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Kathryn Long Mahoney
 Martindale-Hubbell Rating AV

 

The Tower at
1301 Gervais Street, Suite 900
PO Box 11367
Columbia, SC 29211-1367

  

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(803) 254-4035
(803) 771-4422
kmahoney@childs-halligan.net

Legal Assistant:
Sheri Wainscott   E-mail: swainscott@childs-halligan.net

Kathy was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1992.  While in law school, she was a member of the Moot Court Bar.  Kathy is a member of the NSBA Council of School Attorneys, the South Carolina Council of School Attorneys, and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.  Kathy has practiced with the firm since her graduation from law school in 1992. Kathy is admitted to practice before the State and Federal Courts of South Carolina and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas:

Education Law
Labor and Employment
Constitutional Law
Litigation

Kathy works in all areas of school law, with an emphasis on personnel, special education, litigation, student matters, and policy development. 

Kathy has tried cases for school districts on issues ranging from student constitutional matters to employment discrimination.  She has helped school districts avoid litigation by providing counsel in all types of personnel matters, and she has handled many teacher dismissal hearings before school boards.  Kathy also concentrates on special education matters before they become administrative claims.  This practice often enables the firm to be fully familiar with a case and the personnel involved should an administrative claim be filed.  Kathy lectures frequently and provides in-service training for administrators and teachers in many subjects, including employment matters, sexual harassment, special education, and student constitutional issues.

Bar Admissions:

South Carolina, 1992
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1993

Education:

Emory University, B.A., Political Science and Philosophy (1989)
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D. (1992)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association
South Carolina Bar
Richland County Bar Association
NSBA Council of School Attorneys
SCSBA Council of School Attorneys
National Association of College and University Attorneys

Personal Background:

Kathy graduated from Lexington-Richland School District Five schools.  She is  married and her two children attend school in Lexington-Richland School District Five.  Kathy previously served on the School Improvement Council at Irmo Elementary School.  She is from a family of educators.

Born: Richmond, Virginia, June 1

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