Gallivan White Boyd partners A. Johnston Cox, Curtis L. Ott, Gray T. Culbreath, and John T. Lay, Jr. were named 2024 Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers in America© in Columbia, South Carolina. Each year, only one lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the Lawyer of the Year. These lawyers are selected based on voting averages received from peer-review assessments.

A. Johnston Cox was named Lawyer of the Year for Insurance Law in the Columbia, SC area. He is listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants.

Gray T. Culbreath was named Lawyer of the Year for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants in the Columbia, SC area. Culbreath is listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the following practice areas: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

John T. Lay, Jr. was named Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation in the Columbia, SC area. Lay is listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the following practice areas: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

Curtis L. Ott was named Lawyer of the Year for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants in the Columbia, SC area. Ott is listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© in the following practice areas: Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.