Collins & Lacy New Managing Partner; Commission Scores Well in S.C. Bar Survey; Joint Resolution Adopted for Mediation Regulations

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This issue covers the announcement of our new managing partner Mike Pitts, S.C. Bar survey results on the Workers' Compensation Commission, and the adoption of a joint resolution approving mediation regulations. If you have any questions, please contact Practice Group Chair Ellen Adams.

Collins & Lacy Elects Greenville Attorney Mike Pitts as Managing Partner

Managing Partner Mike Pitts

From Workers' Comp Practice Chair Ellen Adams:

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Mike Pitts as the new managing partner of Collins & Lacy. I have enjoyed my opportunity to lead this wonderful firm over the past year and a half. During that time, we solidified Collins & Lacy's statewide footprint with the opening of our Charleston office.

I also believe in strong succession plans, as Collins & Lacy's success is not the result of one good leader's action, but instead it's the result of many good leaders acting together.

Mike is dynamic and dedicated to advancing the mission, vision and values of Collins & Lacy. Please join me in congratulating Mike Pitts.

Read more about Mike Pitts here.

Workers' Comp Commission Scores Well in S.C. Bar Survey

Collins & Lacy Stan Lacy

Attorney Stan Lacy Reports:

Like most lawyers, I am inundated with emails, newsletters and other information about the practice of law. Rarely can I give most of this material more than a cursory glance, but something caught my eye in the S.C. Bar's March E-Blast. I saw the headline "Workers' Compensation Commission Survey Results."

I clicked on the link and found a 2013 Workers' Compensation Commission survey addressing legal skills, impartiality, judicial temperament and promptness. I later learned the South Carolina Bar Workers' Compensation Section Council engineered the survey to allow lawyers to evaluate commissioners like they do other judges.

Click here to read my summary of the survey.

One Step Closer - Joint Resolution Adopted for Mediation Regulations

Workers' Comp Chair Ellen Adams Reports:

The Senate Judiciary has adopted a Joint Resolution approving R 4286 , Mediation Regulations. The mediation regulations for the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission have been a recurring theme of the Collins & Lacy blogs of late.

Commission Executive Director Gary Cannon tells me if the General Assembly takes no further action, the regulations will pass on May 13.To be effective, the regulations must be published in the State Register, which is published on the last Friday of each month. The latest this could occur would be the last Friday in May.

Once the Senate approves the Joint Resolution, it goes to the House. The House can either approve the Joint Resolution, or let it be enacted on May 13. Stay tuned to see how the House acts on the regulation.

More Recent News in Workers' Compensation

Stay updated on the latest comp news with the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog. Here are some recent posts:

S.C. Supreme Court Addresses Physical Brain Damage: Requires Damage That is Both Permanent and Severe

Senate Judiciary Committee Attempts to Give Mediation Regulations Some Teeth

SC Supreme Court Recognizes the Dual Persona Doctrine

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