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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.

Stanley D. Copeland

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3709
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: scopeland@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Construction Law
Insurance Defense
Personal Injury Law
Premises Liability
Products Liability
Torts

Education
Clemson University (B.A., English, 1979)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1984)

Phi Delta Phi
University of South Carolina Mock Trial Team

Bar Admissions
1984, South Carolina
1984, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
1989, U.S. Supreme Court

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Award (1990)
Best Brief Award, National finals, American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Atlanta (1983)
First Place Award, Southeastern Regional Appellate Advocacy Competition, Morgantown, W.V. (1983)

Stanley D. Copeland is an associate of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice on construction law, personal injury, products liability, torts, premises liability and insurance law. He represents a broad range of clients.

Mr. Copeland's experience includes:

Received the 1990 South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Award for successfully representing the widow of a Green Beret in an Agent Orange case, as well as for representing a family in an ejectment case where ownership of property on which they lived was in dispute.
Successfully represented a Lloyds of London insured in an action to recover insurance benefits from Lloyds.

Mr. Copeland received his undergraduate degree from Clemson University in 1979, and his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1984. As a law student, he received the Best Brief Award at the 1983 National Appellate Advocacy Competition national finals in Atlanta and first place at the Southeastern Regional National Appellate Advocacy Competition in Morgantown, West Virginia.

After law school, Mr. Copeland practiced with the Law Offices of O. Fayrell Furr, Jr., and Batten, Batten & Copeland. He had a private practice for ten years before joining Richardson Plowden in 2000. He is admitted to the South Carolina Bar, the United States District Court, District of South Carolina, and the United States Supreme Court.