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Three Associates Join Nelson Mullins in Columbia
Columbia, S.C. (Sept. 30, 2011) – Three new associates have joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in its Columbia office.
Susan Hills Nelson practices in the areas of business litigation and franchise law and litigation, with an emphasis on automobile franchise litigation. Ms. Nelson previously clerked for Judge John D. Geathers of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. She earned her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the Charleston School of Law in May 2009. She was the top graduate in her law school class. While in law school, Ms. Nelson successfully argued a case as a student practitioner in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. She was an associate research editor on the Charleston Law Review and a member of Moot Court. Ms. Nelson earned her Bachelor of Science from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in May 1999.
Tara Cloer Sullivan practices in the areas of complex business litigation, focusing on lender liability and banking fraud, and franchise and distribution litigation. She earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 2010 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Wig and Robe, Order of the Coif, and Phi Delta Phi; served on the editorial board of the South Carolina Law Review; and received a CALI Award in Civil Procedure I. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminal Justice and Criminology, summa cum laude, from the University of South Carolina Honors College in 2007.
Miles Coleman practices in the areas of appellate law and business litigation. Prior to joining Nelson Mullins, Mr. Coleman clerked at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law in May 2009. While in law school, he was the symposium editor of the South Carolina Law Review, an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, a member of the National Moot Court Competition Team and the Mock Trial Competition Team, and was president of the Christian Legal Society and the Federalist Society. He was the winner of the Kate Bockman Memorial Moot Court Competition and the J. Woodrow Lewis Moot Court Competition. Mr. Coleman earned his Bachelor of Arts from Bob Jones University in 2005.
Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 420 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing from 12 office locations in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794.
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