Anne Marie Hempy, Esq.

Anne Marie Hempy is an associate practicing in the areas of Workers’ Compensation and Defense Litigation.  While in law school, Anne Marie worked as a law clerk for Collins & Lacy and served as an Articles Editor for the South Carolina Law Review.  Prior to joining Collins & Lacy as an associate, Anne Marie served as a law clerk to the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., United States District Court, District of South Carolina and  worked for a defense firm, where she practiced in the area of Professional Liability Defense. Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Workers’ Compensation: representing clients in every stage of the Workers’ Compensation process, including discovery, hearings, appeals and mediation.

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
• Greenville County Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
  • Cinderella Project Committee Chair
  • Young Lawyers Division Foundation Board of Directors
• Leadership Columbia, Class of 2009
• South Carolina Women Lawyers’ Association
• Defense Research Institute
• International Society of Primerus
  • Primerus Young Lawyers Section
• South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association
• South Carolina Public Risk Management Association (SC PRIMA)
• Greenville Literacy Association
  • Volunteer tutor
• First Presbyterian Church

Papers, Presentations, and Publications

• Note, L-J, Inc. v. Bituminous Fire and Marine Ins. Co.: In Determining Coverage Under Commercial General Liability Policies, Should Policy Language or Public Policy Control? 56 S.C. L. Rev. 791 (2005).
• Cited in Pa. Nat’l Mut. Ins. Co. v. Ely Wall & Ceilings, Inc., No. 4:04-1576-RBH, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13302, at *23-24 (D.S.C. Mar. 6, 2006).

Practicing: Retail / Hospitality / Entertainment and Workers' Compensation