Allison Sullivan - Columbia, SC

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 2005
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, 2001
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney/Partner

References

• Ellen Adams

• Matt Jackson

• Rod Jernigan

• Craig Wilkerson

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Workers' Compensation Essentials, South Carolina Bar, 2014 - Present
  
• Law of Premises Liability, South Carolina Bar, 2016 - Present
  
• Dram Shop Liability, South Carolina Bar, 2017 - Present
  
• Successor Liability and Products Liability, South Carolina Bar, 2021 - Present
  
• WC Case Law Update, Injured Workers Advocates, 2022 - Present
  
• WC Case Law Update, South Carolina Bar
  
• Secrets to a Successful Plaintiff's Practice-Slip and Fall, South Carolina Bar

Pro Bono Activities

• Leadership Columbia Alumni Association Advisory Board, Chair, 2015 - 2016
• Leadership Columbia Advisory Board, 2015 - 2016
• Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, 2015 - 2016
• South Carolina Special Olympics, 2017 - Present
• Leadership Columbia Class of 2013
• Columbia Chamber of Commerce, 2013 - Present

Representative Clients

• Nurse who suffered a back injury at work

• Family of a trucker who was involved in head-on collision and died as a result of defective vehicle

• Electrician that suffered brain injury when involved in a motorcycle wreck

• Safety officer/volunteer firefighter who was catastrophically injured in on-the-job car wreck

• Marines and their families who were made sick by toxic water exposures at Camp Lejeune

Ancillary Businesses

• Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Published Works

Articles

• The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (6th Edition), Contributing author, South Carolina Bar
  The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina has been this State's most thorough and scholarly resource on this technical and complex area of law.
• Law School for Non-Lawyers, Contributing author
  
• The Briefcase Lawyer: Essential Information for Every Practitioner, Contributing author
  
• The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, 7th edition, South Carolina Bar, 2019
  Since its introduction in 1992, The Law of Workers' Compensation Insurance in South Carolina has been this State's most thorough and scholarly resource on this technical and complex area of law. With research current through May 2019, this important

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 2005

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified State and Federal Court Mediator

Other Affiliations

• Richland County Bar Association
• South Carolina Association for Justice, 2005 - Present
• Injured Workers’ Advocates, 2014 - 2015 (Past President)
• South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
• John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
• South Carolina Young Lawyers Division Professional Development Committee, Past Co-Chair
• South Carolina Young Lawyers Division iCivics Committee, Past Chair