Supporting Our Profession

Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC, believes it is important for lawyers to work to improve the legal profession.  We encourage active engagement with professional organizations, and we believe our attorneys and staff are leaders in the profession.  We work to improve the legal system, playing a role in important advocacy organizations.  Below is a representative list of professional meetings and events recently attended by firm members over the last five years.

• 2022 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Trial Academy, Greenville, SC (1 attorney as instructor)
• 2022 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Summer Meeting, Asheville, NC (3 attorneys, with one on meeting committee)
• 2022 Propane Gas Defense Association Fall Meeting, Santa Fe, NM (2 attorneys)
• 2022 S.C. Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Symposium, Columbia, SC (1 attorney, serving as Speaker)
• 2022 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, FL (2 attorneys, with one serving as Meeting Chair)
• 2022 Boy Scouts of America Summit of Council Presidents, Beckley, WV (1 attorney)
• 2023 Propane Gas Defense Association Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA (1 attorney)
• 2023 S.C. Bar Association Annual Convention, Columbia, SC (3 attorneys)
• 2023 Association of Defense Trial Attorneys' Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC (1 attorney)
• 2023 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Trial Academy, Greenville, SC (4 attorneys, including one student, one instructor, one witness and one as Academy Chair)
• 2023 Aviation Insurance Association Annual Meeting, Tuscon, AZ (2 attorneys)  
• 2023 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Summer Meeting, Asheville, NC (3 attorneys, including one serving as Meeting Chair)
• 2023 Boy Scouts of America Summit of Council Presidents, Beckley, WV (1 attorney, serving on meeting committee)
• 2023 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Annual Meeting, Kiawah Island, SC (3 attorneys, including one attorney serving on Annual Meeting Committee)
• 2024 S.C. Bar Association Annual Convention, Charleston, SC (2 attorneys)
• 2024 Association of Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Annual Meeting, Sante Fe, NM (1 attorney) 
• 2024 Propane Gas Defense Association Spring Meeting, Savannah, GA (1 attorney)
• 2024 Aviation Insurance Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (1 attorney)
• 2024 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Trial Academy, Spartanburg, SC (5 attorneys, including one student, one witness, one instructor, and one as Academy Chair)
• 2024 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Summer Meeting (3 attorneys)
• 2024 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, FL (3 attorneys)
• 2025 S.C. Bar Association Annual Convention, Columbia, SC (3 attorneys)
• 2025 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Trial Academy (2 attorneys, including one student and one witness)
• 2025 S.C. Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Symposium (1 attorney, serving as speaker)
• 2025 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Summer Meeting (3 attorneys, including one as presenter)
• 2025 Propane Gas Defense Association Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL (1 attorney)
• 2025 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA (3 attorneys, including one on Meeting Committee and two as presenters) 
• 2026 S.C. Bar Association Annual Convention, Savannah, GA (3 attorneys)
• 2026 S.C. Defense Trial Attorneys' Association Ethics Seminar (1 attorney, acting as presenter)
• 2026 Propane Gas Defense Association Spring Meeting, Charleston, SC (2 attorneys, including one as presenter)