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ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHTS

Shareholder William C. McDow, a successful defense attorney, also is a certified mediator by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Jocelyn Newman is an associate with Richardson Plowden. She completed legal internships with the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Foundation Litigation and the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, and a judicial internship with The Honorable Reggie B. Walton, U.S. District Court, all of which took place in Washington, D.C.

Now retired founding shareholder Charles N. Plowden, Jr., helped build the firm’s solid reputation in insurance defense and served as a circuit vice president for the South Carolina Bar.

Shelton W. Haile

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3715
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: shaile@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Defense
Nursing Home Litigation
Insurance Defense
Professional Malpractice
Civil Rights

Education
University of South Carolina (B.A,. Political Science, cum laude, 2000)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2004)

Golden Key National Honor Society
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society

Bar Admissions
2004, South Carolina
2005, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
2009, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4^th Circuit

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
Defense Research Institute

Shelton W. Haile is an associate of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense, nursing home litigation, general litigation and civil rights.

Mr. Haile's experience includes:

Representing and advising clients in medical malpractice, nursing home, and general litigation matters.
Successfully defending clients in 42 U.S.C. §1983 actions.

Mr. Haile graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Carolina in 2000 and was elected to membership in the Golden Key National Honor Society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society. In 2004, he received his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law where he was on the Dean's List.

He is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Richland County Bar Association, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Haile has served on the South Carolina Bar's Law Student Liaison Committee and Young Lawyers Division's Professional Development Committee. Mr. Haile has completed the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association's Trial Academy and is a member of the Palmetto Health Institutional Review Board.