Bar News
| Publication year | 2020 |
| Pages | 07 |
BAR NEWS
Nominees announced
The Nominating Committee, chaired by Beverly A. Carroll, met October 20. Bar members nominated were J. Hagood Tighe of Columbia for President-Elect, Rusty Infinger of Greenville for Treasurer and Shaheena Bennett of Moncks Corner for Secretary. Nominations for Board seats are Sidney J. Evering, II of Columbia for Region 2 and Elizabeth Scott Moise of Charleston for Region 4. Judge James E. Lockemy of Dillon was nominated for ABA State Bar Delegate. Any eligible Bar member may file a petition to run against a nominee by following the procedure in Section 9.3 (b) of the Bar constitution.
Stay "CONnected"at virtual SC Bar Convention
Attending the South Carolina Bar Convention has never been more convenient. This year you can attend the annual event, held Jan. 19-22, 2021, from your home or office. The SC Bar CLE Division and SC Bar Conventions Committee have crafted an online event that will allow you to fulfill your education requirements - and then some - before the end of the compliance year.
Attendees will have access to all 70 hours of CLE courses during the Convention, and the courses will be available to view through March 1. Exhibitors will be available to bring you the Convention resources you expect. In addition to easy access, attendees will be able to choose from several payment fee schedules to best meet their needs.
For more information and to register, visit www.scbarcon-vention.org and use the hashtag #SCBarCONnected21 to share your excitement about the event on social media.
Justice Ginsburg's life and legacy
The South Carolina Bar released the below statement on September 19 honoring the life and legacy of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died September 18 at age 87:
Today the South Carolina Bar remembers the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her profound contributions to the equal administration of justice for all. As the longest serving woman on the United States Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg worked tirelessly and with great compassion to champion gender equality and to uphold our Constitution. As members of the legal profession, we are inspired by her unparalleled work ethic, the example of civility she set in her interactions with her colleagues and by her overall historic life of service to our country. Her life will continue to be an inspiration to attorneys because of her dedication to causes she believed in, and because, in Justice Ginsburg's own words, she wanted to be remembered as "someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability."
Read more about one South Carolina lawyer's work with Justice Ginsburg in the 1970s in the Closing Statement on page 62.
Battiste honored with Civil Trial Advocacy Master Award
Luther J. Battiste, III was inspired at a very young age to be a lawyer by legendary federal Judge Matthew J. Perry.
"I observed Matthew J. Perry working as the premier civil rights lawyer in South Carolina and had the opportunity to hear him speak," Battiste says. "Judge Perry endured scorn and mistreatment from judges and other lawyers but persevered to be a social engineer in the courtroom for change in the legal system."
Battiste has spent the past four decades continuing his mentor's fight for change in the legal system. Recently he was honored for success in those endeavors, with the National Bar Association's (NBA) Civil Trial Advocacy Trial Master Award for his efforts as a trial lawyer and a champion of justice in the American jury system.
"As an African American attorney, it is a special distinction to receive such a high honor from such a distinguished organization which has an elite pool of great lawyers to choose from," said Battiste.
Battiste has had an impressive career as a 40-year member of the NBA and served as chair of the Civil Trial Section for a number of years. In the community, he served 15 years as a member of the Columbia City Council, including two terms as Mayor Pro Tempore. He is also known for his many "firsts" as he made history as the first African American National President of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and was one of the first two African Americans elected to the 1983 Columbia City Council since...
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