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Lena Younts Meredith
Nicholson & Anderson
109 West Court Avenue
Greenwood, SC 29646-2625

Communication Center

Phone:

(864) 229-7241

E-mail:

lena@nicholsonanderson.com

Fax:

(864) 229-2739

Web site:

http://www.nicholsonanderson.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Honors
Affiliations	Representative Cases

Lena Younts Meredith was born in Anderson County. She grew up in Manning, South Carolina and graduated first in her class from Manning High School in 1987. She was named a Carolina Scholar and received a full scholarship to the University of South Carolina, where she majored in English at the South Carolina Honors College. She also studied abroad at the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991.

Mrs. Meredith attended the University of South Carolina School of Law and received the degree of Juris Doctor in 1995. For the first nine years of her career, she practiced in the Third Judicial Circuit primarily in the areas of civil tort litigation and workers’ compensation She is a past member of the Sumter County and Clarendon County Bar Associations, and an active member of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Association. She previously served on the Third Circuit Attorney Fee Dispute Resolution Board.

Mrs. Meredith is married to Michael Meredith, who is native of Greenwood and is employed by Meredith Insurance Associates, Inc. The Merediths have two, children, David Reid, who is ten years old, and F. Michael Meredith, III, born October 21, 2004.

Current Employment Position(s):: Associate

Areas Of Practice:: Administrative Hearings & Adjudication; Administrative Law; Alimony & Spousal Support; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Business & Commercial Law; Business Organizations; Child Support; Commercial Real Estate; Contracts; Custody & Visitation; Divorce; Estate Planning; Family Law; Federal Trial Practice; Landlord/Tenant; Limited Liability Companies; Litigation & Appeals; Living Wills; Mediation; Medical Malpractice; Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff; Motor Vehicle Defects; Personal Injury -- Plaintiff; Powers of Attorney and Appointment; Premises Liability -- Plaintiff; Products Liability Law; Real Estate Law; Residential Real Estate; Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff; State Appellate Practice; State Trial Practice; Wills; Workers' Compensation Appeals; Workers' Compensation Law; Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

Litigation Percentage:: 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: South Carolina, 1995; U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1996

Education:: University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995; J.D.; University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1991; B.A.; Major: English; University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.; Diploma; Major: English Literature

Representative Cases:: Blair v. City of Manning (S.C. Supreme Ct. 2001)

Honors and Awards:: Carolina Scholar, 1987 - 1991

Professional Associations and Memberships:: South Carolina Bar Association, 1995 - Present; Member; American Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 2004; Member; American Bar Association, 1996 - 2004; Member; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 - 2004; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Coffey, Chandler & Meredith, Attorney, 2000 - 2004; Miles and Younts, Attorney, 1996 - 2000

Pro Bono Activities:: The Lighthouse of the Carolinas, Board Member, 2004

Fraternities/Sororities:: Alpha Phi Omega

Birth Information:: 1969, Anderson, South Carolina, United States of America