COLUMBIA, S.C.  -- Integrated Media Publishing, the publisher of Charleston Business, Columbia Business Monthly, and Greenville Business Magazine, has announced the winners of its annual Legal Elite awards in its August edition.

Thirty-four firm attorneys were chosen in 15 practice areas. They are:

In Charleston:

• Merritt G. Abney, Healthcare
• Jay S. Claypoole, Banking and Finance, International
• Bryson Moore Geer, Business Litigation
• John B. Hagerty, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights 
• John C. McElwaine, Intellectual Property
• Lindsay S. Van Slambrook, Commercial Real Estate
• Newman Jackson Smith, Government Relations
• Jennifer Davis Williams, Tax and Estate Planning
• Ashley Dantzler Wright, Banking and Finance

In Columbia:

• Weston Adams, Energy and Utilities, Environment
• Emma C. Bauknight, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• George B. Cauthen, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
• Dwight F. Drake, Government Relations
• Frank B.B. Knowlton, Business Litigation
• Cory E. Manning, Corporate Investigations
• John T. Moore, Banking and Finance
• Edward Poliakoff, Government Relations
• Keith Poston, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
• Thad H. Westbrook, Business Litigation

In Greenville:

• Benjamin A. Barnhill, Banking and Finance
• Henry M. Burwell, International
• Lane W. Davis, Government Relations
• David C. Dill, Energy and Utilities
• D. Sean Faulkner, Commercial Real Estate
• Neil E. Grayson, Banking and Finance, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• Jeffrey K. Gurney, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• John Jennings, Banking and Finance, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• Brittany M. McIntosh, Corporate Investigations
• Richard W. Riley, Education
• Jay Rogers, International
• Bo Russell, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
• Brad Rustin, Banking and Finance
• Rivers S. Stilwell, Business Litigation, Energy and Utilities, Government Relations
• David H. Wilkins, Government Relations

These 2021 Legal Elite lists honor attorneys based on peer votes from other attorneys in the Lowcountry, Midlands, and Upstate areas. Attorneys must have nominations outside of their own firms to be included and cannot vote for themselves.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an Am Law 100 firm that has more than 800 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in 11 states and Washington, D.C. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.