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D. Summers Clarke II joins Barnwell Whaley as an Associate Attorney

 

CHARLESTON, SC--Barnwell Whaley Patterson and Helms is pleased to announce the addition of D. Summers Clarke as an Associate Attorney.  Ms. Clarke will focus her practice in the areas of Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Construction Law.

A native of Florence, South Carolina, Ms. Clarke earned her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flager Business School and her Juris Doctor at the University of South Carolina.  While in law school, Summers served as the Magister of Calhoun Inn of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, as a Student Note Editor for the Southeastern Environmental Law Journal, and authored It’s Not Easy Being Green:  The Constitutionality of Implementing the Endangered Species Act Under the Commerce Clause, 14 S.E. Envtl. L.J. 297 (2006). 

Prior to joining Barnwell Whaley, Ms. Clarke clerked for the Honorable C. Weston Houck, U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina in Charleston and practiced as an associate with a Charleston firm for a number of years.  Summers is admitted to the South Carolina Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.  She is a member of the Defense Research Institute, and the Charleston County and South Carolina Bar Associations, the latter of which she is a member of the Young Lawyers Division.

Summers is active in her community as a member of the Preservation Society of Charleston, Charleston UpStage for the Dock Street Theater, the Gibbes Art Society, and Society 1858.
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Firm backgrounder


Established in Charleston in 1938, Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, serves and counsels businesses and professionals throughout South Carolina and beyond.

 

With over seven decades in business under the same banner, the firm’s 15 members and associates focus on intellectual property protection, civil litigation defense, professional malpractice defense, construction law, business law and products liability defense in both state and federal courts.

 

Barnwell Whaley is a full-service firm of seasoned lawyers supported by an experienced staff of paralegals, secretaries, medical and science professionals, engineers, chemists, law clerks, accounting and administrative personnel totaling 21 staff members.

 

The firm serves and counsels businesses in Charleston, the Carolinas and throughout the country, and is engaged as counsel in several international matters involving intellectual property.

 

Sample clients include Sawgrass Technologies, Maybank Industries Group, The Medical University of South Carolina, the S.C. State Ports Authority, The Citadel (including its defense in the landmark case attempting to admit women to the institution in 1995), Traveler’s Insurance, CNA Insurance, and Lloyds of London, among others.

 

One of the central practice areas for Barnwell Whaley is its insurance defense practice, which represents numerous insurance carriers and self-insured businesses in the state. The firm is frequently retained to defend insured individuals and businesses who have been sued in various types of negligence actions, including professional liability and malpractice, products liability, construction defects, vehicular accidents, premises liability and other insured risks.

 

The common thread that connects all of Barnwell Whaley’s practice areas is complexity. Barnwell Whaley’ attorneys have been described by their peers as "lawyers' lawyers." The firm is frequently called by other attorneys to help at trial and is often selected to handle the most difficult cases in a company’s portfolio.

 

Barnwell Whaley is dedicated to obtaining the best possible outcome for its clients. Often that means carefully and thoroughly preparing a case for trial and then trying the case to a decision. However, there are times when a thoughtfully negotiated settlement is the best interest of the client both emotionally and economically. In any case, the firm always puts the needs and best interests of its clients first.

 

Barnwell Whaley is located on Daniel Island in Charleston, S.C.
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