Ellen M. Adams, Esq.

Practice Areas

• Workers’ Compensation

Industries

• Insurance Agents/Brokers

Education

Bar & Court Admissions

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

News

• Collins & Lacy in the Blogosphere: Bookmark these Blogs
• Eight Collins & Lacy Attorneys Designated “Best Lawyers”
• Ellen Adams Selected for Council on Litigation Management
• Eight Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected for 2010 Best Lawyers
• Five Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected for ‘Best Lawyers 2009

Ellen M. Adams is a shareholder practicing in the areas of premises liability, general litigation, professional liability, workers’ compensation, defense litigation, contract disputes and insurance.  While completing her undergraduate work at the University of South Carolina, Ellen worked as a runner for Collins & Lacy.  Upon the completion of her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, she joined Collins & Lacy in 1991.  During law school, Ellen received the American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Ellen’s  reputation in the courtroom and professional standing among her peers have earned her a BV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She also has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America©.

Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Workers’ Compensation: defense of self-insured and uninsured employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers.
• Professional Negligence: claims involving medical malpractice claims and negligence claims of chiropractors, nurses and medical technicians.

Awards and Recognition

• Best Lawyers© (2009-2011)

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
• South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association
• Defense Research Institute
• South Carolina Bar
• Richland County Bar Association
• International Society of  Primerus Law Firms

Papers, Presentations and Publications

• Back to Basics: A Quick Guide to Workers’ Compensation in South Carolina, South Carolina Workers’ Comp Law Blog, March 2011
• Sanctions, Pleadings, Appeals, and Medical Under the Revised Workers’ Comp Act, SC Bar, September 2007
• Should I Depose the Doctor and What Should I Ask?, SC Workers’ Compensation Section of the SC Bar, July, 2006
• Note, Undisclosed Recordings of Conversations by Private Attorneys, South Carolina Law Review, 1991

Speaking Engagements

• Ellen Adams to Speak at IROPS Conference, November 13, 2009, The New Nurse Case Management Regulations

Practicing: Workers' Compensation