Partners

  • Michael D. Malone, Partner

    Practice Areas
    • Labor and Employment

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, B.A., 1986

    University of South Carolina, J.D., 1990

    Admitted - 1990, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

    Memberships - South Carolina Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section).

    Born - Fort Worth, Texas, September 6, 1963

    Biography - Phi Delta Phi (President, 1989-1990). Co-Author: "Labor Relations," South Carolina Jurisprudence, 1993; "Religion in the Workplace," Labor Law Journal (CCH), 1998; "Labor and Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers," 1999, 2004 & 2007; "Potentially Violent Employers: Minimizing Risk in the Workplace," Murray State University, Journal of Business & Public Affairs (2006). (Certified Specialist, Employment and Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina)

    ISLN 901388689

  • Chuck Thompson

    Charles F. Thompson, Jr., Partner

    Practice Areas
    • Labor and Employment

    Clemson University, B.S., 1985

    University of South Carolina, J.D., 1991

    Admitted - 1991, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

    Memberships - South Carolina Bar.

    Born - Walterboro, South Carolina, August 31, 1962

    Biography - Order of the Wig and Robe. Managing Editor, South Carolina Law Review. Member, Moot Court Bar. Law Clerk to Honorable Clyde H. Hamilton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law. Certified Public Accountant; Certified Mediator. (Certified Specialist, Employment and Labor Law, The Supreme Court of South Carolina)

    ISLN 900860704

  • Lake Summers, Partner

    Practice Areas
    • Labor and Employment
    • Civil Rights

    West Virginia University, B.S., 1987

    University of South Carolina, J.D., 1991

    Admitted - 1991, South Carolina; U.S. Court of Military Appeals; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

    Military Major, U.S Army JAG Corps, 82nd Airborne Division and 12th Legal Support Organization; Recipient, Bronze Star, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003; Recipient, Meritorious Service Medal, 82nd Airborne Division, 1996

    Born - Falls Church, Virginia, August 10, 1965

    Biography - Distinguished Military Graduate, West Virginia University. Law Clerk to Hon. Julius H. Baggett, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge. Assistant Solicitor, 11th Judicial Circuit, Lexington, South Carolina, 1996-2000.

    ISLN 913656691

  • Michael Ott

    Michael K. Ott, Partner

    Practice Areas
    • Employment Law
    • Employee Benefits
    • ERISA
    • Tax

    Clemson University, B.S., 1986

    University of South Carolina, J.D., 1989

    Admitted - 1989, South Carolina; 1998, North Carolina; U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina

    Memberships - Mecklenburg County and American (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations; North Carolina State Bar; South Carolina Bar.

    Born - Orangeburg, South Carolina, March 16, 1964

    Biography - Certified Employee Benefits Specialists Instructor, 1994-1995. Partner, Poyner & Spruill, LLC, 1998-2000. (Resident, Charlotte, North Carolina Office)

    ISLN 901388702

  • Larry Needle, Special Counsel

    Practice Areas
    • Immigration Law

    University - Georgetown University, B.S.F.S., 1982

    Law School - Georgetown University, J.D., 1985

    Admitted - 1986, Texas; 1993, South Carolina

    Memberships - South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Texas; American Immigration Lawyers Association.

    Born - Charleston, South Carolina, November 4, 1960

    Biography - (Also practicing individually in Columbia)

    ISLN 904210482