Ogletree Deakins is pleased to share that 10 of the firm’s South Carolina attorneys in the Greenville and Charleston offices have been named to the 2026 SC Legal Elite List, which is an annual, peer-nominated recognition of the state’s top attorneys across a range of practice areas. The list is published by Greenville Business Magazine, Charleston Business Magazine, and Columbia Business Monthly.
Ogletree Deakins attorneys were recognized in the following categories:
- Ashley Cuttino, Greenville office managing shareholder – Employment Defendant
- Michael Eckard, Charleston office managing shareholder – Employment Defendant
- Lucas Asper, Greenville shareholder – Employment Defendant
- Charles McDonald, Greenville shareholder – Employment Defendant
- Michael Nail, Greenville shareholder – Employment Defendant
- John Merrell, Greenville shareholder – Employment Defendant, Intellectual Property and Innovation (Labor)
- Sara Olschewske, Greenville shareholder – Intellectual Property and Innovation (Labor)
- Eric Penkert, Greenville shareholder – Employee Benefits
- Alfred Robinson, Jr., Greenville counsel – Employment Defendant
- Phillip Kilgore, Greenville counsel – Employment Defendant
Legal Elite honorees are determined solely through peer nomination and voting, and placement on the list cannot be purchased.