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T. Cory Ezzell Cory Ezzell serves as the group leader of the firm’s Workplace Practices Group, which is composed of the workers’ compensation and employment teams. His practice centers on the defense of employment and workers’ compensation matters on behalf of employers, insurance carriers, self-insured corporations, third party administrators, and claims servicing agencies. Cory has defended a wide variety of clients and industries throughout his legal career. Cory also lea...

Miles Coleman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation. Miles, who practices law in Greenville, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Miles is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

An experienced litigator who represents management in labor and employment matters, Kristin Gray partners with employers in a variety of industries, including healthcare, retail, restaurant, hospitality, banking, and manufacturing. Kristin helps employers facing issues related to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims, employment policies, handbooks, leaves of absence, accommodation issues, employment contracts, separation agreements, wage and hour issues, and other workplace matt...

David Conner is an experienced litigator and shareholder in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Greenville office where he focuses on products liability and asbestos defense. He has extensive experience handling complex, multifaceted cases at all stages, including trials in state and federal courts. In products-liability cases, he defends manufacturers and sellers, assembling and leading teams with the legal skills needed to handle complex, technical, and potentially protracted claims. David also co-he...

Meliah works primarily in the area of trial and appellate litigation, with an emphasis on complex civil litigation and intellectual property law. Her varied experience includes representing plaintiffs and defendants in cases involving corporate governance, commercial law, election law, governmental authority, and disputes over intellectual property — such as trademark, copyright, patents, and trade secrets. She also assists clients in general corporate matters and advises clients on ass...

Derrick Quattlebaum is a shareholder in Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd's Greenville office and a commercial litigator with over 20 years of experience. He serves as the firm's General Counsel. Derrick is also a member of the firm's Corporate Recovery team where he works with clients to identify and pursue the early recovery of costly and unnecessary losses.

A managing partner of Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey, James W. Bannister graduated from the University of South Carolina honors program in 1992 as a Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1995, after which he served for two years as clerk to US Federal Judge Henry M. Herlong. Since then, he has been with Bannister, Wyatt & Stalvey. Mr. Bannister is a member of the South Carolina Bar, Federal Bar Association, National Association o...

Mrs. Monroe is an Associate in the firm. Mrs. Monroe has been with the firm since 2001. She is listed in the book The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Business Organizations and Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, from the Bowdoin College, her Juris Doctor Degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law, and her Master of Laws in Taxation Degree from the New York University School of Law. She is ...

Neil Grayson, a partner with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP and the head of the Firm's Financial Institutions Practice Group, has a corporate practice focused primarily on the financial institutions and mobile payments industries. Mr. Grayson advises clients on matters related to corporate governance, enforcement actions and other bank regulatory matters, recapitalizations, private equity, securities offerings and reporting requirements, mergers and acquisitions, executive compens...

Mark M. Stubley is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Mark M., who practices law in Greenville, South Carolina, has been recognized since 2010. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mark M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.