Axton Crolley
Senior Associate
Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
axton.crolley@nelsonmullins.com
Axton focuses his practice on products liability and business litigation.
Axton focuses his practice on products liability and business litigation.
Experience
The 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
- Constitutional Law Fellow, University of South Carolina Constitutional Law Center (2021-2022)
- Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP (2019-2021)
Educational Activities
- University of South Carolina
- Writing Tutor for Legal Writing Instructor, Shelby Leonardi's 1L Class, "Legal Research, Analysis and Writing"
- Research Assistant for Joseph Seiner, Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Federal Practice, USC School of Law
- Executive Articles Editor, South Carolina Law Review
- Student Member, John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
- Recipient, CALI Awards for Legal Research, Analysis and Writing I; Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing II; Torts; Sales; Regulation of the Financial Sector & Money; Tax Policy; Consumer Law; Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation; Future of the Legal Profession
Education
-
University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2019)
- Clerk of Court, Order of the Wig and Robe
- Order of the Coif
- University of Notre Dame, Master of Medieval Studies (2016)
- University of Cambridge, MPhil, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, distinguished performance (2014)
- University of South Carolina, BAIS, Linguistics, summa cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- South Carolina
The 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
- Constitutional Law Fellow, University of South Carolina Constitutional Law Center (2021-2022)
- Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP (2019-2021)
Educational Activities
- University of South Carolina
- Writing Tutor for Legal Writing Instructor, Shelby Leonardi's 1L Class, "Legal Research, Analysis and Writing"
- Research Assistant for Joseph Seiner, Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Federal Practice, USC School of Law
- Executive Articles Editor, South Carolina Law Review
- Student Member, John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
- Recipient, CALI Awards for Legal Research, Analysis and Writing I; Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing II; Torts; Sales; Regulation of the Financial Sector & Money; Tax Policy; Consumer Law; Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation; Future of the Legal Profession
Media
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.
- S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2020)
- Recipient, Victor A. Michalewitz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, South Carolina Law Review (2018)
- Recipient, South Carolina Bar Employment and Labor Law Memorial Scholarship (2018)
- Recipient, Memory Hold the Door Endowment Scholarship, University of South Carolina School of Law (2016-2019)
- Recipient, Benefactors’ Scholarship, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2013-2014)
Axton focuses his practice on products liability and business litigation.
Experience
The 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
- Constitutional Law Fellow, University of South Carolina Constitutional Law Center (2021-2022)
- Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP (2019-2021)
Educational Activities
- University of South Carolina
- Writing Tutor for Legal Writing Instructor, Shelby Leonardi's 1L Class, "Legal Research, Analysis and Writing"
- Research Assistant for Joseph Seiner, Oliver Ellsworth Professor of Federal Practice, USC School of Law
- Executive Articles Editor, South Carolina Law Review
- Student Member, John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
- Recipient, CALI Awards for Legal Research, Analysis and Writing I; Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing II; Torts; Sales; Regulation of the Financial Sector & Money; Tax Policy; Consumer Law; Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation; Future of the Legal Profession
Education
-
University of South Carolina School of Law,
JD,
magna cum laude
(2019)
- Clerk of Court, Order of the Wig and Robe
- Order of the Coif
- University of Notre Dame, Master of Medieval Studies (2016)
- University of Cambridge, MPhil, Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, distinguished performance (2014)
- University of South Carolina, BAIS, Linguistics, summa cum laude (2013)
Admissions
- 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.
- S.C. Supreme Court Pro Bono Honor Roll (2020)
- Recipient, Victor A. Michalewitz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, South Carolina Law Review (2018)
- Recipient, South Carolina Bar Employment and Labor Law Memorial Scholarship (2018)
- Recipient, Memory Hold the Door Endowment Scholarship, University of South Carolina School of Law (2016-2019)
- Recipient, Benefactors’ Scholarship, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2013-2014)
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