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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.

Joseph E. Thoensen

Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.253.8719
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: jthoensen@RichardsonPlowden.com

Practice Areas
Civil Litigation
Insurance Defense
Products Liability

Education
University of Georgia (B.A., Journalism, 2000)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2004)

Bar Admissions
2004, South Carolina
2004, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

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

Joe Thoensen joined Richardson Plowden in 2007 as an associate in the Columbia office. He focuses his practice in civil litigation, insurance defense, and products liability.

Mr. Thoensen graduated from the University of Georgia in 2000, where he was a HOPE Scholarship recipient and on the Dean’s and President’s Lists. In May 2004, Mr. Thoensen earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. During law school, he was projects editor for the Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal.

Mr. Thoensen is a member of the South Carolina Bar and the Richland County Bar.