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Colton Driver

Associate

Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
T 803.255.9558
colton.driver@nelsonmullins.com
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Colton Driver focuses his practice on electronic discovery issues with the Encompass e-discovery team, and also works to help clients understand issues related to the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He also has experience representing clients in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation, and catastrophic injury litigation.

Colton Driver focuses his practice on electronic discovery issues with the Encompass e-discovery team, and also works to help clients understand issues related to the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He also has experience representing clients in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation, and catastrophic injury litigation.

Experience

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Associate attorney, Columbia, S.C. law firm (2016-2017)
  • Law clerk at a Columbia, S.C. law firm where he focused on employment, healthcare, and general litigation (June 2015-May 2016)
  • Summer associate for the Firm (2014, 2015)
  • Field Sales Representative in S.C. territories, Techtronics Industries (2012-2013)

Internships

  • Internship with South Carolina Semester Program at USC for South Carolina State Senate (2011)
  • Legal Research Assistant and intern at a Hendersonville, N.C. law firm (2007-2010)

Educational Activities

  • Academic Success Tutor for Civil Procedure (January 2016-May 2016)
  • Assisted Professors Joel Samuels and Colin Miller revise the SC Bar manual South Carolina Civil Procedure (July 2015-May 2016)
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Associate attorney, Columbia, S.C. law firm (2016-2017)
  • Law clerk at a Columbia, S.C. law firm where he focused on employment, healthcare, and general litigation (June 2015-May 2016)
  • Summer associate for the Firm (2014, 2015)
  • Field Sales Representative in S.C. territories, Techtronics Industries (2012-2013)

Internships

  • Internship with South Carolina Semester Program at USC for South Carolina State Senate (2011)
  • Legal Research Assistant and intern at a Hendersonville, N.C. law firm (2007-2010)

Educational Activities

  • Academic Success Tutor for Civil Procedure (January 2016-May 2016)
  • Assisted Professors Joel Samuels and Colin Miller revise the SC Bar manual South Carolina Civil Procedure (July 2015-May 2016)

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Recognitions

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  • Cy Young Award Winner
  • Coleman Karesh Award Winner

Colton Driver focuses his practice on electronic discovery issues with the Encompass e-discovery team, and also works to help clients understand issues related to the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). He also has experience representing clients in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation, and catastrophic injury litigation.

Experience

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Previous Professional Experience

  • Associate attorney, Columbia, S.C. law firm (2016-2017)
  • Law clerk at a Columbia, S.C. law firm where he focused on employment, healthcare, and general litigation (June 2015-May 2016)
  • Summer associate for the Firm (2014, 2015)
  • Field Sales Representative in S.C. territories, Techtronics Industries (2012-2013)

Internships

  • Internship with South Carolina Semester Program at USC for South Carolina State Senate (2011)
  • Legal Research Assistant and intern at a Hendersonville, N.C. law firm (2007-2010)

Educational Activities

  • Academic Success Tutor for Civil Procedure (January 2016-May 2016)
  • Assisted Professors Joel Samuels and Colin Miller revise the SC Bar manual South Carolina Civil Procedure (July 2015-May 2016)

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, JD, summa cum laude (2016)
    • Awarded the Dean’s Medallion (Valedictorian)
      • Order of the Coif
      • Order of the Wig and Robe, Chief Justice
      • Order of the Wig and Robe, Associate Justice
      • Technology Editor, South Carolina Law Review
      • CALI Awards
        • Torts
        • Legal Research
        • Constitutional Law
        • Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing II
        • Civil Procedure
        • Business Corporations
        • Legislative Process
        • Transnational Law
        • Law, Society, & Justice
        • Legal Writing for the Courts
        • Individual Employment Law
        • Food and Drug Law
  • University of South Carolina, Honors College, BA, Political Science, summa cum laude, with honors (2011)

Admissions

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Practice Areas

The bar rules of some states require that the standards for an attorney's inclusion in certain public accolades or recognitions be provided. When such accolades or recognitions are listed, a hyperlink is provided that leads to a description of the respective selection methodology.

  • Cy Young Award Winner
  • Coleman Karesh Award Winner
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