COLUMBIA (March, 30, 2011) -- S.C. Lawyers Weekly has honored Edward W. Mullins, Jr., senior partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, with its Leadership in Law Award. The award spotlights those within the legal community who are working to better the legal profession through mentoring and involvement within their community as well as going above and beyond in their everyday job.

Throughout his 52 years of practice, Mr. Mullins has mentored many young lawyers who have become leaders in the firm and other legal organizations and the community as well as several who left his firm and established well-known firms in Columbia. As the liaison member for the firm on the Advisory Board of the Nelson Mullins Center for Professionalism Board at USC's Law School, he has been instrumental in its national mentoring conferences and in its development of a model mentoring program for the American Inns of Court. He assisted the South Carolina Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism in the establishment of mentoring programs in law firms in the Midlands. 

Mr. Mullins also serves on the Board of the American Inns of Court, the Board of the National Center for State Courts, and by appointment of the governor, he represents the state of South Carolina on the National Uniform Law Commission.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 420 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing from offices in Atlanta, Boston, Tallahassee, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and throughout the Carolinas. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794.

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