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Vernie L. Williams

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

Vernie was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1995. He was Assistant Solicitor for the Third Judicial Circuit from December of 1995 until October of 1996, when he became the Multi-jurisdictional Task Force Prosecutor for the Third Judicial Circuit. While he was assistant solicitor, Vernie prosecuted numerous criminal cases for crimes ranging from property offenses to murder.

Practice Areas:

Education Law
Constitutional Law
Employment Law
Litigation

Vernie works in all areas of school law, with a current emphasis on student discipline, special education, personnel, and all types of litigation.

Vernie has handled numerous student discipline hearings held before hearing officers and/or school boards and provided advice to school districts in addressing the needs of special education students. He has also handled several special education due process hearings. Based on his experience as a prosecutor, Vernie has assisted school districts in many matters involving criminal charges brought against District employees. He has handled teacher dismissal hearings before school boards. Vernie has also successfully defended school districts in jury trials for claims brought on such matters as student assaults.

Bar Admissions:

South Carolina, 1995
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 1998

Education:

Clemson University, B.A., Political Science and English, 1991
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1995

Professional Associations and Memberships:

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

Personal Background:

Vernie is a graduate of Williamsburg County Schools. His wife is an elementary education teacher in Richland County School District Two. They have three sons who attend school in Richland School District Two.

Born: Kingstree, South Carolina, March 23

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