Elizabeth Van Doren "Betsy" Gray

Betsy is an accomplished litigator, concentrating her practice on commercial litigation, probate and estate litigation, professional liability and ethics, and securities and FINRA. The second woman president of the South Carolina Bar, Betsy was awarded the 2016 Fellows Award presented by the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP), an award recognizing the accomplishments of a past president of a bar association who has demonstrated a continuing commitment to leadership, service, the work of the organized bar and the purposes of the NCBP. Betsy is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America, and is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and the Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession. Consistently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA, Betsy has been the recipient of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award, the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award, and the TWIN Award from the Palmetto Center for Women. She is a leader in the community, serving on the Board of Trustees for Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community and is a former board member for the University of South Carolina’s Educational Foundation.ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaU.S. Supreme CourtEDUCATIONUniversity of South Carolina, B.A., 1970University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976- Order of Wig and Robe- South Carolina Law Review, Comments EditorASSOCIATIONSSouth Carolina BarAmerican Bar AssociationRichland County Bar AssociationSouth Carolina Women Lawyers AssociationJohn Belton O’Neall Inn of CourtDefense Research InstituteOFFICESFellow, American College of Trial LawyersFellow, American Bar FoundationFellow, Litigation Counsel of AmericaMember, Chief Justice’s Commission on the ProfessionMember, Chief Justice’s Commission on Lawyer AdvertisingPermanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial ConferenceUnited States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel (Chair, 2009)Past President of the South Carolina BarFormer Appointed Attorney to Assist the Disciplinary Counsel for the Supreme Court of South CarolinaFormer Chair, Statewide and Regional Citizens Advisory Committee of the Judicial Merit Selection CommissionAWARDSSouth Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame (2018)DuRant Award, South Carolina Bar Foundation (2017)Women in the Law, Top Peer-Nominated Lawyers by Best Lawyers (2016)America's Top 100 Attorneys, South CarolinaColumbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite" of the Midlands (2016, 2019)Fellows Award, National Conference of Bar Presidents (2016)Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2005-2020), Commercial LitigationBest Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009-2020), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Columbia’s Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year (2009- 2018)Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2017)South Carolina “Super Lawyer” Business Litigation (2008-2018), Top 25 List (2008-2010, 2013-2015, 2017), Top 10 List (2009, 2013-2015, 2017-2018)Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star (2009-2014, 2016)Selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Litigation Special Report (2012)Recipient, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award (2010)Recipient, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award (2000)Recipient, Compleat Lawyer Award Gold Medallion, USC Law School Alumni Association (1997)PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONSPanelist, “One Issue, Two Perspectives: Legal Malpractice in South Carolina,” Current Issues in Legal Malpractice, South Carolina Bar CLE, Columbia, South Carolina (December 2017)Co-Author, The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina, South Carolina Bar, CLE Division (2017)“Who Can Stay and Who Must Go: The Tension Between Witness Sequestration and the Right of Crime Victims to Be Present,” 21 S.C. Law. 38 (March 2010)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT20 Years Strong Service Project: Helping the community with legal adviceGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of CommerceStill Hopes Episcopal Retirement CommunityBoard of Trustees, Chair (2017-2019)University of South Carolina Educational FoundationBoard of Directors (2004-2010)

Betsy is an accomplished litigator, concentrating her practice on commercial litigation, probate and estate litigation, professional liability and ethics, and securities and FINRA. The second woman president of the South Carolina Bar, Betsy was awarded the 2016 Fellows Award presented by the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP), an award recognizing the accomplishments of a past president of a bar association who has demonstrated a continuing commitment to leadership, service, the work of the organized bar and the purposes of the NCBP. Betsy is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America, and is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and the Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession. Consistently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA, Betsy has been the recipient of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award, the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award, and the TWIN Award from the Palmetto Center for Women. She is a leader in the community, serving on the Board of Trustees for Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community and is a former board member for the University of South Carolina’s Educational Foundation.ADMISSIONSSouth Carolina BarU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitU.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaU.S. Supreme CourtEDUCATIONUniversity of South Carolina, B.A., 1970University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976- Order of Wig and Robe- South Carolina Law Review, Comments EditorASSOCIATIONSSouth Carolina BarAmerican Bar AssociationRichland County Bar AssociationSouth Carolina Women Lawyers AssociationJohn Belton O’Neall Inn of CourtDefense Research InstituteOFFICESFellow, American College of Trial LawyersFellow, American Bar FoundationFellow, Litigation Counsel of AmericaMember, Chief Justice’s Commission on the ProfessionMember, Chief Justice’s Commission on Lawyer AdvertisingPermanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial ConferenceUnited States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel (Chair, 2009)Past President of the South Carolina BarFormer Appointed Attorney to Assist the Disciplinary Counsel for the Supreme Court of South CarolinaFormer Chair, Statewide and Regional Citizens Advisory Committee of the Judicial Merit Selection CommissionAWARDSSouth Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame (2018)DuRant Award, South Carolina Bar Foundation (2017)Women in the Law, Top Peer-Nominated Lawyers by Best Lawyers (2016)America's Top 100 Attorneys, South CarolinaColumbia Business Monthly "Legal Elite" of the Midlands (2016, 2019)Fellows Award, National Conference of Bar Presidents (2016)Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2005-2020), Commercial LitigationBest Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, 2009-2020), Bet-the-Company Litigation, Columbia’s Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year (2009- 2018)Chambers U.S.A. America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007-2017)South Carolina “Super Lawyer” Business Litigation (2008-2018), Top 25 List (2008-2010, 2013-2015, 2017), Top 10 List (2009, 2013-2015, 2017-2018)Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star (2009-2014, 2016)Selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by Litigation Special Report (2012)Recipient, South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award (2010)Recipient, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award (2000)Recipient, Compleat Lawyer Award Gold Medallion, USC Law School Alumni Association (1997)PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONSPanelist, “One Issue, Two Perspectives: Legal Malpractice in South Carolina,” Current Issues in Legal Malpractice, South Carolina Bar CLE, Columbia, South Carolina (December 2017)Co-Author, The Law of Legal Malpractice in South Carolina, South Carolina Bar, CLE Division (2017)“Who Can Stay and Who Must Go: The Tension Between Witness Sequestration and the Right of Crime Victims to Be Present,” 21 S.C. Law. 38 (March 2010)COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT20 Years Strong Service Project: Helping the community with legal adviceGreater Columbia Chamber of CommerceSouth Carolina Chamber of CommerceStill Hopes Episcopal Retirement CommunityBoard of Trustees, Chair (2017-2019)University of South Carolina Educational FoundationBoard of Directors (2004-2010)

Betsy is an accomplished litigator, concentrating her practice on commercial litigation, probate and estate litigation, professional liability and ethics, and securities and FINRA. The second woman president of the South Carolina Bar, Betsy was awarded the 2016 Fellows Award presented by the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP), an award recognizing the accomplishments of a past president of a bar association who has demonstrated a continuing commitment to leadership, service, the work of the organized bar and the purposes of the NCBP. Betsy is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation and the Litigation Counsel of America, and is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference and the Chief Justice’s Commission on the Profession. Consistently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA, Betsy has been the recipient of the South Carolina Lawyers Weekly Leadership in Law Award, the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Jean Galloway Bissell Award, and the TWIN Award from the Palmetto Center for Women. She is a leader in the community, serving on the Board of Trustees for Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community and is a former board member for the University of South Carolina’s Educational Foundation.

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