Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201
P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202
Contact Details
Direct: 803.253.8709
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: egifford@RichardsonPlowden.com
Practice Areas
Construction Law
Education
University of South Carolina Honors
College (B.A., English, cum laude, 2001)
University of South Carolina School of Public Health (M.A., Health Administration, 2005)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2005)
Student Editor in Chief, ABA Real Property, Probate and
Trust Journal (2004-2005)
John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court (2004-2005)
Phi Delta Phi, Calhoun Inn (2004-2005)
CALI Award, Constitutional Law II
Omicron Delta Kappa (2000-2001)
Bar Admissions
2005, South Carolina
2006, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Other Professional
Member, American Bar Association
Torts and Insurance Practice Section,
Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Forum on the Construction
Industry
Member, National Association of Women in Construction
Young Lawyers Division, South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Publications
Author, "The National Practitioner
Data Bank: Not for Public Consumption," 42 Medical
Trial Technique Quarterly 223, 2002.
Emily R. Gifford joined Richardson Plowden in 2005 as an associate
in the Columbia office. She focuses her practice on construction
law, including surety law and commercial litigation. She pursued
her master's in health administration while completing her
juris doctor at the University of South Carolina (USC). She
also earned her bachelor's degree in English, cum laude,
from the USC Honors College in 2001.
As a law student, Ms. Gifford was the student editor in chief
of the ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal
and received a CALI Award in Constitutional Law II. She also
was a member of the John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court and Phi
Delta Phi, Calhoun Inn. In 2002, she wrote the article "The
National Practitioner Data Bank: Not for Public Consumption"
for Medical Trial Technique Quarterly.
Ms. Gifford is a special prosecutor for the Office of the Attorney
General, assisting in the prosecution of criminal domestic violence
cases on a pro bono basis. She is a council member of the USC Council of Alumni Societies and a member of the USC Alumni Board of Governors as a representative of the USC Council of Alumni Societies. Ms. Gifford also is involved with
the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar.
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