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Richardson Plowden shareholders Steven W. Hamm and Jo Anne Wessinger Hill were awarded the 2007 Robert D. Spencer Award for outstanding volunteer advocacy by the Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.

Richardson Plowden shareholder Francis M. Mack has a master’s of engineering and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina.

Shareholder Marian Williams Scalise has been selected to participate in the American Leadership Forum, Waccamaw Chapter, a network of leaders to reach beyond city and county lines to bridge social, economic, and political boundaries to serve the public good.

Kathryn Valdes

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Office
1900 Barnwell Street
Columbia, SC 29201

P.O. Drawer 7788
Columbia, SC 29202

Contact Details
Direct: 803.576.3704
Fax: 803.779.0016
Email: kvaldes@richardsonplowden.com

Practice Areas
Business Law
Taxation
Estate Planning

Education
Emory University (B.A. in Economics, 2005)
University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2008)
Georgetown University Law School (LL.M. in Taxation, 2009)

Bar Admissions
2008, South Carolina Bar

Other Professional
South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division
Done in a Day Committee of the Young Lawyers Division
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
Columbia Estate Planning Council
Richland County Bar Association
Columbia Tax Study Group

Kathryn Valdes joined Richardson Plowden in 2009 in the Columbia office. Serving in an "Of Counsel" role, she focuses her practice on business, tax law, and estate planning.

Ms. Valdes graduated from Emory University, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 2005. She earned her juris doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2008. Ms. Valdes was awarded an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School in May 2009. While at Georgetown, her emphasis was in estate planning and estate taxation.

Prior to joining Richardson Plowden, Ms. Valdes clerked for Senator Glenn McConnell, president pro tempore and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and interned with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office.