Firm Profile

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

http://www.nelsonmullins.com

Firm Details

Nelson Mullins has grown to be a major national law firm with strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.

Nelson Mullins meets the needs of its clients in litigation, corporate, labor and employment, securities, tax and other business areas. Many clients, including growth companies, expanding local businesses and major international companies, retain the firm to provide all of their legal services. Other clients are national companies requiring assistance with specific regional or local legal matters. The firm also has significant experience representing international companies interested in locating facilities in the Southeast.

Nelson Mullins provides creative solutions to complex legal and business problems while offering value-added service to firm clients. With more than 35 diversified practice areas, many of Nelson Mullins' clients, from individuals to worldwide organizations, look to the firm for full legal services. Start-up assistance for entrepreneurial endeavors, complex multi-action litigation defense, and representation of underwriters and investment bankers are only a few of the services that are provided by firm attorneys.

The firm is large enough to ensure promptness of service, yet personal enough to maintain our established reputation for individual client attention. Nelson Mullins provides the highest level of service to clients, while continuing to develop new areas of talent and knowledge.

The firm has adopted a program of closely managing its own performance, particularly with respect to quality of service and practice development. The firm closely communicates regarding clients' requirements and the potential fees and expenses that may result from the firm's work. Attorneys communicate with clients about available cost-saving measures.

Professional Affiliations
The lawyers of Nelson Mullins are members of more than 100 professional organizations and bar associations, and hold leadership positions in many of them. Selected firm lawyers are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Research Institute, and the Product Liability Advisory Council. Additionally, the firm holds membership in two premier law firm associations.

American Law Firm Association
Nelson Mullins is the designated member firm of the American Law Firm Association for Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The basic object of ALFA, through its member firms, is to improve the quality and efficiency of legal services and to provide those services to clients at reasonable cost. Member firms of ALFA practice independently and not in relationship for the joint practice of law.

State Capital Global Law Firm Group
Nelson Mullins is the South Carolina member of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group, an association of independent law firms. Member firms are located in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in business markets and financial centers around the world. Attorneys from member firms bring a broad range of skills and experience. Firm members of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.

Management/Demographics
Achievements

Management

James K. Lehman
Managing Partner of the Firm

Timothy A. Hodge, Jr.
Managing Partner- Baltimore Office

James J. Wheeler
Managing Partner- Boca Raton Office

Peter J. Haley
Managing Partner- Boston Office

Mark T. Clouatre
Managing Partner- Denver Office

Gabriel L. Imperato
Managing Partner- Fort Lauderdale Office

Marc E. Williams
Managing Partner- Huntington Office

Daniel B. Nunn, Jr.
Managing Partner- Jacksonville Office

Richard H. Otera
Managing Partner- Los Angeles Office

Mark F. Raymond
Managing Partner- Miami Office

Laurence M. Papel
Managing Partner- Nashville Office

Douglas E. Starcher
Managing Partner- Orlando Office

Bruce I. Wiener
Managing Partner- Tallahassee Office

Robert E. Sickles
Managing Partner- Tampa Office

Timothy J. Fitzgibbon
Managing Partner- Washington D.C. Office

Clifford I. Hertz
Managing Partner- West Palm Beach Office

Michael E. Hollingsworth
Managing Partner- Atlanta Office

John C. McElwaine
Managing Partner- Charleston Office

Susan Jackson
Managing Partner- Charlotte Office

Sally H. Caver
Managing Partner- Columbia Office

Timothy E. Madden
Managing Partner- Greenville Office

Thomas Moran
Managing Partner- Myrtle Beach Office

Robert L. Wilson, Jr.
Managing Partner- Raleigh Office

Denise Gunter
Managing Partner- Winston-Salem Office

Top Listed State Awards

Top Listed in South Carolina with 79 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law with 5 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Commercial Litigation with 24 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Commercial Litigation with 6 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Government Relations Practice with 6 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Litigation - Banking and Finance with 6 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Litigation - Environmental with 4 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants with 6 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Mergers and Acquisitions Law with 7 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 13 lawyers
Top Listed in South Carolina in Securities / Capital Markets Law with 5 lawyers

Top Listed City Awards

Top Listed in Boca Raton with 7 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia with 50 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law with 5 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Bet-the-Company Litigation with 4 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Commercial Litigation with 18 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Litigation - Banking and Finance with 5 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants with 5 lawyers
Top Listed in Columbia in Product Liability Litigation - Defendants with 9 lawyers
Top Listed in West Palm Beach in Real Estate Law with 4 lawyers
Top Listed in Boca Raton in Real Estate Law with 4 lawyers