George C. Beighley, a shareholder of Richardson Plowden, defends medical malpractice cases.

Shareholder Drew Hamilton Butler concentrates his practice in the field of construction law and corporate defense litigation where he has successfully tried cases in the United States District Court and Circuit Courts of South Carolina.

Before Barbara Chesley earned her law degree, she was a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist with a master’s degree in nursing. She puts her experience to good use in defending health care providers in medical malpractice actions.  She has a special interest in the area of legal risk management and is a frequent speaker for health care groups.

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3736
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: mkelley@richardsonplowden.com

Practice Areas
Appeals
Commercial Litigation

Education
The University of South Carolina (B.A., Political Science, Honors College, Magna Cum Laude, 2004)
The University of South Carolina (M.A., Public Administration, 4.0 GPA, 2007)
The University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2007)

Bar Admissions
2007, South Carolina
2010, United States District Court, District of South Carolina
2010, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
National Attorneys General Training & Research Institute, graduate
National Litigation Academy, graduate
Chair, Statewide Cinderella Project, Young Lawyers' Division of SC Bar
Member, American Mensa
Member, Women in Law
2012 Rising Star, South Carolina Super Lawyers

Michelle Parsons Kelley is an associate attorney with Richardson Plowden, practicing in the Columbia office. She focuses her practice on litigation, including appeals and commercial litigation.

Ms. Kelley's experience includes:

• While serving as an assistant attorney general in the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Ms. Kelley was responsible for prosecuting insurance fraud cases, direct criminal appeals and post-conviction relief.

• Presenting oral arguments to the South Carolina Supreme Court and South Carolina Court of Appeals.

• Presenting more than 250 post-conviction relief hearings before South Carolina circuit courts.

• Clerking for the South Carolina Senate and Office of the Governor

• Authoring numerous appellate briefs, appellate court opinions, complaints, motions, orders, mediation statements, legislative proposals, and senate resolutions.

Ms. Kelley is active in the community, serving in numerous leadership roles. She is the Commissioner for the South Carolina Commission on Women, an appointed advisor for the South Carolina Federal Credit Union Board of Advisors, and Chair of the Cinderella Project, a nonprofit sponsored by the South Carolina Bar. She is a member of American Mensa, Women in Law, Columbia Capital Rotary Club, the Junior League of Columbia, and First Presbyterian Church.

Ms. Kelley graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors from the University of South Carolina (USC) Honors College, earning a bachelor of arts in Political Science. She earned a master's of Public Administration from USC in 2007 and her juris doctor that same year from the USC School of Law, which she attended on a full academic scholarship as a Carolina Legal Scholar. During law school, Kelley served as the associate editor and contributing author of the South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business.