COLUMBIA, SC - April 18, 2011 – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's Charleston partner Elizabeth Scott Moïse and Columbia partner Thad Westbrook were honored Thursday with the University of South Carolina School of Law's 2011 Compleat Lawyer awards.
The awards were established in 1992 by the University of South Carolina Law School Alumni Association to recognize alumni for outstanding civic and professional accomplishments. Each year the Alumni Association recognizes nine outstanding alumni at the Alumni Association Dinner. Nominees are individuals who have made significant contributions to the legal profession and exemplify the highest standard of professional competence, ethics, and integrity.
Ms. Moïse earned a Juris Doctor in 1989, where she was awarded the law school's Claud M. Sapp Award for leadership, scholarship, and industry. She practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, consumer finance, class action litigation, and product liability defense. In 2008, she was awarded the first South Carolina Law Review Alumni Award. Previously, she received the Firm's Claude M. Scarborough, Jr. Pro Bono Award. She currently serves on the Judicial Qualifications Committee of the South Carolina Bar. She has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of South Carolina School of Law since 1992 and the Charleston School of Law since its beginning in 2004. She is active in the community and serves as Chair of the Board of Visitors for the University of South Carolina. She also is a Board Member for the Harleston Village Neighborhood Association.
Mr. Westbrook earned his Juris Doctor in 1999. He practices in Columbia in the areas of business litigation, consumer finance litigation, and class action defense. Mr. Westbrook is a member of the South Carolina Supreme Court’s Committee on Character and Fitness and on the Board of Trustees for the University of South Carolina, having been elected to the position by the S.C. Legislature in 2010. He is also a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Visitors at the University of South Carolina. Mr. Westbrook is the Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for Lexington Medical Center and now serves as Vice Chairman on the Lexington Medical Center Foundation Board. Mr. Westbrook also serves on the Advisory Board of the Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
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