Amy L.B. Hill

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A highly experienced litigator who’s practiced for two decades in South Carolina, Amy L.B. Hill stands ready to assist businesses and individuals involved in a variety of corporate or personal issues. She routinely represents clients in state and federal courts as well as before arbitration panels.

With an undergraduate degree in accounting and extensive litigation experience, she is prepared to represent clients in a wide variety of disputes, whether the disagreement is a business or personal matter.  Amy approaches all cases with a keen understanding of the financial impact caused by particular circumstances.

During her 20-plus years of legal practice in South Carolina, Amy has represented beneficiaries and personal representatives in estate disputes and probate litigation. She’s litigated cases involving lender liability and handled FINRA arbitration involving financial brokers and agents.

Additionally, Amy’s practice includes professional malpractice, with an emphasis on the legal profession. She can take a proactive role in many legal ethics questions, helping attorneys navigate professional responsibility issues as they arise.

Amy is a proven leader in the legal profession. She’s a former president of the Richland County Bar and a former member of the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates. Her professional achievements have been honored numerous times. She’s received national honors in “Benchmark Litigation” and “Best Lawyers in America.” Closer to home, she received the Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law Alumni Council.

  • University of South Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2000
  • Clemson University, Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, 1996

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
  • South Carolina

  • American Bar Association
  • Richland County Bar
    • President (2015)
    • Executive Committee (2009 – 2016)
    • Honors and Awards Committee (2016 – Present)
  • South Carolina Bar
    • Member of the House of Delegates
    • Professional Responsibility Committee Chair (2014 – 2016)
    • Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee Chair (2011 – 2013)
    • Ethics Advisory Committee (2006 – 2008)
    • New Building Committee (2008)
    • Judicial Qualifications Committee, Member
  • South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division
    • Cinderella Project, Chair (2004 – 2006)
    • Minority and Diversity Committee, Co-Chair (2006 – 2009)
    • YLD Foundation, Vice-Chair (2010 – 2011)
  • South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association (SCDTAA)
  • South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA)

  • Benchmark Litigation
    • Future Star (2009 – 2014, 2016)
    • Top 250 Female Litigators in America (2012)
  • Best Lawyers in America
    • Commercial Litigation (2020 – present)
    • Litigation- Trusts & Estates (2022 – present)
  • Columbia Business Monthly, Legal Elite
    • Legal Elite: Business Litigation (2016, 2020-2021)
    • Legal Elite: Banking & Finance (2020)
  • Richland County Bar Association Civic Star Award (2006)
  • South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, Star of the Quarter (2004 – 2005, 2008 – 2009)
  • South Carolina Super Lawyers, Business Litigation (2016 – present)
    • Rising Star, Business Litigation (2012 – 2014)
  • USC Law School Alumni Council, Compleat Lawyer Award, Silver Medallion (2013)
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