Alum named one of the Best Lawyers in America

August 17, 2009

Monty Todd ’79 has been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. It is the fifth time Todd has been named to the list in the last six years.

Todd earned a BS in business administration from PC in 1979 and a law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1982.

“I was as well-prepared as law students from Duke, Harvard, Yale, and colleges all across the country,” Todd said. “PC prepared me for law school and thereafter.”

The Laurens, SC native is a personal litigation attorney with Sowell, Gray, Stepp, & Laffitte in Columbia, SC. In addition to receiving the honor this year, Todd was recognized as one of the best lawyers in America for 2005, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘09. He was named one of the super lawyers in America in 2008 and ‘09.

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor because of the rigorous and transparent methodology and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.

posted by Stacy Dyer '96
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