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Attorneys
Robert A
Robert A. Bernstein was admitted to practice law before the
court of South Carolina in 1983, and has been continuously engaged in the
practice of law since then. After graduating with honors from the Honors
College of the University of South Carolina, Bob graduated from the South
Carolina School of Law at the head of his class. He served on the South
Carolina Law Review, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif and the Order
of the Wig and Robe honor societies. Bob is also a member of Phi Beta
Kappa Honor Society. He served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Clyde
H Hamilton, United States District Judge, for two years following graduation
from law school. After practicing for six years with Turner, Padget,
Graham & Laney in Columbia, SC, Bob returned to Charleston in 1992.
Since that time, Bob has concentrated his practice in the areas of collections,
creditors rights, corporations, bankruptcy and personal injury litigation. Bob
is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in South Carolina,
as well as the United States supreme Court and the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Bob is involved with the South Carolina Bar, serving as an investigator for the
ethics board and on several committees, including the ethics advisory and
practice and procedures committees. He is an active member in the
Commercial Law League of America, (CLLA) an international association of
attorneys and collection specialists, serving on the Executive Council of the
Creditors Rights Section and on the Executive Council of the southern Region, as
well as chairman of numerous committees. Bob has lectured to both the
legal community and the general public on issues affecting creditors
rights. He is listed in
Who's Who in American Law
, and
has been a contributing author for a volume of
South Carolina
Jurisprudence.
Bob is active in the community as well, and has served on the boards of his
congregations, with his Masonic Lodge, and with the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club,
serving as President in 2000. Bob is married to the former Mary Deann
Phillips, and has two children.
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- Partner
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- 1992
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- Bankruptcy Law
- Business Organizations
- Collections & Repossessions
- Creditors' Rights
- Natural Resources Law
- Personal Injury -- Defense
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
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- South Carolina, 1983
- U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court South Carolina
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- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985
- J.D. Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Graduated at the Head of his Class
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Order of the Wig and Robe
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Law Review:
South Carolina Law Review
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1980
- B.S.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
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South Carolina Jurisprudence (Contributing Author)
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- Lecturer on issues affecting creditors rights
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- Who's Who in American Law
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- South Carolina Bar
- Investigator, Ethics Board
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- South Carolina Bar
- Ethics Advisory Committee
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- South Carolina Bar
- Practice and Procedures Committee
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- Commercial Law League of America (CLLA)
- Member
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- Commercial Law League of America (CLLA), Creditors Rights Section
- Executive Council
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- Commercial Law League of America (CLLA)
- Executive Council of the Southern Region
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- Masonic Lodge
- Board Member
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- Mount Pleasant Rotary Club,
2000
- President
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- Honorable Clyde H. Hamilton, United States District Judge, Judicial Clerk,
1985
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1987
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- Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, Columbia, SC
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- March 30, 1958, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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