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Biff Sowell, Mediator, Columbia, South Carolina.

Biff Sowell

Sowell & DuRant
1325 Park Street
Suite 100
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 722-1100
Website: www.sowelldurant.com
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Recognized to South Carolina Chapter for Mediation Other ADR Services: ADR Training/CME, Court-Appointed Neutral (Special Master), Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Insurance Umpire, Med-Arb
Video Conferencing
Available
  • Practice Commenced1993
  • # of MEDS (as of 21/1/25)950
  • # of ARBS (as of 21/1/25)35
Current Practice
Online / In-Person

Biographical

Biff is a litigator in both trial and appellate venues and has argued multiple cases in the state appellate courts and in the United States Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was presented the C.C. “Cotton” Harness III Peace Award by the South Carolina Bar in recognition for his leadership in developing alternative dispute resolution in South Carolina. An honoree for the South Carolina Leadership in Law Awards, Biff has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA. He is a Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Mediator and Arbitrator. Biff has been a mediator for 30 years and has mediated as a neutral in excess of 950 cases.  He was the 2014-2015 Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Section of the South Carolina Bar.


Case Experience

  • Appellate
  • Automotive
  • Banking & Finance
  • Business Dissolution
  • Class Actions
  • Commercial/Business
  • Condominiums
  • Construction
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Debt Collections
  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Family Businesses
  • Franchise
  • Health Care
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Libel & Slander
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Partnerships
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability
  • Probate
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Real Estate
  • Securities
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Torts
  • Transportation
  • Trusts / Estates
  • Unfair Competition
  • Wage & Hour/FMLA
  • Wrongful Death

Education

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D. (President, Student Bar Association - South Carolina Law Review)
  • Clemson University, B.A.

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Panelist-American Arbitration Association National Roster of Arbitrators
  • American Bar Association
  • Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Richland County Bar Association
  • South Carolina Bar - Former Chair, Dispute Resolution Section, Former Member, House of Delegates
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
  • Supreme Court of South Carolina Certified Mediator and Arbitrator

Rates Information

$440 an hour.  

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