About Jo
Jo represents clients in corporate, securities, and employment law matters. Her practice has an emphasis on corporate governance issues. She has served as lead counsel on public registrations representing over a billion dollars and has substantial experience in cross-border corporate acquisitions. Jo also counsels clients on employment matters, focusing on reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.
Jo represents clients in corporate, securities, and employment law matters. Her practice has an emphasis on corporate governance issues. She has served as lead counsel on public registrations representing over a billion dollars and has substantial experience in cross-border corporate acquisitions. Jo also counsels clients on employment matters, focusing on reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.
Jo represents clients in corporate, securities, and employment law matters. Her practice has an emphasis on corporate governance issues. She has served as lead counsel on public registrations representing over a billion dollars and has substantial experience in cross-border corporate acquisitions. Jo also counsels clients on employment matters, focusing on reducing the risk of employment-related litigation.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Compliance Law, Greenville (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Greenville (2019)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Greenville (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Governance Law, Greenville (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Greenville (2015)
- Recognized: Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Recognized: Corporate Compliance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Governance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Named Greenville Corporate Law "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers, 2017
- Recipient of the Greenville County Bar's Tommy Thomason Award, 2016
- Named the Greenville Corporate Governance Law "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers, 2016
- Listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers, 2015-Present
- Recipient of the Community Foundation's Ruth Nicholson Award, 2013
- Winner of the Greenville Chamber's ATHENA Leadership Award, 2013
- Selected as a finalist for the United Way Mentor of the Year Award, 2013
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rated, 2013
- Selected as one of Greenville Business Magazine's 50 Most Influential, 2010-2011
- Selected as a Woman of Achievement by the YWCA, 2010
- Liberty Fellow, Class of 2008
- Recipient of the Richard Riley and the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Award, 1995
- Selected as one of 35 in the inaugural class of "Best and Brightest" by Greenville Magazine, 1994
