Burr & Forman is proud to announce that 18 attorneys have been named among South Carolina's 2026 "Legal Elite" by Columbia Business Monthly, Greenville Business Magazine, Charleston Business Magazine, B2B: The Grand Strand, and B2B: Pee Dee Business Magazine.

Legal Elite is a regional award that recognizes excellence and exceptional talent within the legal profession, with honorees nominated by their peers.

Burr congratulates the following attorneys recognized in this year’s rankings:

Bluffton

• Will Hellams – Tax & Estate Planning

Charleston

• J. Bennett Crites III – Civil Litigation
• Laura Evans – Healthcare
• Trey Robinson – Commercial Contracting

Columbia

• Pamela Baker – Environmental
• Elizabeth Crum – Healthcare
• Erik Doerring – Corporate Banking and Finance
• Tracey Green – Civil Litigation
• Benjamin “Ned” E. Nicholson V – Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation
• Allison Twiford – Commercial Real Estate

Daniel Island

• Shelby Pasquini – Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice: Defendant
  

Greenville

• Adam Artigliere – Commercial Real Estate
• Michael W. Burns – Municipal Finance
• Serina Combs – Commercial Real Estate
• Bernie Ellis – Business Litigation; Civil Litigation
• Henrietta Golding – Civil Litigation
• Brandon Norris – Municipal Finance; Public Finance; Residential Real Estate

Myrtle Beach

• Bhumi Patel – Commercial Real Estate

View the full list at Columbiabusinessmonthly.com.