Lawton Law Firm

Attorneys at Lawton Law Firm

ANGUS M. LAWTON

angus@lawtonlawfirm.net

EDUCATION

Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2011

South Carolina Board Certified Circuit Court Arbitrator, 2007

South Carolina Board Certified Civil Mediator, 2005

University of South Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctor degree, 1988.

Duke University, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 1984

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Included in SC Super Lawyers, 2011 and 2012
• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar Association
• South Carolina Trial Lawyer's Association
• American Association for Justice
• Received Advocate Designation 2002
• Charleston County Bar Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• S.C. Bar Professional Responsibility Committee

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church
• Ducks Unlimited
• Duke Alumni Association
• Carolina Alumni Association
• Surfrider Foundation
• North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati
  French and American Scholars Committee
• Society of Colonial Wars
• Saint Andrews Society of the City of Columbia
• United States Tennis Association

Community Involvement:

• Coach, Mount Pleasant Recreation Department Little League Baseball and Soccer
• Captain, Ion 3.5 Mens Tennis Team
• Chairman of Fundraising Committee, Allendale Fairfax High School Sports Complex
• South Carolina Adopt a Highway program (adopted S.C. Road S-3-23)

ERICA B. McELREATH

erica@lawtonlawfirm.net

EDUCATION

• Charleston School of Law, Juris Doctor, May 2009
• College of Charleston, Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, 2004

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar Association
• Charleston County Bar Association
• South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
• Charleston Lawyers Club
• Federal Bar Association
• SC Association for Justice

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• East Cooper Baptist Church
• Families First Adoption Committee
• Legal Access Commission, Charleston County Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence
• Susan G. Komen Foundation
• College of Charleston Alumni Association
• Charleston School of Law Alumni Association
• Charleston School of Law Mentoring Program

HONORS/AWARDS

• Articles Editor, Charleston Law Review
• Teaching Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, Charleston School of Law
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research and Writing
• Second Place Winner, American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Section National Law Student Writing Competition