AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Appellate Advocacy
• Automobile Liability
• Bad Faith Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Community Association/HOA Law
• Dram Shop Litigation
• Hotel/Hospitality and Restaurant Litigation
• Premises Liability
• Product Liability
• Real Estate Litigation
• Retail Litigation

ADMISSIONS

• South Carolina Bar, 1987
• United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1987
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987

EDUCATION

• University of South Carolina School of Law
• J.D., 1987
• Order of Wig and Robe
• Dean’s List
• University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
• B.A. English, 1984

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

• Law Clerk 1988-1989, The Honorable Jean Hoefer Toal

PEER RATING

• Martindale Hubbell rated AV 5.0/5.0

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Richland County Bar Association
• John Belton O’Neal Inn of Court (Past President)
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorney’s Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the American College of Trial Attorneys.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Volunteer, WA Perry After School Program
• Liturgy Prep teacher, Trinity Episcopal Church

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2017 Bar Register Preeminent Attorney – Listed Lawyer
• 2017 Top Attorneys in the Midlands
• 2017 AV Preeminent Attorney

SUPPORT STAFF

• Teresa Kowalewski

MORE ABOUT

“The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare”

Juma/Kangaa, 1989 NYC Marathon Winner

Running and practicing law have a lot in common. After running a marathon a year for more than a decade – including seven Boston Marathons – Catharine has learned that running up hills allows you to relax on the other side; that running the tangents saves steps; that flat terrain can be boring; that various weather conditions — rain, cold, heat — offer some advantage; and that preparation is the key to finishing a race. All of these principles, absorbed during the miles spent on the road running to prepare for a marathon, equally apply to her daily practice as a litigator.

When not running or practicing law, Catharine enjoys the company of her three beautiful daughters, and she hopes to run a marathon with one of them before she is too old.