Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201
P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202
Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3711
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: fcrawford@RichardsonPlowden.com
Practice Areas
Accounting Malpractice Defense
Business, Contract and Corporate Law
Estate Planning and Probate Administration
Hospital/Healthcare Law
Mergers & Acquisitions (including Asset and Stock Purchase Agreements and due diligence investigations)
Education
University of Virginia (B.S., Commerce, major in accounting, 1976)
University of South Carolina (J.D., 1979)
American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law (twice)
Law Clerk to South Carolina Circuit Court Judge James H. Price, Jr. (1979-1980)
Passed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination (1978)
Bar Admissions
1979, 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
- Commercial Law Committee, Chairman of Section on Corporations, Banking and Securities Law (1991-1992)
- Hospital and Healthcare Law Committee
Richland County Bar Association
American Health Lawyers Association
Columbia Estate Planning Council
Publications
Author, "Appeals Court Weighs In
on Stock Valuation," SC Lawyer, March 2000.
Frederick Crawford is a shareholder
of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. He focuses his
practice on accounting malpractice defense; business, contract
and corporate law; estate planning; probate administration;
hospital/healthcare law; and mergers and acquisitions. He
also represents dentists, hospitals and physicians and provides
counsel on matters including, but not limited to, Anti-kickback
Safe-harbors, Certificate of Need (CON), Corporate Compliance
and Stark II exceptions. He has substantial experience in
estate planning, financial transactions and contract negotiations,
including exclusive service contracts and joint ventures with
an emphasis in healthcare.
Mr. Crawford's experience includes:
- Representation of the largest healthcare system in South Carolina since 1980.
He served as a principal member of the legal team that successfully
"merged" Baptist Healthcare System of South Carolina, Inc.,
and Richland Memorial Hospital into the Palmetto Health
Alliance, a 1,247-bed nonprofit hospital system, in 1997.
The transaction involved anti-trust analysis, CON, Certificate
of Public Advantage, constitutional and regulatory issues.
- Successful representation of Governor Carroll A. Campbell in decennial reapportionment of the S.C. House, Senate and Congressional Districts from 1990 to 1993.
- Successful prosecution of collection action in the case
R.C. McEntire and Company v. Eastern Foods, Inc.,
702 F.2d 471 (1983). The case reaffirmed doctrine of "defacto
merger" in South Carolina.
- Successful representation of former Athletic Director of the University of South Carolina in breach of contract against the University in 1989.
- Successful representation of University Athletic Director before National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1990.
- Representation of accountants across South Carolina in the defense of malpractice claims, peer review and subpoena compliance. In 2005, he defended and obtained a favorable settlement for an accounting firm in a multi-million dollar malpractice action.
- Recently defended and obtained favorable settlement for an attorney in a multi-million dollar legal malpractice action.
Mr. Crawford earned a bachelor's degree in commerce with an emphasis on accounting from the University of Virginia in 1976. In 1979, he received his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Crawford is a frequent speaker at continuing education seminars and other professional groups.
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