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Keith R. Powell

	The Tower at 1301 Gervais Street, Suite 900 PO Box 11367 Columbia, SC 29211-1367	Phone: Fax: E-mail:	(803) 254-4035 (803) 771-4422 kpowell@childs-halligan.net
	Legal Assistant: Chavon Thompson	E-mail	cthompson@childs-halligan.net

Keith was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 1996, to the Kansas Bar in 1997, and to the South Carolina Bar in 2001. He is also admitted to appear before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth and Fourth Circuits. He has been a member of the Council of School Attorneys since 1998. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry.

After assisting a successful congressional campaign in 1996, Keith worked for the Fields & Brown Law Firm in Kansas City. The firm represented the Kansas City School District in its desegregation case as well as in union grievance, union negotiation, and employment discrimination matters. In 1997, Keith became the chief attorney for Missouri School Boards’ Association’s Policy Services Department. He later became the Director of Policy Services. Keith joined Childs & Halligan, P.A., in July 2000.

Practice Areas:

Education Law
Labor and Employment
Local Government Law

Keith works in all areas of school law, with emphasis on construction, procurement, finance, voting issues, and local legislation.

Bar Admissions:

Missouri, 1996
U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1996
Kansas, 1997
U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2000
South Carolina, 2001

Education:

Tulane University, B.A., Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, History, Philosophy,1993
Oxford University, Mansfield College, Visiting Student in History, 1991-92
Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association
South Carolina Bar 
Richland County Bar Association
Missouri Bar
NSBA Council of School Attorneys
SCSBA Council of School Attorneys

Personal Background:

Keith grew up in Columbia, Missouri and has strong family ties to public education. Two of his grandparents were lifelong teachers. Keith’s mother is a retired media center director. Keith, his wife and toddler live in Northeast Columbia.

Born: Bloomington, Illinois, October 24

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