| August 2009
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Ben A. Hagood, Jr., Robert A. Kerr,
Jr., Wade H. Logan, III, and Elizabeth W.
Settle have been selected to be included in The Best Lawyers
in America for 2010.
For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers®
has been regarded – by both the profession and the public
– as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the
United States.
Selection
to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review
survey comprising more than 2.8 million confidential evaluations
by the top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase
is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a
singular honor. This annual, advertisement-free publication
has been described by The American Lawyer as “the most
respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
September, 2008
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Ben A. Hagood, Jr. has
been selected to be included in South Carolina Super Lawyers
2008 for Environmental Law. Robert A. Kerr, Jr.
was selected to be included in South Carolina Super Lawyers
2008 for Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights.
September, 2008
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Ben A. Hagood, Jr., Robert A. Kerr,
Jr. and Elizabeth Wayne Settle have been selected by their
peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America
for 2007-2008.
Lawyers are selected for inclusion based on
a peer-review survey. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee
to be listed. The current edition of Best Lawyers
is based on over one million confidential evaluations by only
the top attorneys in the country. Best Lawyers also
conducted thousands of telephone interviews with leading attorneys
throughout its balloting process.
June 2,
2008
Hagood & Kerr, PA has been included in this year’s
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
The Bar Register is the definitive guide to America’s
leading lawyers and law firms. Only the most distinguished
law practices appear in the Bar Register – those that
have achieved the prestigious “AV” rating, the
top ranking in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. This
rating is the result of a structured peer review and is based
upon the confidential opinions of practicing attorneys and
members of the judiciary. Fewer than 5% of all law firms qualify
and are included.
September
11, 2006
Mt. Pleasant, SC - Ben A. Hagood, Jr., Robert A. Kerr,
Jr. and Elizabeth Wayne Settle have been selected by their
peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America.
Lawyers
are selected for inclusion based on a peer-review survey.
Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed. The current
edition of Best Lawyers is based on over one million
confidential evaluations by only the top attorneys in the
country. Best Lawyers also conducted thousands of
telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout its
balloting process.
The South Carolina
Supreme Court has recertified Robert Kerr
as a specialist in Bankruptcy & Debtor-Creditor Law. Kerr
serves as Board Chair for The Education Foundation of the
Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a Board Member
and Executive Committee Member for the Charleston Metro Chamber
of Commerce.
Ben
Hagood
has been selected by his peers to be included in the 2005-2006
edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
April
5, 2006
Employment Law Update
How Many Employees Do You Have?
When an
employer employs fifteen (15) employees during twenty (20)
calendar weeks of the year, the employer becomes subject to
two (2) important federal laws: (1) Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; and
(2) the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits
discrimination against individuals with a disability. When
an employer employs twenty (20) employees in twenty (20) calendar
weeks, the employer also becomes subject to the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits discrimination in
the workplace based on age.
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November,
2004
Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Business Advocate
Smaller Learning Communities
Coalition receives $2.23 million grant
The Education
Foundation of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and
five area high schools from three school districts that make
up its Smaller Learning Communities Coalition have received
a $2.23 million implementation grant from the U.S. Department
of Education.
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