Stanford E. Lacy, Esq.

Stan Lacy joined Joel Collins to form Collins & Lacy in 1984, and he practices in the area of workers’ compensation.  Stan graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1967. While at the University of Virginia, he served as President of the Engineering School, President of Sigma Pi Fraternity and was a member of the Trigon Society.  He then served four years in the United States Air Force, becoming a captain, where he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for the work he did on the Vietnamization of the war in Southeast Asia.  He also received the Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Ribbon. He earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1974 and was admitted to practice in South Carolina during the same year.  He began teaching workers’ compensation as an adjunct instructor in 1981 and has continued to teach ever since. He also frequently conducts workshops on compensation laws.

Former S.C. Governor Carroll Campbell appointed Stan to the Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Workers’ Compensation Laws in South Carolina, where he worked with the legislature to review and revise legislation affecting the state’s workers’ compensation system. He is considered one of South Carolina’s pre-eminent attorneys according to peers and Martindale-Hubbell and also was selected by his peers for six consecutive years to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Practice Focus/Trial Experience

• Workers’ Compensation: over 30 years of experience before the Workers’ Compensation Commission, practicing workers’ compensation exclusively for over 20 years and working on all phases of workers’ compensation, including appeals to all appellate courts.  Has argued many landmark cases to Supreme Court including Breeden v TCW/Tennessee Express, 355 S.C. 112, 584 S.E.2d 379 (2003)  and  Pee v. AVM, Inc., 352 S.C. 167, 573 S.E.2d 785 (2002).

Awards and Recognition

• Best Lawyers© (2005-2011)
• South Carolina Super Lawyers© 2011-2012
• Boy Scouts of America
  • Silver Beaver Award, (1995)
  • District Award of Merit, (1992)

Professional, Civic, and Community Involvement

• Richland County Bar Association
• South Carolina Bar
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• International Society of Primerus Law Firms
• South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
• Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators
• South Carolina Self-Insurers Association
• South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association
  • Board Member
  • Past-President
• South Carolina School of Law – Adjunct Professor, (1980 – Present)
  • Workers’ Compensation Course
• Boy Scouts of America
  • Cub Master, Pack 408 (1996-2001)
  • District Chairman (1988 – 1992)
  • Cub Master, Pack 2 (1983 – 1987)
• Church of the Cross Episcopal
  • Senior Warden
  • Junior Warden
  • Mission Committee

Papers, Presentations and Publications

• Lacy’s Legal Pad: SC Workers’ Compensation Commission Clarifies Form 14B (Physician’s Statement), Workers’ Comp Quarterly Volume 4 – Spring 2011
• How the Recession Affects Workers’ Compensation, SC Workers’ Comp Law Blog, March 25, 2011
• Implants Soon to be in the Fee Schedule, SC Workers’ Comp Law Blog, March 17, 2011
• eCase is Easy!, SC Workers’ Comp Law Blog, March 15, 2011

Speaking Engagements

• Founding Partner Stanford E. Lacy to present at the The Risk and Insurance Management Society’s Southeastern Education Conference, October 6, 2010

Attorney News & Announcements

Collins & Lacy Attorneys Selected for South Carolina Super Lawyers® 2012 List, and 2012 Rising Stars List

Collins & Lacy, P.C. Founding Partners Selected for Leadership in the Law Awards

Practicing: Read Stanford's BioWorkers' Compensation