Halligan Mahoney & Williams, P.A., is a mid-sized law firm committed to providing high quality, responsive, and cost-efficient legal services. We proudly serve all of South Carolina from our Columbia office next to the State Capitol and South Carolina Supreme Court, but more frequently may be found at work in communities of every size from the Upstate to the Lowcountry and all points … Read More
Our attorneys have successfully handled many of the challenging and important cases decided by the South Carolina Supreme Court interpreting the South Carolina Employment and Dismissal of Teachers Act, Education Finance Act, Education Improvement Act, Tort Claims Act, Charter Schools Act, and Whistleblower Act, among other laws, and have successfully represented school districts in the most significant special education cases to come before the federal courts in South Carolina within the past few years. Additionally, we have successfully defended several federal court Title IX cases involving student sexual harassment claims, an area of educational law that is rapidly developing among the plaintiffs’ bar. We have won cases for school districts and their insurers in practically every judicial circuit of the state. Importantly, we have existing relationships with all major insurers of school districts in South Carolina, which allows us to provide legal counsel to our clients with no disruption in representation.