Travis Medlock
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Travis Medlock
Firm: McGowan, Hood & Felder, LLC
Address: 1517 Hampton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
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TRAVIS MEDLOCK was born on August 28, 1934, the son of the Reverend Melvin K. Medlock and Mayne Dubose Medlock. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wofford College and holds the highest rating (AV) for professional competence and ethics extended by the respected national attorneys rating publication Martindale and Hubble . He has two sons, Tom and Glen, of his marriage to Laura Virginia Orr. As indicated above, Mr. Medlock has practiced law in his state since 1960 and among his clients have been: S.C. State Employment Security Commission (Employment Relations); Department of Juvenile Corrections (Employment Relations); Lander College (Employment Relations); Department of Transportation (General Trial Defense) S.C. Methodist Conference of the United Methodist Church; S.C. Lutheran Synod; S.C. Education Association (Chief Trial Attorney); S.C. Press Association; Central S.C. Chapter, Society of Professional Journalist; League of Women Voters of the U.S.; Business Women's Club of the U.S.' Equal Rights Amendment America; Republic Industries (Government Liaison Consultant to H. Wayne Huizenga and staff). Office of the S.C. State Attorney General Charles Condon (Consultant on Organized Gambling Issues); Home Finance, Inc. (Government Liaison with S.C. Office of Attorney General RE: Settlement of National Class Actions). Mr. Medlock has handled numerous adversarial administration hearing and tried cases in the state Court of Common Pleas and the Federal District Court; and argued in the State Supreme court and federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

As a Legislator, Mr. Medlock served on the Judiciary Committees of both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. Labeled by the media as a young Turk Legislator, he confronted the problems of hunger and racial discrimination head on and some of his aggressive reform efforts were covered by the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor among other publications. As Attorney General, he was the father of the State Grand Jury System, a significant institutional change for crime control in his state. His appointment and hiring of minorities and women to key leadership positions was innovative and aggressive. On the Civil Rights Front, he pushed the Legislature for South Carolina's first Public Accommodations Act and issued the controversial official opinion that the Confederate Flag flew atop the Statehouse dome without legal authority.

In his spare time, Mr. Medlock enjoys doing things with his family, fishing, target shooting with pistols and playing touch football with the willing among his friends and associates.

Medical Malpractice
Birth Injuries
Nursing Home Abuse
Auto Accidents

Areas of Practice:
Nursing Home Abuse
Administrative Law
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Class Action Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
South Carolina, 1960
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1965
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1976
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1989
L.L.B.

United States Army Counter Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, MARYLAND, U.S.A, 1957
M.D.

Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States Of America, 1985
L.L.D.
Honors: Honorary

Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States Of America, 1956
A.B.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina, United States Of America, 1987
D.H.
Honors: Honorary

College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States Of America, 1992
D.H.
Honors: Honorary

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecturer, Columbia College

Honors and Awards:
Outstanding Young Men of America Publication

Who's Who in America

Who's Who in American Politics

A National Scandal by Pulitzer Prize Winner

Honorary Member Phi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)

Honorary Member Phi Alpha Delta (Law)

SC Press Association Freedom of Information Award

"Father" of SC State Grand Jury System, Honored in 2005 by Attorney General Henry Dargen McMaster

Professional Associations and Memberships:
South Carolina Senate, 1973 - 1977
Member, Judiciary Committee

Society of Attorneys General Emeritus
Member

National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)

South Carolina Bar Association

American Association of Justice

South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association

Attorney General for the State of South Carolina, 1983 - 1985
Chief Legal Officer

Attorney General for the State of South Carolina, 1983 - 1985
Chief Prosecutor

U.S. Attorney for South Carolina
Special Assistant

Assistant State Attorney General, 1962 - 1963

Economic Development For South Carolina, 1975 - 1976
Chairman, Governor's Sub Committee

South Carolina Senate
Member, Federal Relations Committee

South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1965 - 1973
Member, Judiciary Committee

South Carolina State House of Representatives
Member, Education Committee

Children and Youth, 1971 - Present
Chairman, President's Committee

South Carolina Tri Centennial Commission, 1967 - 1971
Member

South Carolina Education Association, 1973 - 1983
Chief Trial Attorney

BB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank), 1995 - 2005
Member

BB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank)
Chairman Audit Committee

BB&T South Carolina Advisory Board (Regional Bank)
Chairman Wills and Trust Committee

Governing Board of South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, 1983 - 1985
Ex-Officer

U.S. for Army Reserves, 1957 - Present
Officer Counter Intelligence Corps

United Cerebral Palsy of South Carolina
President

Shandon United Methodist Church
Chairman, Official Board

Board of Visitors Winthrop College

Alumni Board Wofford College

Richland County Public Defender
Executive Board

South Carolina Education Association
Chief Trial Attorney

United Negro College Fund
Chairman

Columbia Committee on Drug Control

Bethlehem Community Center

South Carolina Lutheran Synod
Chief Trial Attorney

Birth Information:
1934
West Practice Categories:
Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Elder Law, Government Agencies & Programs, Class Actions, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation Law

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