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Lena Younts Meredith
Lena Younts Meredith joined Nicholson and Anderson in January 2005. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of South Carolina in 1991 and graduated from USC School of Law in 1995. She is a certified Circuit Court Arbitrator and South Carolina Guardian ad Litem.
She previously practiced with the law firm of Miles and Younts in Sumter, SC and Coffey, Chandler and Meredith in Manning, SC. Her primary areas of practice are civil tort litigation and workers’ compensation. She is a past member of the Sumter County and Clarendon County Bar Associations.
She is an active member of the Greenwood County Bar, South Carolina Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Association. She previously served on the Third Circuit Attorney Fee Dispute Resolution Board.
Mrs. Meredith is married to Michael Meredith, a native of Greenwood, and has five children.
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Education:
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995
- J. D. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1991, B. A. Major: English
- University of Kent, Canterbury, U. K. Diploma, English Literature
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- South Carolina Bar Association, 1995 - Present, Member
- American Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 2004, Member
- American Bar Association, 1996 - 2004, Member
- South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 2004, Member
Bar Admissions:
- South Carolina, 1995, U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1996
Honors and Awards:
- Carolina Scholar, 1987 – 1991 (Full Undergraduate Scholarship)
Areas Of Practice:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Arbitration
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Contracts
- Estate Planning
- Federal Trial Practice
- Limited Liability Companies
- Litigation & Appeals
- Living Wills
- Mediation
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents – Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Defects
- Personal Injury – Plaintiff
- Powers of Attorney and Appointment
- Premises Liability – Plaintiff
- Products Liability Law
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Wills
- Workers’ Compensation Appeals
- Workers’ Compensation Law
- Wrongful Death – Plaintiff Litigation Percentage: 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Past Employment Positions:
- Coffey, Chandler & Meredith, Attorney, 2000 - 2004, Miles and Younts, Attorney, 1996 - 2000, Associations : The Lighthouse of the Carolinas, Board Attorney.
- Former Board Member Of : Gatewood Homeowner’s Association, Mud Pies Creative Learning, Main Street United Methodist Church.
- Fraternities/Sororities : Alpha Phi Omega – Service Fraternity.
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