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Jason Buffkin

Jason Buffkin

Discovery Counsel

Meridian
1320 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
T 803.255.9454
jason.buffkin@nelsonmullins.com
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Jason is a member of the Encompass Discovery Management Team at Nelson Mullins. He has experience managing electronic discovery projects, as well as training and supervising document review teams in a variety of matters including government investigations, employment, healthcare, and privacy law.

Jason is a member of the Encompass Discovery Management Team at Nelson Mullins. He has experience managing electronic discovery projects, as well as training and supervising document review teams in a variety of matters including government investigations, employment, healthcare, and privacy law.

Jason Buffkin

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

  • Solo practitioner and principal primarily working in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and family law (2007-2021).
  • Director of the Crime Victim Legal Network providing direct pro bono representation to crime victims in criminal proceedings (2007-2011).
  • Associate for a law firm primarily practicing in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and civil litigation and appeals (2002-2006).

Educational Activities

  • Third Year Trial Practice Certified, Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band, Concert Band, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

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

  • Solo practitioner and principal primarily working in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and family law (2007-2021).
  • Director of the Crime Victim Legal Network providing direct pro bono representation to crime victims in criminal proceedings (2007-2011).
  • Associate for a law firm primarily practicing in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and civil litigation and appeals (2002-2006).

Educational Activities

  • Third Year Trial Practice Certified, Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band, Concert Band, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Professional Activities

  • Member, South Carolina Bar Association 
  • Lexington and Richland County Bar Associations
  • South Carolina Association of Ethics Counsel

 

Jason is a member of the Encompass Discovery Management Team at Nelson Mullins. He has experience managing electronic discovery projects, as well as training and supervising document review teams in a variety of matters including government investigations, employment, healthcare, and privacy law.

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

  • Solo practitioner and principal primarily working in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and family law (2007-2021).
  • Director of the Crime Victim Legal Network providing direct pro bono representation to crime victims in criminal proceedings (2007-2011).
  • Associate for a law firm primarily practicing in the areas of legal ethics and professional responsibility and civil litigation and appeals (2002-2006).

Educational Activities

  • Third Year Trial Practice Certified, Washington and Lee University School of Law
  • Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band, Concert Band, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Education

  • Washington and Lee University School of Law, JD (2002)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BA, Political Science (1997)

Admissions

  • South Carolina
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Practice Areas

  • Member, South Carolina Bar Association 
  • Lexington and Richland County Bar Associations
  • South Carolina Association of Ethics Counsel