’s meant growth for our overfl ow facilities. More goods are being stored for longer than 30 days.

What key to success has made Sunland thrive?

Our people are our greatest strength. We have a dedicated work force. Many employees have been with Sunland for years. Our executive management team has more than 100 years of combined experience in the logistics business. That’s how Sunland has grown and succeeded during the last 27 years.

What does Sunland provide that differentiates you from the

competition?

Sunland is a South Carolina company and that local ownership fosters a great sense of pride and responsibility. We’re always looking to improve how we do business. We strive to be innovative and responsive in custom-tailoring logistics solutions to meet the unique needs of each customer. We take industry best practices to the next level. That’s the Sunland advantage.

What major issues do you think will affect ports, logistics and

distribution in 2009?

Energy costs will most likely increase once the economy gets back on track. I think there are also some union

avoidance issues on the horizon. Both of these issues will impact our industry in 2009.

What major factors and issues do you believe will affect the local

economy in 2009?

The value of the U.S. dollar — import versus export — will have a signifi cant impact on our local economy. A depreciated U.S. dollar means higher prices for imported goods. It will affect our ability to compete on a global scale.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned that you

would pass on to a young person entering the work force?

I’d tell any young person entering today’s job market to work hard and work continually to learn your business. Real problem solvers are the most successful people in our business, or in any business. And don’t be afraid to challenge the status quo. Stars create their own environment.

What philanthropic organizations does your company support

and why?

We recently adopted a U.S. Marine company stationed in Afghanistan. We sent our fi rst shipment of care packages to them in March. Sunland employs many veterans of the U.S. military and we wanted to show our support for our troops. Sometimes we forget we are at war.


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TRUCKING AND FLEXI TANK SERVICES

Liquid Box Inc.Scott Adams, President and CEO

Michele Adams, Vice President and Boss Lady.

5175 Virginia Ave., Charleston, S.C. 843-708-0246

www.liquidbox.usTotal number of local employees: 25

Product or service: Trucking and fl exitank service

Year founded locally: 2002


Liquid Box has company-owned trucks and chassis that haul legal and overweight containers local and long distance. Having 20-foot and 40-foot tri-axles, we can meet the needs of our most demanding customers. Our fl eet also includes 53-foot dry vans and fl atbed services with cross docking available.Liquid Box is the only certifi ed fl exitank service on the East Coast. We take can take a 20-foot dry box container and convert it so it can hold non-hazardous liquids, providing an extremely cost-effective way to ship liquid overseas. We take liquid cargo that comes from as far as the Midwest and pump it into fl exitanks so it can be shipped overseas. Who would have thought it would be profi table for businesses to take liquid from the Midwest and ship it out of Charleston, S.C.? We did and we are doing it as you read this article!


The economy has been rough on everybody so, change has played a big part in our business. We have learned to cross-train

to be more productive in other areas when needed. We took some drivers and trained them in diesel mechanics to assist with roadside breakdowns. Keeping repair costs down is vital to your budget when trucking long distances. We have a good team at Liquid Box, all the way from the offi ce staff who keeps the drivers on time, to the warehouse team that keeps inventory up-to-date, to the mechanics who build truck engines with quality priced parts to keep the trucks running great!

What do you think is the most important “key to success” that a start-up

business should consider?

POSITIVE PEOPLE! If you have a good business plan, you’re headed in the right direction. The wrong people can kill everything. Keep positive people around you and talk to God every day; between both of them, you’re already headed towards success!

What advice would you give fellow business leaders to help them thrive during current economic conditions?

My advice is to buckle up; it’s going to be a bumpy ride! Cut cost in all areas and use the savings to keep a good employee. They will see that and return the favor by helping you fi nd ways to save money in and out of the offi ce.


competition?

We care! That’s not a statement made just to fi ll a space! You call us and you will get a real person on the phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We didn’t spend years building a reputation just to let it get torn back down by bad business. There are too many other companies fi ghting for the same job and we don’t want to lose the chance to get it!

What unique skill sets does your staff bring to the marketplace?

I truly believe I have the best people for the job in place NOW! All my drivers have the value of hard work instilled in them. The mechanics are the kind of people that if they don’t know what might be wrong with the engine, they call somebody and get their ideas on the subject while watching the cost

of the repairs. I have the best dispatcher in Charleston, S.C.! How do I know? My wife reminds me every day when she shows up to work to dispatch for Liquid Box! We are like a big family around here, because when somebody is having a bad day, there are about 20 people trying to cheer them up. You don’t fi nd that very much, especially in this day and age.


distribution industry in 2009?

The South Carolina ports, and all the groups that make up the working body, need to work as one to bring in customers instead of letting them go elsewhere. I have lost 30% of my business to the Port of Savannah, which has led to me open up a location in Georgia. It really wasn’t what I wanted to do, but my customers wanted me to stay with them. I still believe that we have a better port system, better trucking companies and an access-friendly road system in and out of the ports!


young person entering the work force?

When life throws you a lemon ... throw it back! Work hard, keep your head up and don’t get distracted from your goals. Your name is the only thing you have to start out with so, don’t tarnish it. What philanthropic organizations does

your company support and why?

I’m a member of the Shriners and the Masonic Organization. Kids are also a big issue with us. We support about everything that deals with kids. Liquid Box is building a hot rod Zamboni the Charleston Stingrays Hockey Team will use to give children rides on the ice next season. We also support Special Olympics and we sponsor four Little League teams. We have a blast watching them play when we can.

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MOVING THE ECONOMY

Anyware ExpressAdam Lawrence, President and CEO (left)*

Alan Levesque, Vice President & COO (right)P.O. Box 40877,

North Charleston, SC 29423 843-225-6430

Product or service: Freight/transportation/warehouse services

* Answers provided by Adam Lawrence

Within your industry, what is your company’s unique area of expertise?

The most unique area of our team’s expertise is our ability to get any task at hand completed successfully, no matter what the logistics challenge may be. Whether it is a simple freight move across town, across the state or across the country; or a complicated warehousing or port-related project, we can handle it. We can also handle anything and everything in between.


Over the past 6-8 months the economy has been a real challenge. We have had to adapt in many creative ways. One way was to cut costs by managing and evaluating each expense. With our ability to lower our expenses, it has given us the opportunity to be more creative with customers -- which is critical in this environment to remain competitive.

We have also had a primary focus on

sales and new business to try and capture market share. In addition to our Charleston location, we have opened a Columbia offi ce and warehouse terminal to reallocate resources and assets to a new market.

The ability to change and adapt in this economic environment helps to minimize risk for our company; and we are certain in this climate, we do not want to be in a riskier position.

What do you think is the most important “key to success” a start-

up business should consider?

I think the key to success for a start-up in this business is cash fl ow and the ability to attain capital through private funding or, of course, your local bank. Especially in these credit-crunch times, it is the most important factor to running, managing and growing a company.

What advice would you give fellow business leaders to help them thrive during current economic

conditions?

It’s simple: Run a tight ship, line your pockets and prepare for the unexpected. And, cross your fi ngers for a smooth economic recovery!

What unique skill sets does your staff bring to the marketplace?

Our team understands we’re a refl ection of the companies that entrust us with their goods. From the moment goods are picked up to the time they are delivered, we uphold each customer’s core values and company image. Along with that understanding, we bring fl exibility and reliability to each and every customer we work with. Whether we’re on an expedited job to help a manufacturing assembly line resume operations,

or delivering time-sensitive piece of medical equipment to a local hospital, our customers can rest assured that their goods will be delivered anywhere, anytime and on-time.

What major factors and issues do you believe will affect the local

economy in 2009?

The major factors I feel will affect the local economy are the trending global economic conditions, the banks’ ability to loan money, how well the stimulus package (that has been allocated and approved by Gov. Mark Sanford) will permeate our local economic system and the ultimate success of the Port of Charleston. All of these factors will play a major role in our local recovery throughout 2009.

What do you see as the key issue – in your industry – that must be

addressed?

Every sector of each industry we work with has been affected one way or another. We can only hope that through the many avenues the government and private sector are taking to improve the system, those avenues will start to work.

What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned that you would pass on to a young person entering the

work force?

When times are really good, don’t get too excited and when times are really bad, don’t get too discouraged. Just try and keep a steady, well-composed, optimistic attitude and things will work out for the best.

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REAL ESTATE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION GOVERNMENT

MARKETFACTSREAL ESTATE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION GOVERNMENT

Construction Cost Comparison 2009Wilmington, N.C. ........................................ 77.2

COLUMBIA ............................................. 79.6Raleigh, N.C. ................................................80.0

Charlotte ......................................................80.0

Austin, Texas ................................................80.8

CHARLESTON ......................................... 83.2Savannah.....................................................83.3

Jacksonville, Fla...........................................83.8

Mobile, Ala. ..................................................84.5

Huntsville, Ala. .............................................86.1

Nashville, Tenn. ............................................88.0

Richmond, Va. ..............................................88.4

Birmingham, Ala...........................................88.5

Norfolk, Va. ..................................................88.7

New Orleans ................................................88.9

Phoenix........................................................89.0

Atlanta .........................................................90.2

Miami ..........................................................90.3

Tampa, Fla. ..................................................91.1

Pittsburgh ....................................................97.6

Washington, D.C. .........................................99.7

INDEX AVERAGE................................... 100.0Wilmington, Del. .........................................102.8

Providence, R.I. ..........................................103.2

Hartford, Conn............................................107.9

Bridgeport, Conn. .......................................108.0

New Haven Conn. ......................................108.2

Los Angeles ...............................................108.3

Newark, N.J. ..............................................109.5

Philadelphia ...............................................113.2

Chicago .....................................................114.9

Boston .......................................................115.4

New York ...................................................130.7

Source: Means Building Construction Cost Data 2009

Compiled by Center for Business Research, Charles-

ton Metro Chamber of Commerce, Oct. 7, 2008


Number of Residential Homes, Condos & Villas Sold – March 2009

MarketMarch

2008March

2009 % Change 2008 Total 2009 Total % Change

Aiken 112 99 -11.6% 324 237 -26.9%

Beaufort 67 65 -3.0% 174 150 -13.8%

Charleston Trident 752 568 -24.5% 1,967 1,303 -33.8%

Cherokee County 34 24 -29.4% 79 45 -43.0%

Coastal Carolinas* 502 451 -10.2% 1,298 1,042 -19.7%

Greater Columbia 758 616 -18.7% 2,050 1,478 -27.9%

Greater Greenville 708 490 -30.8% 1,798 1,216 -32.4%

Greenwood 65 41 -36.9% 174 106 -39.1%

Hilton Head Island Area**

183 146 -20.2% 454 320 -29.5%

Piedmont Regional Association**

234 162 -30.8% 701 427 -39.1%

Realtor Associa-tion of Greater Pee Dee****

185 119 -35.7% 494 290 -41.3%

Southern Midlands Association

33 25 -24.2% 81 70 -13.6%

Spartanburg 249 200 -19.7% 674 505 -25.1%

Sumter/Clarendon County

123 86 -30.1% 298 233 -21.8%

Western Upstate MLS*****

261 183 -29.9% 674 450 -33.2%

State Totals 4,266 3,275 -23.2% 11,240 7,872 -30.0%

*Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Conway and Georgetown **Beaufort, Jasper, Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton, Orangeburg and Bamberg counties ***Rock Hill, York, Lancaster and Chester ****Florence and Pee Dee area *****Anderson, Tri-County, Pickens County Note: Approximate figures are accurate as of March 15, 2009.Source: S.C. Association of Realtors


MARKET FACTS

121 Edinburgh Court Greenville, SC 29607

phone [864] 232.1491 fax [864] 242.9054

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In Good Faith

Trust Commitment Quality Value

Number of Residential Homes, Condos & Villas Sold Market Year-to-date ’07 Year-to-date ’08 % chg.

Aiken 112 85 -24.10%

Beaufort 61 55 -9.80%

Charleston Trident 713 476 -33.20%

Cherokee County 20 20 0.00%

Coastal Carolinas* 426 378 11.30%

Greater Columbia 708 507 -28.40%

Greater Greenville 630 491 -22.10%

Greenwood 56 44 -21.40%

Hilton Head Island Area** 179 168 -6.10%

Piedmont Regional Association*** 197 173 -12.20%

Realtor Association of Greater Pee Dee**** 148 109 -26.40%

Southern Midlands Association 30 40 33.30%

Spartanburg 178 207 16.30%

Sumter/Clarendon County 99 74 -25.30%

Western Upstate MLS***** 233 183 -21.50%

State Totals 3,790 3,010 -20.60% Median Price of Residential Homes, Condos & Villas SoldMarket Year-to-date ’07 Year-to-date ’08 % chg.

Aiken $153,000 $143,000 -6.50%

Beaufort 190,000 204,000 7.40%

Charleston Trident 210,000 192,000 -8.60%

Cherokee County 76,000 79,000 3.90%

Coastal Carolinas* 183,000 160,000 -12.60%

Greater Columbia 145,000 139,000 -4.10%

Greater Greenville 145,000 139,000 -4.10%

Greenwood 100,000 108,000 8.00%

Hilton Head Island Area** 375,000 274,000 -26.90%

Piedmont Regional Association*** 150,000 148,000 -1.30%

Realtor Association of Greater Pee Dee**** 95,000 99,000 4.20%

Southern Midlands Association 91,000 59,000 -35.20%

Spartanburg 115,000 113,000 -1.70%

Sumter/Clarendon County 125,000 115,000 -8.00%

Westen Upstate MLS***** 118,000 120,000 1.70%

State Totals 151,400,000 139,500,000 -7.90% *Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Conway and Georgetown**Beaufort, Jasper, Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton, Orangeburg and Bamberg counties***Rock Hill, York, Lancaster and Chester****Florence and Pee Dee Area*****Anderson, Tri-County, Pickens CountyNote: Approximate figures are accurate as of Dec. 15, 2008.Source: S.C. Association of Realtors

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT REAL ESTATE

S.C. Foreclosure Trends April YTDNew foreclosure filings .......................... 2,309 ............9,611

Foreclosure sales ...................................... 492 ............2,029

Average sale price ........................... $187,217 ......$196,579

Total savings ............................................33% ............. 42%

Source: RealtyTrac

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MARKET FACTSREAL ESTATE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION GOVERNMENT

2008 Year-end Retail Market Office Report – Greenville

Market Size Occupied VacantOccupancy

Rate

Small Shop Rent

Avg. Rent

Average Pass-

throughs

Cherrydale 989,986 907,484 82,502 91.67% $16.90 $13.17 $3.08

East Side 1,588,955 1,367,883 221,072 86.09% $15.05 $11.85 $2.65

Laurens Road

1,367,666 1,255,509 112,157 91.80% $14.19 $10.31 $2.55

South 313,991 250,253 63,738 79.70% $9.56 $7.47 $1.29

West 416,767 412,767 4,000 99.04% $10.96 $8.88 $2.24

Woodruff Road

2,557,424 2,421,097 136,327 94.67% $19.91 $14.35 $2.96

Market 7,234,789 6,614,993 619,796 91.43% $16.39 $12.26 $2.72

Note: All information was compiled using data sources deemed reliable. Statistical data was collected as of December 2008.Source: Colliers Keenan Inc.

2008 Year-end Retail Market Office Report – Charleston

Market Size Occupied Vacant

Occupancy Rate

Small Shop Rent

Avg. Rent

Average Pass-

throughs

Peninsula 483,510 455,274 28,236 94.16% $34.74 $28.15 $8.33

Suburban Totals

13,292,864 11,537,220 1,755,644 86.79% $18.49 $14.48 $2.74

Berkeley 1,111,206 905,594 205,612 81.50% $10.19 $8.53 $1.47

North Charleston

3,833,220 3,055,030 778,190 79.70% $15.45 $12.22 $2.48

East Cooper 3,293,721 3,131,483 162,238 95.07% $24.10 $20.91 $3.86

Summerville 1,988,275 1,771,608 216,667 89.10% $17.53 $14.06 $2.77

West Ashley 3,066,442 2,673,505 392,937 87.19% $15.40 $12.62 $2.23

2008 Year-end Retail Market Office Report – Columbia

Market Size Vacant

Occupancy Rate

Annual Absorption

Avg. Rent

Small Shop Rent

Average Pass-

throughs

Market 12,362,970 1,180,222 90.94% -207,507 $16.13 $19.52 $3.80

Downtown 269,075 6,000 97.77% 5,000 $15.36 $16.65 $3.98

Cayce/West Columbia

1,035,779 129,935 87.46% -43,613 $11.19 $14.84 $1.30

Forest Acres 775,469 1,400 99.82% 4,900 $20.67 $21.86 $4.10

Harbison/St. Andrews

3,429,488 299,295 92.98% -109,577 $16.64 $19.70 $3.01

Lexington 1,437,170 27,593 98.08% 21,013 $17.07 $20.31 $3.69

North Columbia

466,249 75,400 83.83% -9,500 $9.25 $11.20 $1.74

Northeast Columbia

3,920,599 550,265 86.00% -62,080 $17.02 $21.58 $5.06

Southeast Columbia

1,114,541 136,634 87.74% -13,650 $14.19 $16.99 $2.93


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2008 Year-end Office Market Report – CharlestonTotal Market

Market Total Available Sublease Avg. Rate VacancyOccupied

Space

West Ashley 982,434 172,919 2,700 $17.98 17.88% 806,815

Lower North Charleston

2,526,938 663,857 73,336 $19.06 29.17% 1,789,745

Upper North Charleston

2,013,505 432,206 0 $16.77 21.47% 1,581,299

East Cooper 2,379,990 311,177 20,717 $20.94 13.95% 2,048,096

Downtown Charleston

2,063,704 118,559 17,629 $23.87 6.49% 1,927,516

Total 9,966,571 1,698,718 114,382 $19.72 18.19% 8,153,471

Class “A” Office Market

West Ashley 422,848 35,984 2,700 $22.78 9.15% 384,164

Lower North Charleston

1,058,288 246,082 67,511 $24.00 29.63% 744,695

Upper North Charleston

851,000 206,703 0 $19.93 24.29% 644,297

East Cooper 1,546,020 214,691 19,000 $25.51 15.12% 1,312,329

Downtown Charleston

1,031,219 48,737 17,629 $28.44 5.51% 964,853

Total 4,909,375 752,197 106,840 $24.13 17.50% 4,050,338 Note: All information was compiled using data from sources deemed reliable. Statistical data was collected as of December 2008 and encompasses office buildings 10,000 square feet and larger.

2008 Year-end Office Market Report – Columbia

Market Total feet Vacant

Occu-pancy

RateAbsorption

(six-month)Avg. rate

Class “A” occupancy

Class “A” rate

CBD 4,460,021 559,021 87.47% -1,641 $16.28 91.85% $20.43

Suburbs 4,816,215 858,773 82.17% 5,231 $14.20 86.51% $17.69

Cayce/West Columbia

491,817 150,254 69.45% -10,095 $13.86 37.50% $17.00

East Colum-bia

104,438 2,100 97.99% 0 $12.29 - -

Forest Acres 723,057 88,420 87.77% 638 $15.42 92.41% $17.00

Northeast 1,171,800 137,832 88.24% 23,623 $16.11 91.46% $19.38

St. Andrews 2,325,103 480,167 79.35% -8,935 $13.55 84.67% $17.11

Total 9,276,236 1,417,794 84.72% 3,590 $15.02 90.06% $19.18 Note: These numbers do not include transitional properties such as operations and call centers. All information was compiled using data sources deemed reliable.CBD - Central Business DistrictStatistical data was compiled as of December 2008 and encompasses all multitenant office buildings 10,000 square feet and larger.

2008 Year-end Industrial Market Report – Greenville

Market Total VacantVacancy

Rate AbsorptionUnder

ConstructionRental

Rate

Anderson 10,561,082 839,732 7.95% -32,678 0 $3.63

Greenville 74,108,223 8,550,003 11.54% 1,036,914 300,000 $3.25

Spartanburg 65,468,791 6,647,894 10.15% -1,204,957 1,815,000 $3.28

Upstate Market 150,138,096 16,037,629 10.68% -200,721 0 $3.28

Note: All information was compiled using data from sources deemed reliable. Statistical data was collected as of December 2008 and encompasses industrial buildings 10,000 square feet and larger.Source: Colliers Keenan Inc.


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Catawba$201,000,000

1,588 jobs

Charleston$206,000,000

1,354 jobs

Midlands$882,000,000

4,435 jobs

Lowcountry$117,000,000

392 jobs

Pee Dee$465,000,000

3,684 jobs

Piedmont$638,000,000

1,155 jobs

Upstate$1,661,000,000

5,985 jobs


EMPLOYMENT

2008 Significant Capital Investments

Company Total Capital Investments

BMW Manufacturing Co. ............. $750,000,000 Spartanburg County

American Titanium Works LLC..... $422,000,000Laurens County

Rollcast Energy Inc. .................... $170,000,000 Newberry County

Osage Bio Energy LLC ................ $161,500,000Union County

FITESA ........................................ $120,000,000 Laurens County

H.J. Heinz Co. ............................. $105,000,000Florence County

Michelin North America Inc. .......... $90,000,000 Lexington County

Horsehead Corp. ........................... $87,000,000Barnwell County

Target Corp. ................................ $73,000,000Kershaw County

Shaw Industries Group Inc. ........... $60,000,000Lexington County

2008 Significant Job Creations

Company Total Jobs

BMW Manufacturing Co. ............................. 500Spartanburg County

URS Corp. ................................................... 400Lancaster County

Cross Country Home Services ..................... 350Anderson County

H.J. Heinz Co. ............................................. 350Florence County

Monster Worldwide Inc. ............................... 350Florence County

Shaw Industries Group Inc. ......................... 350Lexington County

American Titanium Works LLC..................... 320Laurens County

Computer Sciences Corp. ............................ 300Richland County

Home Depot ................................................ 300Lexington County

Titanium Solutions Inc. ................................ 300Lancaster County


Unemployment Rates by County

Rank County Mar-09 Feb-09 Change

1 Allendale 22.3 23.3 -1.0

2 Marion 21.1 21.8 -0.7

3 Chester 20.6 20.7 -0.1

4 Union 20 19.5 0.5

5 Marlboro 18.6 19.6 -1

6 Bamberg 18 16.8 1.2

7 Lancaster 17.5 14.5 3.0

8 McCormick 16.9 19.1 -2.2

9 Chesterfield 16.8 17.5 -0.7

10 Barnwell 16.7 15.4 1.3

11 Hampton 16.5 16.1 0.4

12 Cherokee 16.4 16.9 -0.5

13 Dillon 16.2 16.7 -0.5

14 Clarendon 15.9 16 -0.1

15 Orangeburg 15.9 15.5 0.4

16 Williamsburg 15.4 16.0 -0.6

17 Lee 14.8 14.9 -0.1

18 Horry 14.4 11.9 2.5

19 Oconee 14.3 13.7 0.6

20 Abbeville 14 15.1 -1.1

21 Colleton 13.7 14.2 -0.5

22 Darlington 13.6 13.1 0.5

23 Fairfield 13.3 14.3 -1.0

24 Sumter 13.3 13.6 -0.3

25 Greenwood 13 13.5 -0.5

26 Georgetown 12.8 13 -0.2

27 York 12.7 14.2 -1.5

28 Newberry 12.7 14.2 -1.5

29 Anderson 11.9 12.6 -0.7

30 Spartanburg 11.6 11.4 0.2

31 Florence 11.2 11 0.2

32 Calhoun 11.1 11.3 -0.2

33 Laurens 10.9 11.1 -0.2

34 Kershaw 10.7 10.8 -0.1

35 Berkeley 10.2 10.2 0

36 Jasper 10.1 10.5 -0.4

37 Pickens 9.9 9.7 0.2

38 Edgefield 9.9 10.9 -1

39 Dorchester 9.7 9.8 -0.1

40 Greenville 9.6 9.4 0.2

41 Saluda 9.3 9.4 -0.1

42 Richland 8.8 8.5 0.3

43 Aiken 8.6 9.4 -0.8

44 Beaufort 8.6 8.6 0

45 Charleston 8.4 8.2 0.2

46 Lexington 7.9 7.8 0.1

Source: Newsline Workforce Trends, April 2009, S.C. Employment Security Commission


MARKET FACTS

Unemployment Rates – State Comparison

March ’09 2008 2007 2006

Alabama 9.0 5.0 3.5 3.5

Florida 9.7 6.2 4.0 3.4

Georgia 9.2 6.2 4.4 4.6

N. Carolina 10.8 6.3 4.7 4.7

S. Carolina 11.4 6.9 5.9 6.4

Tennessee 9.6 6.4 4.7 5.1

Virginia 6.8 4.0 3.0 3.0

United States 8.9* 5.8 4.6 4.6

*Represents the unemployment rate as of February 2009.Source: U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, S.C. Employment Security Commission


Wage and Salary Employment – March 2009

Industry March ’09 Feb. ’09 March ’08

Net Change

Month Ago Year Ago

Natural Resources and Mining

4,200 4,200 4,500 0 -300

Construction 103,500 105,100 116,000 -1,600 -12,500

Manufacturing 219,200 222,100 246,500 -2,900 -27,300

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

358,100 355,000 376,100 3,100 -18,000

Information 29,500 29,500 28,200 0 1,300

Financial Activities 102,900 103,700 106,300 -800 -3,400

Professional and Business Services

207,500 206,000 223,600 1,500 -16,100

Educational and Health Services

209,000 207,600 207,200 1,400 1,800

Leisure and Hospitality

198,700 193,100 214,700 5,600 -16,000

Government 346,700 345,800 350,100 900 -3,400

Total Nonagricultural Employment

1,850,200 1,843,300 1,944,500 6,900 -94,300

Source: Workforce Trends Newsline, April 2009, S.C. Employment Security Commission

S.C. unemployment hits 11.5%South Carolina’s jobless rate increased one-tenth of

a point in April to 11.5%, the highest since January

1983. Th e national unemployment rate also increased

in April, to 8.9%, compared with 8.5% in March. De-

spite the higher jobless rate, nearly 9,700 nonfarm jobs

were gained in South Carolina in April.

Source: Workforce Trends Newsline,May 2009, S.C. Employment Security Commission

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Labor Force and Unemployment by County and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) 2009


Labor Force Unemployment

County/MSA

March2009

Feb.2009

March2008

March2009

Feb.2009

March2008

Abbeville 11,501 11,639 11,400 1,615 1,763 826

Aiken 75,995 76,445 73,746 6,571 7,164 3,320

Allendale 3,362 3,373 3,240 750 787 463

Anderson MSA

87,543 87,171 85,092 10,411 10,952 4,911

Bamberg 6,287 6,190 6,233 1,129 1,041 553

Barnwell 9,058 9,059 8,688 1,557 1,556 769

Beaufort 62,939 63,237 62,453 5,425 5,465 2,606

Berkeley 79,976 80,303 78,037 8,150 8,194 3,946

Calhoun 7,171 7,147 6,839 794 805 370

Charleston 176,000 176,339 173,538 14,737 14,442 7,190

Cherokee 25,884 26,188 25,534 4,241 4,418 1,786

Chester 15,750 15,819 15,164 3,243 3,270 1,597

Chesterfield 19,121 19,259 18,331 3,210 3,361 1,311

Clarendon 12,513 12,481 12,357 1,988 2,000 981

Colleton 16,752 16,812 16,321 2,301 2,379 1,014

Darlington 32,851 32,573 31,026 4,456 4,282 2,085

Dillon 13,028 13,044 12,749 2,110 2,174 1,104

Dorchester 63,958 64,251 62,346 6,224 6,290 2,792

Edgefield 11,220 11,327 10,824 1,106 1,234 564

Fairfield 11,497 11,478 11,147 1,460 1,496 966

Florence 65,380 64,946 62,798 7,346 7,124 3,647

Georgetown 30,403 30,251 30,034 3,903 3,939 1,850

Greenville 228,271 228,305 222,546 22,002 21,353 9,742

Greenwood 29,948 30,253 30,424 3,906 4,077 1,927

Hampton 7,823 7,768 7,577 1,287 1,254 530

Horry/Myrtle Beach MSA

129,673 127,080 128,490 16,571 18,033 7,408

Jasper 10,052 10,141 9,878 1,016 1,064 475

Kershaw 30,996 30,835 29,704 3,329 3,319 1,640

Note: *Seasonally adjusted; in thousands

Source: Workforce Trends Newsline, April 2009, S.C. Employment Security Commission

Lancaster 29,626 29,867 29,433 5,342 2,999 3,388

Laurens 34,045 34,257 33,423 3,696 3,808 2,113

Lee 8,264 8,197 8,011 1,224 1,223 633

Lexington 135,106 134,260 131,362 10,675 10,509 5,144

McCormick 3,531 3,488 3,561 500 410 408

Marion 13,302 13,300 12,649 2,806 2,893 1,430

Marlboro 11,804 11,919 11,517 2,198 2,333 1,185

Newberry 18,550 18,603 18,392 2,259 2,388 973

Oconee 31,057 30,862 30,131 4,451 4,222 1,759

Orangeburg 40,279 40,082 40,943 6,399 6,206 3,101

Pickens 59,993 60,065 58,452 5,912 5,805 2,657

Richland 184,066 182,450 179,125 16,273 15,573 8,922

Saluda 9,393 9,346 9,069 878 877 431

Spartan-burg MSA

139,629 140,166 136,005 16,190 15,969 7,130

Sumter MSA

42,339 42,604 43,333 5,624 5,791 3,128

Union 12,326 12,299 11,532 2,461 2,401 1,028

Williams-burg

15,554 15,547 15,193 2,403 2,492 1,381

York 107,263 109,959 105,609 13,583 15,598 5,779

Multicounty Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Charleston 319,934 320,893 313,921 29,111 28,926 13,928

Columbia 378,228 375,515 367,245 33,408 32,579 17,473

Florence 98,231 97,519 93,824 11,802 11,406 5,732

Greenville 322,309 322,627 314,420 31,610 30,966 14,511

State totals

South Carolina*

2,185,500 2,189,300 2,131,300 248,600 238,400 125,700

Labor Force Unemployment

County/MSA

March2009

Feb.2009

March2008

March2009

Feb.2009

March2008

That’s the number of jobs in South Carolina associated with the automobile industry. Many of the jobs are in support of industries that supply primary manufacturers of cars and

trucks in the United States and other countries. Sales for cars and light trucks have rapidly

declined — down 38% since February 2008. A continued decline in sales will aff ect employ-

ment at manufacturers, dealers, suppliers and many support industries in the auto sector.

Source: CNN, Center for Automotive Research, Reference USA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics

40,000


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EDUCATIONSouth Carolina higher education facts

Number of colleges and universities: 55

Independent four-year

institutions: 21 Public technical colleges: 16

Teaching institutions: 10

Public two-year regional: 4

Research institutions: 3

Independent two-year

institutions: 1

Independent four-year

institutions: 38,486

Public technical colleges: 84,270

Teaching institutions:

50,417Public two-year

regional: 4,233

Research institutions: 48,333

Independent two-year

institutions: 750

Higher education fall 2008 enrollment: 226,489

*Excludes Medical University of South Carolina; and medicine and law at the University of South Carolina.

$5,000 $10,000 $15,000

Average undergraduate in-state tuition and required fees 2008-09

Research institutions* $9,608

Teaching institutions $8,338

Public technical colleges $3,162


Total Student Fees for Full-time Undergraduate Students, Academic Year 2007-08 Summary of required feesaccording to use (expenditures)

Total

Research Institutions

Clemson University $9,870

USC Columbia* 8,346

Medical University of S.C.** 10,790

Comprehensive Teaching Institutions

The Citadel $7,710

Coastal Carolina University 7,600

College of Charleston 7,778

Francis Marion University 7,038

Lander University 7,728

S.C. State University 7,318

USC Aiken 7,006

USC Beaufort 6,250

USC Upstate 7,760

Winthrop University 10,190

Two-Year Regional Campuses

USC Lancaster $4,628

USC Salkehatchie 4,698

USC Sumter 4,748

USC Union 4,768

Technical Colleges

Aiken $3,298

Central Carolina 2,824

Denmark 1,878

Florence-Darlington 3,190

Greenville 3,090

Horry-Georgetown 3,050

Midlands 3,160

Northeastern 2,590

Orangeburg-Calhoun 2,592

Piedmont 2,876

Spartanburg Community College 3,194

Tech. College of the Lowcountry 3,026

Tri-County 2,744

Trident 2,768

Williamsburg 2,278

York 3,084

* Excludes medicine, law and health professions

** Includes pharmacy, nursing and allied health

Source: S.C. Higher Education Statistical Abstract,

2007 and 2008




Tuition and Fees by State Average undergraduate tuition and fees for full-time students in degree-granting institutions

Public Four-year Private Four-year

Public two-year, tuition and

required fees (in-state)

2006-07 2007-08* 2006-07 2007-08*

State or jurisdiction Total

Tuition and

required fees

(in-state) Total

Tuition and

required fees

(in-state) Room Board Total

Tuition and

required fees Total

Tuition and

required fees Room Board

2006-2007

2007-2008*

United States $12,797 $5,666 $13,424 $5,950 $4,072 $3,402 $28,919 $20,517 $30,393 $21,588 $4,812 $3,993 $2,018 $2,063

Alabama 10,686 4,716 11,035 4,907 3,107 3,022 19,380 13,061 21,014 14,116 3,319 3,578 2,802 2,814

Arkansas 9,799 4,954 10,598 5,427 2,926 2,244 19,213 13,371 20,096 14,178 2,884 3,033 1,901 1,928

Florida 10,418 3,009 10,709 2,980 4,385 3,345 26,524 18,299 27,534 19,167 4,554 3,813 1,968 1,862

Georgia 10,320 3,773 10,984 4,006 4,139 2,839 27,188 18,889 29,046 20,175 5,119 3,752 1,730 1,876

Louisiana 9,021 3,761 9,479 3,835 3,113 2,530 28,896 21,100 30,363 22,162 22,162 3,564 1,526 1,641

Mississippi 10,049 4,456 10,776 4,762 3,200 2,815 17,640 12,193 18,395 12,693 2,941 2,941 1,710 1,726

North Carolina 10,471 4,040 10,889 4,301 3,648 2,939 27,545 20,220 29,141 29,141 3,921 3,723 1,303 1,377

South Carolina 14,194 7,905 15,089 8,389 4,159 2,542 23,560 17,195 24,914 24,914 3,261 3,364 3,108 3,223

Tennessee 10,534 5,006 11,340 5,366 3,312 2,662 24,377 17,453 25,802 18,509 3,871 3,422 2,474 2,631

Virginia 13,143 6,450 13,928 6,887 3,862 3,178 24,632 17,821 26,170 18,892 3,740 3,537 2,361 2,484

*Preliminary data based on fall 2006 enrollment weights. Note: Data are for the entire academic year and are average charges. Tuition and fees were weighted by the number of full-time-equivalent undergraduates but were not adjusted to reflect student residency. Room and board are based on full-time students. Degree-granting institutions grant associate or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail might not sum to totals because of rounding.Sources: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2006-07 and 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Fall 2006, Fall 2007 and Spring 2007.

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Ten-year Analysis of Average Salaries of Full-time Teaching FacultyNine-month contract basis

1998-99 2007-08%

Change

Research Institutions

Clemson University $57,746 $84,064 45.6%

USC Columbia 60,018 81,506 35.8%

Medical University of South Carolina

52,713 95,619 81.4%

Comprehensive Teaching Institutions

The Citadel $48,360 $67,332 39.2%

Coastal Carolina University

43,417 61,905 42.6%

College of Charleston 44,542 62,380 40.0%

Francis Marion University

45,708 59,325 29.8%

Lander University 44,524 51,303 15.2%

S.C. State University 42,614 59,425 39.4%

USC Aiken 46,049 55,741 21.0%

USC Beaufort 40,472 54,630 35.0%

USC Upstate 43,988 54,164 23.1%

Winthrop University 44,282 60,987 37.7%

Two-year Regional Campuses

USC Lancaster $44,884 $48,474 8.0%

USC Salkehatchie 38,241 44,105 15.3%

USC Sumter 43,863 52,438 19.5%

USC Union 42,892 43,528 1.5% Source: S.C. Higher Education Statistical Abstract, 2007 and 2008

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Aid-to-Tuition RatioBetween 1983 and 2004, the aid-to-tuition ratio

for South Carolina increased from 0.0 in 1983

to 2.4 in 2004, with an average of 0.9 for the 21-

year period. During the 25-year period starting

with 1979, the national average aid-to-tuition

ratio also declined; the 25-year national average

was 9.0. South Carolina’s 25-year average ratio

was second-lowest among all states; the change

was not available because of missing data for

1979 to 1982. However, South Carolina has

experienced a 36% decrease in this indicator

since the state began using need-based fi nancial

aid. Th is indicates the state has not balanced

need-based aid with changes in tuition.

Source: Recession, Retrenchment and Recovery: State Higher

Education Funding & Student Financial Aid Volume II, State

Profiles, October 2006, Center for the Study of Education

Policy, Illinois State University

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LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES

U.S. SENATELINDSEY GRAHAM (R) 290 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510202-224-5972lgraham.senate.govLocal office:530 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 202Mount Pleasant, SC 29464843-849-3887

JIM DEMINT (R)340 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510202-224-6121demint.senate.govLocal office:112 Custom House200 East Bay St.Charleston, SC 29401843-727-4525

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESHENRY E. BROWN JR. (R)1st District (Horry, Berkeley, Charles-ton, Dorchester and Georgetown counties)103 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-3176brown.house.govLocal office:5900 Core Ave., Suite 401North Charleston, SC 29406843-747-4175

JAMES E. CLYBURN (D)6th District (Portions or all of 15 regional counties; boundaries extend from the center of the state in Colum-bia: east to Marion County, south to Colleton County and northwest to Columbia.)2135 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-3315clyburn.house.govLocal office:1225 Lady St., Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29201803-799-1100

JOE WILSON (R)2nd District (Allendale, Barnwell, Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper and Lex-ington counties and portions of Aiken, Calhoun, Orangeburg and Richland counties)212 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-2452joewilson.house.govMidlands office:1700 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1 West Columbia, SC 29169 803-939-0041 888-381-1442Lowcountry office:903 Port Republic St.Beaufort, SC 29902Mail to: P.O. Box 1538Beaufort, SC 29901843-521-2530

J. GRESHAM BARRETT (R)3rd District (Anderson, Greenwood, Aiken areas)439 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-5301barrett.house.govAnderson office:303 W. Beltline Blvd.Anderson, SC 29625 864-224-7401Greenwood office:115 Enterprise Court, Suite BGreenwood, SC 29649864-223-8251Aiken office:233 Pendleton St. N.W.Aiken, SC 29801803-649-5571

BOB INGLIS (R) 4th District (Greenville, Spartanburg and Union counties and the northern tip of Laurens County)100 Cannon House Office BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-6030inglis.house.govGreenville office:105 N. Spring St., Suite 111Greenville, SC 29601864-232-1141Spartanburg office:464 E. Main St., Suite 8Spartanburg, SC 29302864-582-6422

JOHN SPRATT (D)5th District (all or portions of 14 regional districts)1401 Longworth BuildingWashington, DC 20515202-225-5501spratt.house.govUpstate office:201 E. Main St., Suite 305Rock Hill, SC 29730803-327-1114Midlands office:707 Bultman DriveSumter, SC 29150803-773-3362Pee Dee office:88 Public SquareDarlington, SC 29532843-393-3998

CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES

OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERALMaj. Gen. Stanhope S. Spears1 National Guard Road Columbia, SC 29201-4766803-806-4200www.scguard.com

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREHugh E. Weathers, commissionerWade Hampton Building, Fifth Floor1200 Senate St.Columbia, SC 29201803-734-2210agriculture.sc.gov

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICEHenry D. McMaster, attorney generalRembert Dennis Building1000 Assembly St., Room 519Columbia, SC 29201803-734-3970www.scattorneygeneral.org

S.C. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEJoe E. Taylor, secretary1201 Main St., Suite 1600Columbia, SC 29201-3200 803-737-0400www.sccommerce.com

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICEChuck Bundy, department manager

1201 Main St., Suite 1600 Columbia, SC 29201803-737-0440www.sccommerce.com

S.C. COMPTROLLER GENERALRichard Eckstrom, comptroller general305 Wade Hampton Building1200 Senate St.Columbia, SC 29201803-734-2121www.cg.state.sc.us

EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSIONTed Halley, executive director1550 Gadsden St.Columbia, SC 29201803-737-2400www.sces.org

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORMark Sanford, governorP.O. Box 12267Columbia, SC 29211803-734-2100www.scgovernor.com

OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORAndre Bauer, lieutenant governorP.O. Box 142Columbia, SC 29202803-734-2080ltgov.sc.gov

SECRETARY OF STATEMark Hammond, secretary of stateEdgar Brown Building1205 Pendleton St., Suite 525Columbia, SC 29201803-734-2170www.scsos.com

STATE TREASURERConverse A. Chellis III, state treasurerWade Hampton Building1200 Senate St.Columbia, SC 29201803-734-2101treasurer.sc.gov

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONJim Rex, superintendent 1429 Senate St., Suite 1006Columbia, SC 29201803-734-8500ed.sc.gov/agency/superintendent

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Listed alphabetically by specialty

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Ronald E. Cardwell McNair Law Firm P.A.

James C. Gray Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Michael A. Molony Young Clement Rivers

David B. Summer Jr.Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Mark W. Bakker Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Capers G. Barr IIIBarr, Unger and McIntosh

M. Malissa Burnette Burnette & Rothstein P.A.

William C. Cleveland IIIBuist Moore Smythe McGee

Theron G. Cochran Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason

M. Dawes Cooke Jr.Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms

Danny C. Crowe Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Eric K. Englebardt Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Robert M. Erwin Jr.Robert M. Erwin Jr. Law Firm

Karl A. Folkens Folkens Law Firm

Michael D. Glenn Glenn, Haigler, McClain & Stathakis

Jack D. Griffeth Collins & Lacy

William M. Hagood IIILove, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason

Connie C. Harnass IIIConnie C. Harnass III Law Firm

Robert W. Hassold Jr.Robert W. Hassold Jr., Mediator and Counselor at Law

Richard L. Hinson Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Wade H. Logan IIINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Charles S. Mauney Gallivan, White & Boyd

D. Cravens Ravenel Baker, Ravenel & Bender

James C. Sarratt The Legal Clinic of Sarratt & Clarke

Franklin G. Shuler Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Bachman S. Smith IIIHaynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Thomas L. Stephenson Nexsen Pruet LLC

Walter B. Todd Jr.Todd & Ward P.C.

Thomas W. Traxler Carter, Smith, Merriam, Rogers & Traxler

G. Trenholm Walker Pratt-Thomas, Epting & Walker

Thomas J. Wills Wills & Massalon

ANTITRUST LAW

William C. Boyd Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Manton M. Grier Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Henry L. Parr Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

APPELLATE LAW

Charles E. Baker Baker, Ravenel & Bender

C. Mitchell Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Charles E. Carpenter Jr.

CARPENTER APPEALS & TRIAL SUPPORT

J. Rene Josey Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

C. Dixon Lee IIIMcLaren & Lee

David L. Moore Jr.Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason

James B. Richardson Jr.James B. Richardson Jr., Attorney at Law

Jack B. Swerling Law Offi ces of Jack B. Swerling

William T. Toal Johnson Toal & Battiste

John C. von Lehe Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

BANKING LAW

John W. Currie McNair Law Firm P.A.

M. Craig Garner Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

George S. King Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Lanneau W. Lambert Jr.Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Alan M. Lipsitz Nexsen Pruet LLC

Thomas E. Lydon McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

John T. Moore Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Mark S. Sharpe Warren & Sinkler

John H. Warren IIIWarren & Sinkler

BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR-DEBTOR RIGHTS LAW

Linda K. Barr Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Barbara G. Barton Barton Law Firm

Michael M. Beal McNair Law Firm P.A.

John B. Butler IIIJohn B. Butler III P.A.

Kevin Campbell Campbell Law Firm

Weyman C. Carter McNair Law Firm P.A.

James H. Cassidy Roe Cassidy Coates & Price

George B. Cauthen Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

R. Michael Drose Drose Law Firm

Gerald M. Finkel Finkel Law Firm LLC

Richard R. Gleissner Finkel Law Firm LLC

D. Allen Grumbine Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

F. Marion Hughes Smith Moore Leatherwood

J. Ronald Jones Jr.Clawson & Staubes

Robert A. Kerr Jr.Hagood & Kerr

R. Geoffrey Levy R. Geoffrey Levy Law Firm

Cynthia J. Lowery Moore & Van Allen

G. William McCarthy Jr.McCarthy Law Firm

Stanley H. McGuffi n Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Julio E. Mendoza Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

Ivan N. Nossokoff Ivan N. Nossokoff, Attorney at Law

William H. Short Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Randy A. Skinner Skinner & Associates

Charles P. Summerall IVBuist Moore Smythe McGee

David B. Wheeler Moore & Van Allen

Rory D. Whelehan Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

Paul A. Dominick Nexsen Pruet LLC

Elizabeth Van Doren Gray Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

David E. Dukes Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

L. Gray Geddie Jr.Ogletree Deakins

Frank S. Holleman IIIWyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Marvin D. Infi nger Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Wallace K. Lightsey Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

John P. Linton Duffy & Young

Edward W. Mullins Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Morris D. Rosen Rosen, Rosen & Hagood

Joel H. Smith Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Thornwell F. Sowell Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC


J. Rutledge Young Jr.Young Clement Rivers

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Charles J. Baker IIIBuist Moore Smythe McGee

W. Howard Boyd Jr.Gallivan, White & Boyd

C. Mitchell Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Russell T. Burke Nexsen Pruet LLC

R. Wayne Byrd Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Charles E. Carpenter Jr.Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support

James H. Cassidy Roe Cassidy Coates & Price

William C. Cleveland IIIBuist Moore Smythe McGee


Gray T. Culbreath Collins & Lacy

Robert W. Dibble Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

Paul A. Dominick Nexsen Pruet LLC

Elizabeth Van Doren GraySowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC


Kevin A. Dunlap Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Morris A. Ellison Buist Moore Smythe McGee

L. Franklin Elmore Elmore & Wall

Gregory J. English Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Steven E. Farrar Smith Moore Leatherwood

Richard A. Farrier Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP



Frank H. Gibbes IIIGibbes Burton

Michael J. Giese Smith Moore Leatherwood

Mason A. Goldsmith Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason

Manton M. Grier Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Henry E. Grimball Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Ben A. Hagood Jr.Hagood & Kerr

Kevin A. Hall Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Frank S. Holleman IIIWyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Robert H. Hood Hood Law Firm

William C. Hubbard Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

S. Keith Hutto Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Harold W. Jacobs Nexsen Pruet LLC

Benjamin A. Johnson Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson

Ellis M. Johnston IIHaynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

John E. Johnston Smith Moore Leatherwood

Celeste T. Jones McNair Law Firm P.A.

D. Larry Kristinik IIINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John F. Kuppens Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

LeRoy F. Laney Riley Pope & Laney

John T. Lay Jr.Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims

James K. Lehman Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


John P. Linton Duffy & Young

H. Sam Mabry IIIHaynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Francis M. Mack Richardson, Plowden & Robinson P.A.

William Francis Marion Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Thomas E. McCutchen Jr.McCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette LLP

Stephen G. Morrison Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John C. Moylan IIIWyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham


Curtis L. Ott Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Samuel W. Outten Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

G. Dewey Oxner Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

James C. Parham Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Henry L. Parr Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Richard S. Rosen Rosen, Rosen & Hagood


G. Dana Sinkler Warren & Sinkler


B. Rush Smith IIINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Thornwell F. Sowell Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

W. Duvall Spruill Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Robert E. Stepp Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

T.S. Stern Jr.Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis

Troy A. Tessier Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Thomas S. Tisdale Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC


Ronald J. Tryon Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Bradish J. Waring Nexsen Pruet LLC

J. Calhoun Watson Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

EST LAWYERS®


James L. Werner Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Daniel B. White Gallivan, White & Boyd

W. Reynolds Williams Willcox, Buyck & Williams

Marshall Winn Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Ronald K. Wray IIGallivan, White & Boyd

J. Rutledge Young Jr.Young Clement Rivers

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Charles J. Baker IIIBuist Moore Smythe McGee

Daniel T. Brailsford Robinson, McFadden & Moore

Henry W. Brown Nexsen Pruet LLC

James L. Bruner Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins LLC

Walter H. Bundy Jr.Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett

Thomas J. Coker Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

John E. Cuttino Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

John R. Devlin Devlin & Parkinson

L. Franklin Elmore Elmore & Wall

C. Allen Gibson Jr.Buist Moore Smythe McGee

H. Brewton Hagood Rosen, Rosen & Hagood

Herbert W. Hamilton Hamilton Martens Ballou & Sipe

Leo H. Hill Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Thomas B. Jackson IIITyler, Cassell, Jackson, Peace & Silver

N. Ward Lambert Harper Lambert & Brown

W. Jefferson Leath Jr.Leath Bouch & Crawford

Francis M. Mack Richardson Plowden

Lawrence B. Orr Orr, Elmore & Ervin

Claron A. Robertson IIIRobertson & Hollingsworth

Franklin J. Smith Jr.Richardson, Plowden & Robinson P.A.

T.S. Stern Jr.Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis

Henry P. Wall Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins LLC

James L. Werner Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPLIANCE LAW

Suzanne H. Clawson Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Jo Watson Hackl Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham\

CORPORATE LAW

Eric B. Amstutz Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

W.E. Applegate IIIMoore & Van Allen

Scott Y. Barnes Warren & Sinkler

J. Sidney Boone Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.


Robert L. Clement Jr.Young Clement Rivers

William E. Craver IIICraver & Webb


Gus M. Dixon Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Randolph B. Epting Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

David L. Freeman Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Daniel J. Fritze Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

D. Allen Grumbine Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Jo Watson Hackl Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

John B. Hagerty Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Cary H. Hall Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

J. David Hawkins Nexsen Pruet LLC

Julian Hennig IIINexsen Pruet LLC

P. Mason Hogue Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Michael D. Jones Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

William W. Kehl Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham


G. Marcus Knight Nexsen Pruet LLC

Martin C. McWilliams Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Julie O. Medich Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Edward G. Menzie Nexsen Pruet LLC

David A. Merline Jr.Merline & Meacham

William M. Musser McNair Law Firm P.A.


Susan M. Smythe Buist Moore Smythe McGee

John R. Thomas Thomas & Fisher


C. Thomas Wyche Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

DUI/DWI DEFENSE

O.W. Bannister Jr.Bannister & Wyatt

James W. Bannister Bannister & Wyatt

C. Bradley Hutto Williams & Williams

C. Bradley Hutto Williams & Williams P.A.

Timothy C. Kulp Timothy C. Kulp Law Firm

Leigh J. Leventis Leigh J. Leventis Law Offi ce

Joseph M. McCulloch Law Offi ce of Joseph McCulloch Jr.

ELDER LAW

Michael B. Bridges Dobson, Jones, Ball, Phillips & Bridges

EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW

Keith M. Babcock Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins

Howell V. Bellamy Jr.Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely & Bowers

Richard D. Bybee Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW

Michael T. Brittingham Nexsen Pruet LLC

Thomas M. Christina Ogletree Deakins

Joel A. Daniel Ogletree Deakins

William L. Dennis Smith Moore Leatherwood

Kenneth Allan Janik Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Amy Y. Jenkins McAngus, Goudelock & Courie


R. Kent Porth Nexsen Pruet LLC

Andreas N. Satterfi eld Jr.Jackson Lewis


Joseph D. Walker McNair Law Firm P.A.

ENERGY LAW

Robert T. Bockman McNair Law Firm P.A.

M. John Bowen Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

Leo H. Hill Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Lucas C. Padgett Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Timothy W. Bouch Leath Bouch & Crawford

Ronald E. Cardwell McNair Law Firm P.A.

Phillip L. Conner McNair Law Firm P.A.

Karen A. Crawford Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

R. Howard Grubbs Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Ben A. Hagood Jr.Hagood & Kerr

Leon C. Harmon Nexsen Pruet LLC

Cotton C. Harness IIICotton C. Harness III, Attorney at Law

Bernard F. Hawkins Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Sean D. Houseal Buist Moore Smythe McGee

W. Thomas Lavender Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

Elizabeth B. Partlow Ogletree Deakins

Gordon C. Rhea Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman

Sara S. Rogers McNair Law Firm P.A.

Eric C. Schweitzer Ogletree Deakins

Mary A. Shahid McNair Law Firm P.A.

Ellison D. Smith IVSmith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett

Newman Jackson Smith Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

William L. Want Charleston School of Law

FAMILY LAW

Mark O. Andrews Andrews & Shull

Pamela A.E. Deal Deal & Deal

Victoria L. Eslinger Nexsen Pruet LLC

George M. Hearn Jr.Hearn, Brittain & Martin

Robert M. Holland Holland Law Firm

Kermit S. King Law Offi ce of Kermit S. King

Grace Knie Grace Knie, Attorney at Law

Jack W. Lawrence Lawrence & Rudasill

C. Dixon Lee IIIMcLaren & Lee

Ken H. Lester Ken H. Lester, Attorney at Law

Timothy E. Madden Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John O. McDougall McDougall & Self

James T. McLaren McLaren & Lee

Kenneth C. Porter Porter & Rosenfeld

Robert N. Rosen Rosen Law Firm


Carol H. Sanders Carol Sanders P.A.

Lon H. Shull IIIAndrews & Shull

Vicki Johnson Snelgrove Johnson, Johnson, Whittle & Snelgrove

Ann M. Stirling Stirling & O’Connell

J. Mark Taylor Moore, Taylor & Thomas

Paul E. Tinkler Law Offi ces of Paul E. Tinkler


John B. White Jr.Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION

Mark O. Andrews Andrews & Shull

Stephen S. Bartlett Stephen S. Bartlett, Attorney at Law

Bobby H. Mann Jr.Temple Mann Briggs & Hill

Robert N. Rosen Rosen Law Firm

James C. Sarratt The Legal Clinic of Sarratt & Clarke

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW

Jay Bender Baker, Ravenel & Bender

D.A. Brockinton Jr.Brockinton & Brockinton

David L. Freeman Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

John J. Kerr Buist Moore Smythe McGee


Carl F. Muller Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Thomas S. Tisdale Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

FRANCHISE LAW

S. Keith Hutto Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Steven A. McKelvey Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Natalma M. McKnew Smith Moore Leatherwood

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LAW

Stephen K. Benjamin McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

Dwight F. Drake Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

James P. Fields Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

James H. Hodges Hodges Consulting Group

John C. Moylan IIIWyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

James H. Quackenbush Jr.Berry, Quackenbush & Stuart P.A.

Theodore D. Riley Riley Pope & Laney


George B. Wolfe Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

HEALTH CARE LAW

J. Marshall Allen Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Stuart M. Andrews Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Charles E. Carpenter Jr.Carpenter Appeals & Trial Support

Molly Craig Hood Law Firm

Frederick A. Crawford

EST LAWYERS®


EST LAWYERS®

Richardson, Plowden & Robinson P.A.

M. Elizabeth Crum McNair Law Firm P.A.

M. Craig Garner Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

William Douglas Gray McNair Law Firm P.A.

Timothy L. Hewson Nexsen Pruet LLC


Cynthia B. Hutto Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


William W. Kehl Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham


Matthew B. Roberts Nexsen Pruet LLC

David B. Summer Jr.Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Donna Kivett Tribble Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Matthew P. Utecht Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Sandra Louise Weikel Miller Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Daniel J. Westbrook Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Stephen P. Williams Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

IMMIGRATION LAW

Patrick L. Cont Sturm & Cont

INSURANCE LAW

Charles E. Baker Baker, Ravenel & Bender

Samuel R. Clawson Clawson & Staubes


James C. Gray Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Elizabeth Scott Moise Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

E. Warren Moise Grimball & Cabaniss

Michael A. Molony Young Clement Rivers

G.D. Morgan Jr.McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

Robert D. Moseley Jr.Smith Moore Leatherwood

James D. Myrick Buist Moore Smythe McGee

A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Thomas C. Salane Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Julian W. Dority Dority & Manning

Mark C. Dukes Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Cort R. Flint McNair Law Firm P.A.

William Y. Klett IIINexsen Pruet LLC

Wellington M. Manning Jr.Dority & Manning

J. Bennett Mullinax J. Bennett Mullinax LLC

Timothy D. St. Clair Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

Mark W. Bakker Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Wade E. Ballard Ford & Harrison

Vance J. Bettis Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis

Michael W. Bishop Ford & Harrison

Cherie W. Blackburn Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

M. Malissa Burnette Burnette & Rothstein P.A.

E. Grantland Burns Nexsen Pruet LLC

Mark W. Buyck IIIWillcox, Buyck & Williams

Michael D. Carrouth Fisher & Phillips LLP

Carl B. Carruth McNair Law Firm P.A.

Molly Hughes Cherry Nexsen Pruet LLC

Donald A. Cockrill Ogletree Deakins

Donald C. Coggins Jr.Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins

J. Walker Coleman IVParker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Patrick L. Cont Sturm & Cont

John G. Creech Ogletree Deakins

J. Lewis Cromer Cromer & Mabry

J. Howard Daniel Ogletree Deakins

David E. Dubberly Nexsen Pruet LLC

G. Daniel Ellzey Fisher & Phillips LLP

Carol B. Ervin Young Clement Rivers

Ingrid B. Erwin Jackson Lewis

Victoria L. Eslinger Nexsen Pruet LLC

William H. Floyd IIINexsen Pruet LLC

William H. Foster Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


J. Theodore Gentry Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Henrietta U. Golding McNair Law Firm P.A.

Thomas G. Greaves IIIOgletree Deakins

Sue Erwin Harper Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

George A. Harper Constangy, Brooks & Smith

Knox L. Haynsworth Jr.Ogletree Deakins

Katherine Dudley Helms Ogletree Deakins

Stephen J. Henry Stephen Henry Law Firm

Allan R. Holmes Gibbs & Holmes

Amy Y. Jenkins McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

S. Clay Keim Ford & Harrison

Phillip A. Kilgore Ogletree Deakins

Robert O. King Ogletree Deakins

Henry S. Knight Jr.Constangy, Brooks & Smith

Herbert W. Louthian Louthian Law Firm P.A.

David B. McCormack Buist Moore Smythe McGee

William Ross McKibbon Jr.Ogletree Deakins

Rita M. McKinney McNair Law Firm P.A.

Susan P. McWilliams Nexsen Pruet LLC

D. Randle Moody IIRoe Cassidy Coates & Price

Richard J. Morgan McNair Law Firm P.A.

Brian P. Murphy Brian Murphy Law Firm

Leigh Mullikin Nason Ogletree Deakins

Jonathan P. Pearson Fisher & Phillips LLP

R. Allison Phinney Ogletree Deakins

Michael S. Pitts Nexsen Pruet LLC

A. Christopher Potts Hitchcock & Potts

Terry Ann Rickson Terry Rickson

David E. Rothstein Burnette & Rothstein P.A.

Andreas N. Satterfi eld Jr.Jackson Lewis

Eric C. Schweitzer Ogletree Deakins

Franklin G. Shuler Jr.Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Lewis T. Smoak Ogletree Deakins

Charles T. Speth IIOgletree Deakins

Thomas L. Stephenson Nexsen Pruet LLC

J. Hamilton Stewart IIIOgletree Deakins

Kristofer K. Strasser Ogletree Deakins

Jim O. Stuckey IILittler Mendelson

Fred W. Suggs Ogletree Deakins

Catherine Templeton Ogletree Deakins

J. Hagood Tighe Fisher & Phillips LLP

M. Baker Wyche IIIOgletree Deakins

David S. Yandle Buist Moore Smythe McGee

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Donald C. Coggins Jr.Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins


A. Camden Lewis Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins

Warren C. Powell Jr.Bruner, Powell, Robbins, Wall & Mullins LLC

Susan Taylor Wall Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

MARITIME LAW

R. Randall Bridwell Charleston School of Law

David M. Collins Buist Moore Smythe McGee


Benjamin Allston Moore Jr.Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Gordon D. Schreck Buist Moore Smythe McGee

MASS TORT LITIGATION

Ronald L. Motley Motley Rice

Steven W. Ouzts Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Joseph F. Rice Motley Rice

A. Hoyt Rowell IIIRichardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman

R. Bruce Shaw Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Kenneth M. Suggs Janet, Jenner & Suggs LLC

David G. Traylor Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

J. Benjamin Alexander Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

John K. Blincow Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Wm. Douglas Gray McNair Law Firm P.A.

William U. Gunn Holcombe Bomar

Charles E. Hill Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

H. Spencer King The Ward Law Firm



James C. Parham Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Sarah McMillan Purnell Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Susan C. Rosen Rosen Law Firm




MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW








William M. Musser McNair Law Firm P.A.

MUNICIPAL LAW

Danny C. Crowe Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

NON-PROFIT/CHARITIES LAW

Keith G. Meacham Merline & Meacham

NON-WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE



Dale T. Cobb Jr.Belk, Cobb, Infi nger & Goldstein

Francis J. Cornely Francis J. Cornely, Attorney at Law

John D. Delgado Law Firm of John Delgado

Jonathan S. Gasser Harris & Gasser

Coming B. Gibbs Jr.Gibbs & Holmes

Gregory P. Harris Harris & Gasser

Gedney M. Howe IIIGedney M. Howe III P.A.


I.S. Leevy JohnsonJohnson Toal & Battiste

Leigh J. Leventis Leigh J. Leventis Law Offi ce

Lionel S. Lofton Lofton & Lofton

Michael P. O’Connell Stirling & O’Connell

Andrew J. Savage IIISavage & Savage


John B. White Jr.Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins


EST LAWYERS®

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION

Kenneth C. Anthony Jr.Anthony Law Firm

Luther J. Battiste IIIJohnson Toal & Battiste

Larry C. Brandt Larry C. Brandt P.A.

Robert L. Buchanan Jr.Buchanan Law Offi ce

Mark W. Buyck Jr.Willcox, Buyck & Williams


Eugene C. Covington Jr.Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis

Christopher J. Daniels Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


William N. Epps Jr.Epps & Nelson

Carl B. Epps IIINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Robert M. Erwin Jr.Law Offi ce of Robert M. Erwin Jr.

Edward Vernon Ferrell Glenn Law Offi ces of E. Vernon F. Glenn

J. Kendall FewJ. Kendall Few P.A.

Robert W. Foster Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Robert P. Foster Foster Law Firm

Richard M. Gergel Gergel, Nickles & Solomon

Michael J. Giese Smith Moore Leatherwood

Michael D. Glenn Glenn, Haigler, McClain & Stathakis

Joseph P. Griffi th Jr.Joe Griffi th Law Firm



Richard A. HarpootlianRichard A. Harpootlian P.A.

William C. Helms Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms



Carl H. Jacobson Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek, Theos & Keith

Todd J. Johnson Johnson, Johnson, Whittle & Snelgrove

Pope D. Johnson IIIMcCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette LLP

John E. Johnston Smith Moore Leatherwood

John D. Kassel John D. Kassel, Attorney at Law, LLC

George J. Kefalos George J. Kefalos P.A.

Patrick E. Knie Patrick E. Knie Law Offi ces

Steven M. Krause Krause, Moorhead & Draisen

Rebecca Laffi tte Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC


Stephen R.H. Lewis Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis


Wade H. Logan IIINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP



Ronald A. Maxwell Maxwell Law Firm

Francis X. McCann Law Offi ces of Frank McCann

Thomas E. McCutchen Jr.McCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette LLP

Dana C. Mitchell IIIMitchell Law Firm


G.D. Morgan Jr.McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

Robert D. Moseley Jr.Smith Moore Leatherwood



James D. Myrick Buist Moore Smythe McGee


D. Michael Parham Parham, Smith & Dodson

Douglas F. Patrick Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis

Gary W. Poliakoff Poliakoff & Associates



Phillip E. Reeves Gallivan, White & Boyd

T. David Rheney Gallivan, White & Boyd

Terry E. Richardson Jr.Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman



Susan C. Rosen Rosen Law Firm

Kurt M. Rozelsky Smith Moore Leatherwood

David L. Savage IIISavage & Savage



Henry B. Smythe Jr.Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Carl L. Solomon Gergel, Nickles & Solomon

Michael E. SpearsMichael E. Spears P.A.


Mark C. TanenbaumMark C. Tanenbaum P.A.

Monteith P. Todd Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

Alan D. Toporek Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek, Theos & Keith



Richard W. Vieth Henderson Brandt & Vieth

Geoffrey H. Waggoner Waggoner Law Firm


PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

W. Howard Boyd Jr.Gallivan, White & Boyd

James D. Brice Gallivan, White & Boyd

Michael T. Cole Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gray T. Culbreath Collins & Lacy Attorneys at Law

Christopher J. Daniels Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

William S. Davies Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Elbert S. Dorn Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.


Robert W. Foster Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Pope D. Johnson IIIMcCutchen Blanton Johnson & Barnette LLP

John D. Kassel John D. Kassel, Attorney at Law, LLC

Frank B.B. Knowlton Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

John T. Lay Jr.Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.



C. William McGee Gallivan, White & Boyd


Stephen G. Morrison Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


Curtis L. Ott Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Steven W. Ouzts Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.


Phillip E. Reeves Gallivan, White & Boyd

Kurt M. Rozelsky Smith Moore Leatherwood






PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW




Susan Taylor Wall Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

J. Calhoun Watson Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

John S. Wilkerson IIITurner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

PUBLIC FINANCE LAW

O. Wayne Corley McNair Law Firm P.A.

Theodore B. DuBose Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Rion D. Foley McNair Law Firm P.A.

Robert S. Galloway IIIHaynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Charlton deSaussure Jr. Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Alan M. Lipsitz Nexsen Pruet LLC

Kathleen Crum McKinney Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Margaret Christian Pope Pope Zeigler

E. Tyler Smith Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

John Paul Trouche Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

John K. Van DuysHaynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

M. William Youngblood McNair Law Firm P.A.

RAILROAD LAW

John E. Parker Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick

Terry E. Richardson Jr.Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman


REAL ESTATE LAW

William J. Bates Young Clement Rivers

J. Sidney Boone Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.


David H. Crawford Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Anne S. Ellefson Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Morris A. Ellison Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Larry D. Estridge Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

F. Douglas P. Evans Brown, Massey, Evans, McLeod & Haynsworth

Elaine H. Fowler Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

W. Foster Gaillard Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Joel E. Gottlieb Gottlieb & Smith P.A.

Cary S. Griffi n McNair Law Firm P.A.

R.E. Hanna IIIHull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley

William O. Higgins Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

Mark R. Holmes Smith Moore Leatherwood

Arthur L. Howson Jr.Gallivan, White & Boyd

Otis Allen Jeffcoat IIIJeffcoat, Pike & Nappier

W. Leighton Lord IIINexsen Pruet LLC

John B. McArthur Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Charles E. McDonald Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

William P. McElveen Jr.Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.


James B. Moore Jr.McNair Law Firm P.A.

Cecil H. Nelson Jr.Nelson Law Firm

Matthew J. Norton Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

A. Marvin Quattlebaum Smith Moore Leatherwood

Ralph C. Robinson Jr.Callison Tighe & Robinson LLC

Frank E. Robinson IIRichardson, Plowden & Robinson P.A.

Neil C. Robinson Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

Elizabeth W. Settle Hagood & Kerr


W. Lindsay Smith Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice

Susan M. Smythe Buist Moore Smythe McGee

Lynn Gatlin Stevens McNair Law Firm P.A.

David M. Swanson Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

William H. Tucker Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley

Ralston B. Vanzant IINelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


EST LAWYERS®


James I. Warren IIIWyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

H. Dave Whitener Jr.Whitener & Wharton P.A.

John F. Wyatt Bannister & Wyatt

SECURITIES LAW

Joseph D. Clark Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Suzanne H. Clawson Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Andrew B. Coburn Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham




Neil E. Grayson Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Julian Hennig IIINexsen Pruet LLC


John M. Jennings Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP




Elizabeth O. Temple Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice


TAX LAW

Robert E. August Merline & Meacham

George S. Bailey Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Scott Y. Barnes Warren & Sinkler

Edward G.R. Bennett Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett

C. Vincent Brown Brown, Massey, Evans, McLeod & Haynsworth

T. Heyward Carter Jr.Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett

John R. Chase Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Frank W. Cureton Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

J. Donald Dial Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Erik P. Doerring McNair Law Firm P.A.


Randy E. Fisher Thomas & Fisher

J. Michael Grant Grant & Kuyk

Cary H. Hall Jr.Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

Theodore J. Hopkins Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

J. Tod Hyche Smith Moore Leatherwood

John Jay James IIPaulling & James

Kenneth Allan Janik Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Richard A. Jones Jr.Dobson, Jones, Ball, Phillips & Bridges

Michael L.M. Jordan McNair Law Firm P.A.

Fred L. Kingsmore Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

Burnet R. Maybank IIINexsen Pruet LLC


David A. Merline Merline & Meacham


Thomas F. Moran Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Jonathan H. Nason McNair Law Firm P.A.

Robert B. Pearlman Pearlman & Pearlman

Michael G. Roberts Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

William A. Ruth Ruth & MacNeille

John M. Scott IIITurner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

J. Munford Scott Jr.Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

W. Henry Sipe IIIHamilton Martens Ballou & Sipe

Irvin J. Slotchiver Slotchiver & Slotchiver


Joseph D. Walker McNair Law Firm P.A.

Robert Young Law Offi ce of Robert Young

John C. von Lehe Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

TECHNOLOGY LAW

Mark C. Dukes Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

Robert E. August Merline & Meacham

George S. Bailey Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Edward G.R. Bennett Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett

C. Michael Branham Young Clement Rivers

William Bert Brannon Moses Koon & Brackett

C. Vincent Brown Brown, Massey, Evans, McLeod & Haynsworth

T. Heyward Carter Jr.

Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett

John R. Chase Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

Daniel A. Collins Collins & Collins

Rita Bragg Cullum Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

Frank W. Cureton Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

William L. Dennis Smith Moore Leatherwood

J. Donald Dial Jr.Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd P.A.

James B. Drennan IIIDennis, Shaw & Drennan

Randy E. Fisher Thomas & Fisher

Carole H. Gunter Mays, Foster, & Gunter

James Carlisle Hardin IIIJames C. Hardin III PLLC

J. Tod Hyche Smith Moore Leatherwood

John Jay James IIPaulling & James

Paige Weeks Johnson Johnson, Johnson, Whittle & Snelgrove

W. Steven Johnson Todd & Johnson LLP

Richard A. Jones Jr.Dobson, Jones, Ball, Phillips & Bridges

Michael L.M. Jordan McNair Law Firm P.A.

Catherine H. Kennedy Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Fred L. Kingsmore Jr.Nexsen Pruet LLC

Robert M. Kunes Evans, Carter, Kunes & Bennett

R. David Massey Brown, Massey, Evans, McLeod & Haynsworth

James F. McCrackin Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP


David A. Merline Merline & Meacham


Lesley R. Moore Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham

William G. Newsome IIINexsen Pruet LLC

Julian J. Nexsen Nexsen Pruet LLC

Virginia M. Phillips Dobson, Jones, Ball, Phillips & Bridges

Hugh T. Rice Jr.Rice, MacDonald & Winters

William A. Ruth Ruth & MacNeille

J. Kurt Schumacher Jr.Schumacher Law

James W. Shaw Dennis, Shaw & Drennan

W. Henry Sipe IIIHamilton Martens Ballou & Sipe

Kenneth F. Smith Buist Moore Smythe McGee

David C. Sojourner Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

B. Joel Stoudenmire Nexsen Pruet LLC

Charles M. Stuart Jr.Charles M. Stuart Jr., Attorney at Law

Karen Hudson Thomas Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.


Kenneth B. Wingate Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow

WATER LAW


WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE



Dale T. Cobb Jr.Belk, Cobb, Infi nger & Goldstein

Joel W. Collins Jr.Collins & Lacy, Attorneys at Law

John D. Delgado Law Firm of John Delgado

Jonathan S. Gasser Harris & Gasser

Coming B. Gibbs Jr.Gibbs & Holmes

Gregory P. Harris Harris & Gasser






Michael P. O’Connell Stirling & O’Connell

Andrew J. Savage IIISavage & Savage


WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW

Ellen M. Adams Collins & Lacy Attorneys at Law

Luther J. Battiste IIIJohnson Toal & Battiste

Johnnie W. Baxley IIIWillson, Jones, Carter & Baxley

Grady L. Beard Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffi tte LLC

Thomas P. Bellinger McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates P.A.

Michael E. Chase Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Alan R. Cochran Cochran Law Firm

Malcolm M. Crosland Steinberg Law Firm

Ajerenal Danley The Danley Law Firm

William S. Davies Jr.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Mark Davis McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

Vernon F. Dunbar Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Sherod H. Eadon Jr.Lee, Eadon, Isgett, Popwell & Reardon

F. Earl Ellis Jr.Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

Johnnie Dodenhoff Fulton Fulton & Barr

Henry Mills Gallivan Gallivan, White & Boyd

Scott B. Garrett McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

J. Russell Goudelock IIIMcAngus, Goudelock & Courie

William L. Harbison Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

Ben C. Harrison Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins

M. Terry Haselden M. Terry Haselden, Attorney at Law

Wallace G. Holland Young Clement Rivers

Roy A. Howell IIITrask & Howell

Russell T. Infi nger Nexsen Pruet LLC

Christopher G. Isgett Lee, Eadon, Isgett, Popwell & Reardon

Carl H. Jacobson Uricchio, Howe, Krell, Jacobson, Toporek, Theos & Keith

Jeffrey S. Jones Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley

Richard B. Kale Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley

D. Michael Kelly The Mike Kelly Law Group

Stanford E. Lacy Collins & Lacy, Attorneys at Law

Ernest G. Lawhorne Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

Mary Sowell League Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

W. Hugh McAngus McAngus, Goudelock & Courie

Linda B. McKenzie Bowen McKenzie & Bowen

H. Patterson McWhirter McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates P.A.

James P. Newman Jr.Howser, Newman & Besley

Samuel F. Painter Nexsen Pruet LLC

David T. Pearlman Steinberg Law Firm

Shannon T. Poteat Willson Jones Carter & Baxley

Andrew N. Safran Andrew N. Safran LLC

William E. Shaughnessy Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney P.A.

Lana H. Sims Jr.Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims P.A.

William Smith IIChappell, Smith & Arden P.A.

Danny R. Smith Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins

Harold E. Trask Trask & Howell

Kathryn Williams Kathryn Williams P.A.

Harold J. Willson Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley

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UPSTATEKnox L. Haynsworth Jr., of

Ogletree Deakins’ Greenville

office, has been honored by

Best Lawyers in recognition

of his 25th consecutive year

of being listed in the law-

yer rating directory. Hayns-

worth has practiced labor

law since 1960. He is past president of the

S.C. Bar and the Greenville County Bar and

is a permanent member of the 4th Circuit

Judicial Conference.

James D. Galyean has joined

Nexsen Pruet’s business

litigation practice group in

Greenville as special coun-

sel. Prior to joining the firm,

Galyean served as assistant

U.S. attorney for the district

of South Carolina.

Chris Toates has joined Prudential C. Dan

Joyner Co. in the Pelham Road office. Toates

previously served as co-owner of Carolina

Landscape Concepts LLC.

Christine Hobson, formerly the vice presi-

dent of lending for Community One Federal

Credit Union, will now handle branch servic-

es as well. Hobson has been with Community

One for six years and has been in the financial

industry for 16 years.

Edward T. Zeigler Jr., pres-

ident of Greenville-based

architecture firm Craig

Gaulden Davis, has been

appointed to a two-year term

on the board of directors of

the American Institute of

Architecture Students. He

will serve as the American Institute of Archi-

tects’ liaison to the student institute’s board.

Zeigler is currently serving a three-year term

on the national board of directors of the

American Institute of Architects.

PEE DEE

Erica Dawgert and John C. Griffiths, who

work in the Florence office of WebsterRogers

LLP, have earned the CPA designation.

Tim McConnell has been selected by Gov.

Mark Sanford to serve as a member of the

Georgetown County Disabilities and Special

Needs Board. The board helps obtain ser-

vices for people meeting the eligibility criteria

for the Mental Retardation Division or the

Autism Division of the S.C. Department of

Disabilities and Special Needs. McConnell

works as a manager for the BAS/Tax Group

in WebsterRogers LLP’s Georgetown office.

MIDLANDS

Toby Goodlett has been named retail bank-

ing executive at First Citizens in Columbia.

Goodlett, former division executive for Geor-

gia, holds the Certified Mortgage Banker

designation, was the mortgage banker of the

year in 2002 and served as a faculty mem-

ber of the Mortgage Bankers of America

School of Mortgage Banking. Mike Wolfe

has been named executive vice president and

Orangeburg/Sumter division executive. Prior

to joining First Citizens, Wolfe was the presi-

dent of Community Resource Bank and the

president and CEO of Orangeburg National

Bank.

Christian E. Boesl, Suzanne Boulware Cole

and Christopher M. Adams have been named

shareholders of Collins & Lacy P.C. Boesl

practices in the firm’s Columbia office in the

areas of workers’ compensation, employment

law and product liability. Cole practices in the

firm’s Greenville office and focuses on work-

ers’ compensation. Adams practices in the

Columbia office and his focus includes gen-

eral civil litigation, with a concentration in

construction law, product liability, premises

liability, criminal defense and catastrophic

injury.

Brian Boyer has been hired

as senior vice president of

commercial real estate at

Lake Carolina. He brings

five years of industry expe-

rience to the position.

Central Carolina Com-

munity Foundation has

appointed JoAnn M. Turn-

quist as president and CEO.

Turnquist has 25 years of

experience leading corpo-

rate teams and independent

associations. Most recently,

she was chief of staff for the Moore School of

Business at the University of South Carolina.

Columbia Mayor Bob Coble has been select-

ed as a Platinum 2009 Compleat Lawyer by

the University of South Carolina Law School

Alumni Association. Coble is on the board of

directors for the River Alliance, EngenuitySC

and the Central Carolina Economic Develop-

ment Alliance.

Mickey E. Layden of Colliers Keenan Inc. has

been elected senior vice president. Layden

joined Colliers Keenan in 1986 and has served

as vice president of property management

since 1988. Layden also serves as president

of LCK Construction Services, an affiliate

of Colliers Keenan. She has taken an active

role in the community, serving as board

chairwoman for the Committee of 100 and

Palmetto Center for Women. She also serves

on the board of directors for the Columbia

YMCA and Central SC Alliance.

Haynsworth

Galyean

Zeigler Jr.

Dawgert Griffiths

Boyer

Goodlett Wolfe

Turnquist

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{ }Unexpected beautyCypress Gardens was once one of the Lowcountry’s largest rice plantations.

Now a public park, the 80-acre pristine blackwater swamp offers unex-

pected beauty for visitors to enjoy. One of the best ways to experience the

park is in a boat, from which you can enjoy views of seasonal blooms as well

as bald cypress and swamp tupelo trees, seen above. For information, visit

www.cypressgardens.info. (Photo/Ryan Wilcox)

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