Wm. Grayson Lambert
Associate
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Columbia, SC Office
1221 Main Street
Suite 1800
Columbia, SC 29201
Overview
Grayson Lambert is an associate with the firm's litigation section. He assists individual and corporate clients with complex commercial litigation, appeals, and government investigations.
Grayson has experience at an international law firm, as well as clerking for the Honorable Dennis W. Shedd on the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Fourth Circuit.
- Leadership South Carolina Class of 2019
- Participant, South Carolina Bar Leadership Academy (2018)
- Member, Trial & Appellate Advocacy Section Council, South Carolina Bar (2018)
- Member, Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2017-present)
- Board Member, New Lawyers Division, Duke Law Alumni Association (2012-present)
- Chair (2016-present)
- Chair, Jefferson Scholars Foundation, Central and Upstate South Carolina Regional Selection Committee (2014-present)
- Member, Practice and Procedure Committee, South Carolina Bar (2014-present)
- Out of State Representative, South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers, Executive Council
- Member, Jefferson Scholars Foundation, Charlotte Regional Selection Committee (2013-2017)
- Secretary, Charlotte Chapter Steering Committee, Federalist Society
- Listed, South Carolina Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation (2018)
- "Super Lawyers Rising Star," Business Litigation (2018)
- Mordecai Scholar, Duke University School of Law
- Jefferson Scholar, University of Virginia
- ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Regional Championship Winner (2011 and 2012)
- Author, "Getting from Award to Judgment: Where to Confirm or Vacate Aritration Awards," SC Lawyer (July 2018)
- Author, "The Necessary Narrowing of General Personal Jurisdiction," 100 MARQ. L. REV. 375 (2016)
- Author, "Unmixing the Mess: Resolving the Circuit Split over the Brillhart/Wilton Doctrine and Mixed Complaints," 64 U. KAN. L. REV. 793 (2016)
- Author, "Focusing on Fulfilling the Goals: Rethinking How Choice-of-Law Regimes Approach Statutes of Limitations," 65 SYRACUSE L. REV. 491, 2015
- Author, "Toward a Better Understanding of Ripeness and Free-Speech Claims," 65 S.C. L. REV. 411, 2013
- Author, "Keeping the Inference in the Adverse Inference Instruction: Ensuring the Instruction is an Effective Sanction in Electronic Discovery Cases," 64 S.C. L. REV. 681, 2013
- Author, "The Real Debate Over the Senate’s Role in the Confirmation Process," 61 DUKE L.J. 1283, 2012
- Panelist, "The Most Important - and Interesting - Decisions," Fourth Circuit Year in Review, August 24, 2016
- Panelist, "A Look at Decisions Impacting the Business Community," Fourth Circuit Year in Review, McGuire Woods LLP Complimentary Webinar and Live Presentation, May 15, 2014