John A. Massalon - Charleston, SC

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1987
    Juris Doctor

• Non Legal Education

  • College of Charleston, 1984
    Bachelor of Arts

Past Positions

• WILLS MASSALON & ALLEN, LLC, 97 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, Member, 1999 - 2019
• HOLMES & THOMSON, LLP, 200 Meeting Street, Suite 202, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, Associate (1990); Partner (1996), 1990 - 1998
• United States District Judge Falcon B. Hawkins, Post Office Box 853, Charleston, South Carolina, Law Clerk, 1988 - 1990
• United States Magistrate Judge Robert S. Carr, Post Office Box 853, Charleston, South Carolina, Law Clerk, 1987 - 1988

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor, Charleston School of Law, 2012 - 2013
  
• “Mediation Week 2018 CLE”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, October 12, 2018
  
• “Ethics of Mediation Practice”, Effective Mediation Practice for Advocates and Mediators sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Association, November 17, 2017
  
• “The Benefits of Early ADR”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, June 9, 2017
  
• “South Carolina Arbitration Certification Training”, sponsored by the South Carolina Bar Association, March 31, 2017
  
• “ADR Ethics Panel Discussion”, sponsored by the Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston, October 19, 2016
  
• “How to Ethically Terminate Representation”, Sponsored by the Federal Bar Association, South Carolina Chapter, September 9, 2010

Pro Bono Activities

• Mediation and Meeting Center of Charleston: Board of Directors, 2016 – Present
• Preservation Society of Charleston: Board of Directors, 2015 – Present; Vice-Chair, 2016 – Present

Published Works

Articles

• South Carolina Lawyer, "Right Without a Remedy: Setoff Under the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Act" (July/August, 1995)
  
• Defense Line, Third Party Modification of Confidentiality Orders
  

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court South Carolina
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Mediator and Arbitrator, South Carolina Supreme Court Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• South Carolina Bar Association
• Charleston County Bar Association (Past-President 2011-2012; Executive Committee 2004-2012)
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 1998 - 2004 (Board of Directors)
• Defense Research Institute
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, 1999 - 2004 (Editor, Defense Line)
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
• Charleston School of Law (Adjunct Professor)
• South Carolina Bar: Chair Elect of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Council
• Charleston County Bar Association
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
• Charleston County Bar Association (Secretary 2008-2011; Board of Directors 2005-2013)