Marcy is a partner in our Columbia office with over twenty years’ experience in both workers’ compensation and civil litigation, with a particular emphasis on defending occupational accident claims. She also regularly defends claims related to insurance coverage, governmental liability and premises liability, with experience appearing before all South Carolina trial courts and the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission, as well as the South Carolina Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court. In addition, Marcy is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
Marcy is a co-author of multiple editions of The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina (SC Bar), one of South Carolina’s most thorough and scholarly resources on workers’ compensation law. She has been selected multiple times for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America® and in 2013, she was selected by Super Lawyers® for inclusion in the South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars List® in the field of workers’ compensation defense litigation. Marcy is an active member of the South Carolina Bar, the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association, and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association.
Marcy is a lifelong resident of Columbia, South Carolina, and when not practicing law, she enjoys travelling and spending time outdoors with her husband and two sons.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT:
- American Bar Association
- South Carolina Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
- South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association
- South Carolina Bar Mock Trial Middle School Competition, Attorney Coach and Judge
- University of South Carolina Mock Trial Competition Judge
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School past Parent Board member
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School past Annual Auction Committee member
- Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Member
University of South Carolina School of Law:
- Member and Associate Justice of the Moot Court Bar
- Member, Order of the Wig and Robe
PUBLICATIONS:
- The Law of Workers’ Compensation Insurance in South Carolina, Co-Author, (South Carolina Bar) Supplement (2000); Third Edition (2003); Fourth Edition (2005); Fifth Edition (2008); & Sixth Edition (2012)
- Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2011 – 2025 in the field of Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Selected by Super Lawyers© for inclusion in the 2013 Edition of the South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Stars List for practice of workers’ compensation defense litigation.