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A proven leader, Shareholder Marian Williams Scalise was chosen by the American Leadership Forum to work with other leaders to solve community issues and strengthen the public good through consensus building.

Two Richardson Plowden attorneys, Francis M. Mack and Franklin J. Smith, Jr., have extensive experience in engineering, which serves them well in the firm’s Construction Law Practice Area.

Specializing in environmental litigation, Mason A. Summers served as staff counsel in the Office of General Counsel for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control before joining Richardson Plowden.

William C. McDow

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3719
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: bmcdow@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Defense
Nursing Home and Long Term Care Defense
Professional Malpractice
Insurance Defense
Professional Licensing issues before state boards

Education
University of South Carolina, Lancaster (A.A., cum laude, 1984)
University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1986)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1989)

Alpha Tau Omega: 1985 Pledge of the Year; 1986 Man of the Year
Law Clerk to The Honorable J. Ernest Kinard, Jr. (1989-1991)
Assistant Solicitor, Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office (1991-1995)

Bar Admissions
1989, South Carolina
1995, U.S. District Court of South Carolina
2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

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

William C. McDow is a shareholder of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. Since his father is a now retired physician, he naturally focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense, along with nursing home litigation, insurance defense, and professional malpractice.

Mr. McDow's experience includes:

Successful prosecution of criminal cases of all types, including murder trials, while working as an assistant solicitor.
Representation of many medical malpractice and nursing home defense cases.
Certified mediator by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Mr. McDow graduated cum laude from both the University of South Carolina (USC) Lancaster in 1984 and USC in 1986. While an undergraduate at USC Lancaster, he served as student body president. He also was named Pledge of the Year and Man of the Year by Alpha Tau Omega at USC in Columbia, S.C. Mr. McDow received his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., until 1991, and then worked as an assistant solicitor in the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office before joining Richardson Plowden in 1995.

Mr. McDow is married with two children. He is a member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. In 2006, he served as the moderator for its Board of Deacons. He was installed to serve a three-year term as Elder in January 2012.