Two Richardson Plowden attorneys, Francis M. Mack and Franklin J. Smith, Jr., have extensive experience in engineering, which serves them well in the firm’s Construction Law Practice Area.

From 2001-2003, shareholder Lydia Magee, who is a Myrtle Beach native, was a law clerk to the Honorable Kaye G. Hearn, Chief Judge for the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

A former intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, shareholder Eugene H. Matthews is certified by South Carolina Supreme Court as a Specialist in Employment and Labor Law, as a mediator, and as an arbitrator.

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3712
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: crollins@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Construction Litigation

Education
University of South Carolina (B.S., 1986)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1999)
Order of the Wig and Robe

Bar Admissions
1999, South Carolina
2003, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
Solo Practitioner (1999-2002)
South Carolina Department of Public Safety: Assistant General Counsel (2002), Deputy General Counsel (2003), Interim General Counsel (2004)

C. Cliff Rollins is a Richardson Plowden associate in the Columbia office. With prior experience as a construction worker, an Army officer, and a police officer, Mr. Rollins brings a variety of life experiences to the practice of law. He has been a solo practitioner in his home town of Saluda, South Carolina, served as a specialist D.U.I. prosecutor under a federal grant program, and with the S.C. Department of Public Safety as deputy general counsel and interim general counsel. 

These experiences have given him an opportunity to represent clients in a variety of matters, including civil, criminal, and administrative matters. His practice focuses on construction law, crop insurance disputes, and defense of law enforcement in Section 1983 civil rights infringement suits. Mr. Rollins received an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Carolina (USC) and  earned his Juris Doctor from the USC School of Law in 1999.