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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.

William C. McDow

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3719
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: bmcdow@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Hospital/Healthcare Law and Nursing Home Litigation
Insurance Defense
Professional Malpractice
Transportation Law

Education
University of South Carolina, Lancaster (A.A., cum laude, 1984)
University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1986)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1989)

Alpha Tau Omega: 1985 Pledge of the Year; 1986 Man of the Year
Law Clerk to The Honorable J. Ernest Kinard, Jr. (1989-1991)
Assistant Solicitor, Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office (1991-1995)

Bar Admissions
1989, South Carolina
1995, U.S. District Court of South Carolina
2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
Defense Research Institute
Certified Mediator

William C. McDow is a shareholder of Richardson Plowden in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice on hospital/healthcare law and nursing home litigation, insurance defense, professional malpractice and transportation law

Mr. McDow's experience includes:

Successful prosecution of criminal cases of all types, including murder trials, while working as an assistant solicitor.
Representation of many medical malpractice and nursing home defense cases.
Earned mediation certification by the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Mr. McDow graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina (USC) Lancaster in 1984 and USC in 1986. While an undergraduate at USC Lancaster, he served as student body president. He also was named Pledge of the Year and Man of the Year by Alpha Tau Omega at USC in Columbia, S.C. Mr. McDow received his juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1989. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., until 1991, and then worked as an assistant solicitor in the Fifth Circuit Solicitor's Office before joining Richardson Plowden in 1995.

Mr. McDow is married with two children. He is a member and deacon at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. In 2006, he also served as the moderator for its Board of Deacons.