Shawn Daughtridge Wallace practices in employment and labor law, concentrating in corporate counseling, prevention and compliance, administrative representation and state and federal litigation. She is certified as a specialist in Employment and Labor Law; she is also a certified mediator.
Beyond the Practice
Shawn has served on various boards, including as
- A Member of the Employment and Labor Law Specialization Advisory Board of the South Carolina Supreme Court
- Vice President and Treasurer of the Charleston Executive Women’s Board
- A Board Member of The Sophia Institute
Awards and Recognitions
- American Jurisprudence Awards in Property, Estate Planning, Business Corporations and Labor Law
- Order of the Coif and Order of the Wig and Robe
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Who’s Who in American Women
- South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Admitted to practice
- South Carolina, 1983
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1984
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1983
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, A.B., 1978
Memberships
- Certified by South Carolina Supreme Court as Specialist in Employment and Labor Law since 1992
- American Bar Association, Chair, General Practice Section Labor and Employment Law Committee
- South Carolina Defense Trial Association
- Order of the Wig and Robe
- Order of the Coif
- Charleston Executive Women’s Board, 2007- Present
- Carolina Children’s Charity, 1999-2005
- Lowcountry Children’s Center, 1989-1991, Founding Member, Board of Directors
- College of Charleston Center for Entrepreneurship, 1995-1997, Advisory Board
- The Sophia Institute Board, 2011-2014
Articles / case studies
- Employment And Labor Law, South Carolina Looking Back At 2008 – Looking Forward To 2009
- Firms Should Review Their Employment Practices, Lawyer Warns
- Labor and Employment Law for South Carolina Lawyers, Contributing Author, 2004-Present
- The Injured or Disabled Worker: New Rights, New Duties, published in South Carolina Lawyer, July/August 1994.