Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201
P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202
Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3718
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: msummers@RichardsonPlowden.com
Practice Areas
Appellate Practice
Administrative and Regulatory Law
Environmental Law
Insurance Coverage Law
Education
Clemson University (B.A., Political
Science, cum laude, 1995)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1999)
Judicial law clerk for the Honorable John M. Milling, Circuit Judge, Darlington, SC
Bar Admissions
1999, South Carolina
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circut
U.S. Supreme Court
Other Professional
Council
Member, S.C. Bar's Environment and Natural Resources Section (2003-2005)
Richland County Bar Association
South Carolina Administrative and Regulatory Law Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
Publications
- Co-Author, "Department of Health
and Environmental Control," Chapter for South Carolina
Administrative Law and Procedure, South Carolina Bar Publications
(2008).
- Editorial Board of Advisors, Environmental Law in South
Carolina, Second Edition, Wyche and Finklea, et al, South
Carolina Bar Publications (2006).
- Author, Chapter on South Carolina Law, "Update on Punitive Damages Claims: A 50-State Survey", A Report of the Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee of the Products Liability Committee, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (2007).
Mason A. Summers is a shareholder in Richardson Plowden’s Columbia office. A Columbia native, he focuses his practice on appellate advocacy, insurance coverage, environmental and regulatory law.
In his appellate practice he has represented clients in numerous appeals before the South Carolina Court of Appeals, the South Carolina Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Prior to joining Richardson Plowden, Mr. Summers served as staff counsel in the Office of General Counsel for the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), where he specialized in environmental litigation and represented the agency in the state’s circuit and appellate courts, as well as before the South Carolina Administrative Law Court and South Carolina Public Service Commission.
Mr. Summers graduated with honors from Clemson University
in 1995, earning a bachelor of arts in political science. In
1999, he received his juris doctor from the University of South
Carolina School of Law, where he was on the Dean's List and
actively involved in the law school's pro bono program. Upon
graduation, he clerked for the Honorable John M. Milling, Circuit
Judge, Darlington, SC.
Representative Appellate Matters
- Ray v. Austin, 388 S.C. 605, 698 S.E.2d.208 (2010) (Supreme Court held insurer made a meaningful offer of UIM coverage).
- McKnight v. Just Care, Inc., and South Carolina Dept. of Corrections, 385 S.C. 380, 684 S.E.2d 566 (Ct. App. 2009) (affirming summary judgment in favor of health care provider in wrongful death and survival action).
- Jones v. Mullins Police Dept., 2009 WL 4691950 (4th Cir. 2009) (affirming summary judgment in favor of police officer and police department in § 1983 civil rights action).
- Hollman v. Woolfson, 384 S.C. 571, 683 S.E.2d 495 (2009) (appeal involving review by the Supreme Court of circuit court discovery order).
- White v. City of Georgetown Police Department, 2010-MO-019 (S.C. Supreme Court filed August 9, 2010) (Supreme Court affirmed directed verdict in favor of police department in wrongful death and survival action).
- South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control v. Paris Mountain Utilities, Op. No. 2004-UP-61 (S.C. Ct. App. filed January 29, 2004) (action for civil contempt against officers of corporation for unauthorized discharges from wastewater treatment plant).
- Marceron v. Helms, Op. No. 2007-UP-542 (S.C. Ct. App. filed November 30, 2007) (breach of contract action).
- Bursey v. South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control, 360 S.C. 135, 600 S.E.2d 80 (Ct. App. 2004) (appeal of South Carolina Mining Council’s decision requiring a mining permit for the Lake Murray dam remediation project).
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