Caleb Riser’s background includes extensive experience in building and interior design, as well as project management, for one of the southeast’s largest design firms

Shareholder Frank E. Robinson, II, is recognized in Best Lawyers in America® for real estate practice.

Prior to joining Richardson Plowden, C. Cliff Rollins has worked as a welder, an Army officer, a police officer and a solo practitioner in his home town.

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Office
2103 Farlow Street
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

P.O. Box 3646
Myrtle Beach, SC 29578

Contact Details
Direct: 843.448.1008 (ext. 304)
Toll free: 800.398.7007
Fax: 843.448.1533
Email: mscalise@richardsonplowden.com

Practice Areas
Governmental Liability Defense
Insurance Defense
Professional Malpractice
Nursing Home Litigation

Reported Decisions
Moore v. Williamsburg Regional Hospital, et al., 560 F.3d 166 (4th Cir. 2009), cert. den. 130 S. Ct. 201 (2009), 175 L. Ed. 2D 127, 78 USLW 3049 (2009).

Education
College of Charleston, (B.S., cum laude, 1991)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1994)

Dean's List
Presidential Scholarship
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Phi Kappa Phi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Beta Gamma Sigma
Order of the Wig and Robe
American Jurisprudence Award in Real Estate Transactions

Bar Admissions
1994, South Carolina
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Horry County Bar Association
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
Diplomat, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
Member, American Leadership Forum Waccamaw Chapter

Marian Williams Scalise is a shareholder of Richardson Plowden in the Myrtle Beach office. She focuses her practice on medical malpractice, professional malpractice, and insurance defense. She defends hospitals, physicians, surgeons, chiropractors, dental specialists, nurses, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes. Mrs. Scalise is Richardson Plowden's first female shareholder and is a third-generation lawyer.

Mrs. Scalise graduated cum laude from the College of Charleston in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and minors in English and pre-medicine. In 1994, she earned her juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Real Estate Transactions. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, as well as the Horry County Bar Association and South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. She is also a diplomat with the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, the only organization accredited by the American Bar Association to certify attorneys in the practice areas of medical and legal professional liability.

Mrs. Scalise is an active participant in local civic and community organizations, including Bethany Christian Services where she has served as the Advisory Board chairman. She was selected to participate in the American Leadership Forum Waccamaw Chapter, an organization which joins and strengthens leaders to better serve the public good. A member of Ocean View Baptist Church, she has served as chairman of the Personnel Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Teaching-Learning Center, and the Social Committee. Mrs. Scalise also sings in her church's Praise Team.

In her spare time, Mrs. Scalise can be found cheering for her two teenagers at their sporting and school events, raising money for various charities, or enjoying numerous activities and events along the Grand Strand with her husband and children.