GaffneyLewis LLC is pleased to announce that partners Amy L. Gaffney, Regina Hollins Lewis, and Randi Lynn Roberts have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America_© 2022.

Recognition by practice areas include:

Amy Gaffney (since 2012)

• Employment Law – Individuals (2022 Columbia “Lawyer of the Year”)
• Employment Law – Management
• Litigation – Labor and Employment

Regina Hollins Lewis (since 2021)

• Mediation

Randi Lynn Roberts (since 2021)

• Commercial Litigation

Since first published in 1983, Best Lawyers_® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. For the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America_©, 9.4 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in more than 67,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition.

August 11, 2021 – Two attorneys from the law firm of GaffneyLewis, LLC have been included in the 2021 Legal Elite of the Midlands and Legal Elite of the Low Country.

Attorneys recognized in the publication include:

• Amy L. Gaffney (Charleston) – Labor and Employment
• Regina Hollins Lewis (Columbia) – Labor and Employment

Gaffney, a founding partner working in the firm’s Charleston office, is a litigation attorney representing individuals and some companies throughout the state of South Carolina in employment and tort matters. Gaffney is also a certified mediator and has been involved in the resolution of hundreds of state and federal employment and tort cases.

Lewis, a founding partner based out of the firm’s Columbia office, has over 33 years of civil litigation and appellate experience. She is also a certified mediator and regularly mediates employment and tort matters throughout the state of South Carolina.

August 4, 2021 – GaffneyLewis LLC is pleased to announce that Jarrett Withrow has joined the firm as an attorney in the firm’s Charleston office.

Withrow comes to the firm with more than five years of experience serving clients. Withrow is a graduate of the West Virginia University and the Charleston School of Law.

“We are so pleased to have Jarrett join the firm and know that she will be an asset to our team and our clients,” said Robert Blain, managing partner of the Charleston office.

Withrow will focus her practice in the areas of tort law and personal injury, primarily representing businesses in cases across the state of South Carolina.

Remembering the Honorable Matthew J. Perry

GaffneyLewis remembers with affection and honor, Matthew J. Perry on the 10^th anniversary of his passing.  Those of us privileged to have appeared before him recall with great affection his gentle demeanor and pleasing temperament, his empathy and fairness to all, and his profound love of the law. 

Chief United States District Judge Joseph Anderson once wrote “to say that Matthew Perry was good in the courtroom is like saying Mickey Mantle knew how to swing a bat . . . Aristotle taught that lawyers and judges should be the very personification of justice. Matthew J. Perry Jr. comes as close as any person I have known to meeting Aristotle’s ideal.”

As a lawyer, Perry led many landmark civil rights cases, including the case that resulted in the integration of Clemson.  He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States District Court in 1979 and was South Carolina’s first African American Federal Judge.  He remained active as a Judge until his death in 2011.  The Matthew J. Perry Federal Courthouse in Columbia is a fitting tribute to such a distinguished jurist, lawyer, and activist.

The law firm of GaffneyLewis LLC is pleased to announce that Robert Blain has received the AV Preeminent® rating from the Martindale-Hubbell® legal rating service. Blain serves as the managing partner of the Charleston office and focuses his litigation practice in the areas of personal injury, tort defense, and civil litigation.

The Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® rating is the highest possible rating for an attorney for both ethical standards and legal ability. The rating represents the pinnacle of professional excellence. It is achieved only after an attorney has been reviewed and recommended by his peers and members of the bar. 

“We are so proud of Rob and pleased that he has been recognized by his peers for his legal acumen and experience,” said founding partner Amy Gaffney. “As an AV rated firm, we pride ourselves on bringing the highest level of client service to each matter.”

Blain’s litigation experience includes handling a variety of complex civil cases with significant exposure in the state and federal courts of South Carolina. Blain is a graduate of Duke University (2006) and the University of South Carolina School of Law (2011).

The Town of Summerville hired Rebecca Vance to be the Town’s Administrator in January and extended a 3-year contract for her services. After just 16 months of Vance’s stellar performance, the Town’s Council met in a special session on Saturday, June 19 and voted to terminate Vance.

Amy Gaffney of the Employment Team at GaffneyLewis has been engaged to represent Vance in determining if there was some impermissible motive for the Town’s vote or any legal claims Vance could bring for her firing.