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Matt Abee

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Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
T 803.255.9335
F 803.256.7500
matt.abee@nelsonmullins.com
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Matt Abee practices with the tax lien, escrow, lost property and redemption group. He also works in the areas of appellate, business litigation, consumer financial services litigation, and employment litigation. Matt also has experience with litigating international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International...

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Matt Abee practices with the tax lien, escrow, lost property and redemption group. He also works in the areas of appellate, business litigation, consumer financial services litigation, and employment litigation. Matt also has experience with litigating international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International Child Abduction Remedies Act.

Matt has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va. and the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Columbia, S.C. He has also tried cases in the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also assisted with trials in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Child Abduction Remedies Act.

Matt has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va. and the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Columbia, S.C. He has also tried cases in the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also assisted with trials in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

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

  • Student Law Clerk, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee (2011-2013)
  • Intern for Justice Kaye Hearn, South Carolina Supreme Court (Summer 2012)

Educational Activities

  • University of South Carolina School of Law
    • Chair of the Honor Council
  • Wofford College
    • Student Body President (2009-2010)
  • Studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino

Languages

  • Spanish: Certified Advanced in Proficiency by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
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

  • Student Law Clerk, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee (2011-2013)
  • Intern for Justice Kaye Hearn, South Carolina Supreme Court (Summer 2012)

Educational Activities

  • University of South Carolina School of Law
    • Chair of the Honor Council
  • Wofford College
    • Student Body President (2009-2010)
  • Studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino

Languages

  • Spanish: Certified Advanced in Proficiency by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

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Recognitions

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.

  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America (2001)
  • Recipient of the Boy Scouts of America’s Medal of Merit (2005)

Matt Abee practices with the tax lien, escrow, lost property and redemption group. He also works in the areas of appellate, business litigation, consumer financial services litigation, and employment litigation. Matt also has experience with litigating international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the International... Child Abduction Remedies Act.

Matt has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va. and the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Columbia, S.C. He has also tried cases in the Federal District Court for the District of South Carolina and the Eastern District of North Carolina. He has also assisted with trials in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

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

  • Student Law Clerk, South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee (2011-2013)
  • Intern for Justice Kaye Hearn, South Carolina Supreme Court (Summer 2012)

Educational Activities

  • University of South Carolina School of Law
    • Chair of the Honor Council
  • Wofford College
    • Student Body President (2009-2010)
  • Studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino

Languages

  • Spanish: Certified Advanced in Proficiency by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, JD (2013)
    • John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
    • Trial Advocacy Bar Member, National Trial Competition Team
      • Robert M. Figg Award for Most Outstanding Trial Attorney  (2011, 2012)
      • Reece Williams Award for Internal Trial Competition Champion (2011, 2012)
  • Wofford College, BA, Government and Spanish with concentrations in Latin American/Caribbean Studies and World Politics (2010)

Admissions

  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • Supreme Court of the United States

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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.

  • Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America (2001)
  • Recipient of the Boy Scouts of America’s Medal of Merit (2005)
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