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ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHTS

A former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, shareholder Eugene H. Matthews is a certified mediator, arbitrator, and specialist in employment and labor law by South Carolina Supreme Court.

Shareholder Steven W. Hamm served as the state consumer advocate and administrator of the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs for more than twelve years, representing the public before the South Carolina General Assembly and state and federal agencies.

Shareholder S. Nelson Weston, Jr., is a certified specialist in debtor/creditor law and bankruptcy law by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Shareholder Leslie A. Cotter, Jr., is a certified mediator and arbitrator by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Drew Hamilton Butler

Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3706
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: dbutler@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Corporate Defense
General Litigation
Insurance Defense
Personal Injury
Premises Liability Defense
Products Liability

Education
Rhodes College (B.A., 1999)
Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 2002)

Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
Delta Theta Phi Legal Society
Certificate in Dispute Resolution and Advocacy (2002)
NCAA Baseball and Football Letterman (1996-1997)
Intercollegiate Mock Trial All-American (1999)

Bar Admissions
2002, South Carolina
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Other Professional
American Bar Association
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
President, Young Lawyers Division, South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association

Publications
Attorney General's Office Provides Trial Experience While Supporting A Valuable Community Program," The Defense Line, Volume 34 (Fall 2006).

Drew Hamilton Butler joined Richardson Plowden in 2002 as an associate in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice on corporate defense litigation, products liability defense, premises liability defense, personal injury litigation and insurance defense litigation.

Mr. Butler's experience includes:

  • Successfully tried cases in the United States District Court and Circuit Courts of South Carolina.
  • Initiated, defended and resolved a variety of legal conflicts through trial verdicts, mediation and pre-trial motions.
  • Serves as a special prosecutor for the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, where he prosecutes criminal domestic violence cases for the State of South Carolina.
Mr. Butler graduated from Rhodes College in 1999 with a bachelor's degree in political science. While attending Rhodes, Mr. Butler was inducted into the Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, and was actively involved in the Intercollegiate Mock Trial Program. He was named Intercollegiate Mock Trial All-American in 1999. Mr. Butler also was an active participant in collegiate sports and received an NCAA Baseball and Football letter in 1996 and 1997.

In 2002, Mr. Butler earned his juris doctor from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, where he also received his Certificate in Dispute Resolution and Advocacy for his scholastic concentration in trial advocacy. While a law student, he was president of the Delta Theta Phi Legal Society.

Mr. Butler is a member of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association and the South Carolina Bar.