• Assisted major healthcare providers reach alliance between Richland Memorial Hospital and Baptist Health Care System of South Carolina, including securing the first Certificate of Public Advantage granted in South Carolina and obtaining a dismissal of the appeal of the COPA from the South Carolina Administrative Law Court.
• Handled early whistle blower case involving private right of action under EMTALA
• Defended provider and settled recoupment efforts by SC Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• Settled multi-million dollar procurement contract dispute with SC Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• Brought original jurisdiction declaratory judgment action in the SC Supreme Court involving statutory construction of jurisdictional matters in 2006 revisions to the South Carolina Administrative Procedures Act.
• Defended storm water permits, 401 water quality certifications and low level radioactive permit amendments in the administrative law courts and appeals to SC Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
• Defended health care provider in multi-million dollar state procurement award of a contract for Medicaid utilization review for SC Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Represented provider in defending a multi-million dollar procurement award of a contract for electronic benefit transfer, electronic funds transfer for SC Dept. of Social Services.

Current

• Member, South Carolina Bar, 5th Circuit of the House of Delegates
• Member, South Carolina Bar, Bar Convention Committee
• Member, South Carolina Bar, Administrative and Regulatory Committee
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association
• Member, South Carolina Judicial Council
• Member, Administrative Law Court Rules Committee
• Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Public Access to Court Records
• Member, University of South Carolina Development Foundation (SCAARLA) Board of Directors

Former

• President, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
• Member, South Carolina Bar House of Delegates, Fifth Judicial Circuit
• Graduate, Leadership South Carolina ,1995 (Board of Regents) 
• Chairman, Richland County Election and Voter Registration Board 
• Member, South Carolina Nature Conservancy Board of Trustees 
• Chairman, Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
• Member, South Carolina Board of Architectural Examiners
• Director of Research, Staff Counsel, South Carolina House of Representatives Judicial Committee
• Chair, SC Bar Convention, Health Law Committee
• Member, Columbia Downtown Business Development Association Board of Directors
   

• Named, The Best Lawyers in America© (2009-2019)
  • "Lawyer of the Year," Health Care Law - Columbia (2017)
• Named, Legal Elite of the Midlands, Columbia Business Monthly (2015-2016, 2018)
• Awarded, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating*
• Listed, South Carolina Super Lawyers®, Health Care (2011-2018)
  • "Top 25" (2014)
• Recipient, Jean Galloway Bissell Award (2013)
• Recipient, Leadership in Law Award, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2012)
• Graduate, Leadership South Carolina (1995)
• Recipient, Athena Award, Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce (1992)
• Named, Outstanding Young Women of America (1978)

*AV®, BV®, AV Preeminent®, and BV Distinguished® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

• 2016
  Joseph v. S.C. Dep't of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
  Joseph v. S.C. Dep't of Labor, Licensing & Regulation, 417 S.C. 436, 790 S.E.2d 763 (2016) (rehearing denied)
• October 3, 2012
  Smith v. S. C. State Election Commission
  

  Federal Court
  Smith v. S. C. State Election Commission, 901 F. Supp. 2d 639 (October 3, 2012)

• 2004
  Doug Fotia vs. Palmetto Behavioral Health
  

  Federal Court
  Doug Fotia vs. Palmetto Behavioral Health, 317 F.Supp.2d 638 (D.S.C. 2004) (EMTALA whistleblower)

• 1990
  South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission v. Louis W. Sullivan
  

  Federal Court
  South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission v. Louis W. Sullivan    915 F.2d 129 (1990) (appealing disallowance by the DGAB of Medicaid funding claimed by State)

• 2012
  Florence County Democratic Party v. Florence County Republican Party
  

  Florence County Democratic Party v. Florence County Republican Party, 727 S.E.2d 418 (S.C. 2012)

• 2012
  Anderson v. South Carolina State Election Comm’n
  

  Anderson v. South Carolina State Election Comm’n, 397 S.C. 551, 725 S.E.2d 704 (2012)

• 2012
  Murphy v. SC Dept of Health and Env’t Control and School Dist. 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties
  

  Murphy v. SC Dept of Health and Env’t Control and School Dist. 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties, 396 S.C. 633, 723 S.E.2d 191 (2012)

• 2008
  MRI at Belfair, LLC v. SC Dept. of Health and Env't Control
  

  MRI at Belfair, LLC v. SC Dept. of Health and Env't Control, 379 S.C. 1, 664 S.E. 2d 471, S.C. (2008) 

• 2007
  Chem-Nuclear Systems, LLC v. SC Dept. of Health and Env't Control
  

  Chem-Nuclear Systems, LLC v. SC Dept. of Health and Env't Control—374 S.C. 201, 648 S.E.2d 601 (2007)(original jurisdiction)

• 2007
  Davis v. Richland County Council
  

  Davis v. Richland County Council, 372 SC 497, 642 S.C.2d 740 (2007)

• 2002
  McClanahan v. Richland County Council
  

  McClanahan v. Richland County Council, 350 SC 433, 567 S.E.2d 240 (2002)

• 1990
  Charleston Television v. SC Budget and Control Board
  

  Charleston Television v. SC Budget and Control Board, 301 SC 468, 392 S.E.2d 671 (1990)

• 1987
  Tall Tower, Inc. v. South Carolina Procurement Review Panel
  

  Tall Tower, Inc. v. South Carolina Procurement Review Panel, 294 S.C. 225, 363 S.E. 2d 683 (1987)

• 1984
  County Council of Sumter County, SC v. US
  

  Federal Court
  County Council of Sumter County, SC v. US, 596 F.Supp. 35, (D.D.C.1984)

• 2011
  In Re: Protest of Logisticare Solutions, LLC; Appeal of Logisticare Solutions, LLC
  

  South Carolina Procurement Review Panel
  In Re: Protest of Logisticare Solutions, LLC; Appeal of Logisticare Solutions, LLC, SCPD 2011-1 (S.C.Procure.Rev.Panel), 2011 WL 7068066

• 2008
  In Re: Protest of CollegeSource, Inc., Appeal of CollegeSource, Inc.
  

  South Carolina Procurement Review Panel
  In Re: Protest of CollegeSource, Inc., Appeal of CollegeSource, Inc., SCPD 2008-4, 2009 WL 153438

• 2007
  In re: Appeal of Medical Review of North Carolina d/b/a The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
  

  South Carolina Procurement Review Panel
  In re: Appeal of Medical Review of North Carolina d/b/a The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Case No. 2007-2 (April 2, 2007) 

• 2002
  In Re: Petition for Administrative Review GTECH Corporation v. South Carolina Education Lottery
  

  South Carolina Procurement Review Panel
  In Re: Petition for Administrative Review GTECH Corporation v. South Carolina Education Lottery, 2002 WL 31955063