Richardson Plowden associate Jared Garraux recently co-founded the Columbia Attorney Basketball League, the proceeds of which benefit Columbia’s Epworth Children’s Home.  

While pursuing her law degree, Emily R. Gifford earned her master’s in health administration.

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3703
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: gbeighley@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice Defense
Mediation

Education
Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1970)
University of South Carolina (J.D., 1975)
Order of the Wig and Robe
American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Transactions and Domestic Relations

Bar Admissions
1975, South Carolina
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circut
U.S. Supreme Court

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
International Association of Defense Counsel
American Board of Trial Advocates, Diplomate

George C. Beighley is a shareholder of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice defense. He is also a certified mediator. Before joining the firm, Mr. Beighley was the assistant attorney general for the State of South Carolina from 1975 to 1978.

He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1970 and earned his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1975. During law school, he was a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe. Mr. Beighley also received the American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Transactions and Domestic Relations.

An experienced speaker, Mr. Beighley recently presented on the claim of patient abandonment law at the Greenville Continuing Medical Education program.