ABOUT
EXPERIENCE
The Law Office of Steven Edward Buckingham, LLC
Jan. 2016 – Present
Perkins Law Firm, LLC
Sept. 2014 – Dec. 2015
Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A.
Mar. 2011 – Sept. 2014
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, LLP
Sept. 2007 – Feb. 2011
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Sept. 2006 – Sept. 2007
EDUCATION
University of Richmond
Aug. 2003 – May 2006
Degree: Juris Doctorate
Honors: Magna cum Laude
Distinctions:
- University of Richmond Law Review
- Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 40
- Editor, Vol. 39
- Law School Faculty Award
- Constitutional Law Award
Furman University
Sept. 1999 – May 2003
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Honors: Magna cum Laude
Distinctions:
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Political Science Faculty Award
SERVICE
Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Board of Directors
Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2022
General Counsel
Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2021
Vice Chairman of Leadership Development Programs
Jan. 2016 – Dec. 2016
Leadership South Carolina
Member of the Board of Directors
May 2016 – April 2018
Class Member
Aug. 2015 – May 2016
Leadership Greenville
Chairman of the Selection Committee
Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2016
Vice-Chairman of the Selection Committee
Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2015
Class Project Supervisor
Aug. 2013 – May 2014
Member, Class 39 / Class Speaker
Aug. 2012 – May 2013
Riley Institute, Diversity Leaders Initiative
Member, Class XXIII
Jan. – May 2017
Rebuild Upstate
Chairman & President
Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2018
Member of the Board of Directors
Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2022
Julie Valentine Center
(f/k/a The Greenville Rape Crisis & Child Abuse Center)
Chairman & President
Jan. 2012 – Sept. 2013
Vice President
Jan. 2010 – Sept. 2010
Treasurer
Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2009
Board Member
Jan. 2008 – Dec. 2008
Warehouse Theatre
Member of the Board of Directors
Aug. 2019 – Present
Dancing with the Carolina Stars
2018
MEMBERSHIPS
American Inns of Court, Haynsworth / Perry Chapter
Executive Committee, President
Sept. 2019 – Present
Executive Committee, Treasurer
Sept. 2017 – Sept. 2019
Executive Committee, Programs Chairman
Jan. 2015 – Sept. 2017
Executive Committee, Young Lawyer Liaison
Apr. 2013 – Dec. 2015
Member
Jan. 2012 – Present
South Carolina Bar Association
Greenville County Bar Association
DISTINCTIONS
Martindale-Hubbell, Peer-Rated AV (Preeminent)
2013 – Present
Member, South Carolina Bar, House of Delegates
2019 – 2020
South Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Leadership in Law Award
2014
Super Lawyers
2020 – Present, South Carolina
2014 – 2019, Rising Star, South Carolina
U.S. News & World Report
Best Law Firms in South Carolina
2019 – Present
Best Lawyers
2019 – Present
Seven Figure Litigators
2020 – Present
America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators
2019 – Present
America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators
2019 – Present
Greenville Business Magazine
Legal Elite, Business Litigation
2017 – Present
Best & Brightest 35 & Under
2010
TEACHING
Furman University
Adjunct Professor, Judicial Processes & U.S. Supreme Court (Fall 2022)
Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy (May 2011-2016)
SPEAKING
Charlotte International Rotary Club, Political Lessons of the French Revolution (May 2021)
Upstate International & World Affairs Council Upstate, The Contours of Presidential Power (June 2020)
South Carolina Bar Association, It’s All a Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence (Columbia, South Carolina, February 2018) (lecturer on trial strategy of evidentiary objections).
South Carolina Bar Association, Law School for Non-Lawyers (Greenville, South Carolina, March 2012) (lecturer on structure, organization, and jurisdiction of state and federal courts).
Association of Corporate Counsel, Privatizing Public Business: Ethics in Pursuing & Protesting Government Contracts (Greenville, South Carolina, February 2012) (ethics lecturer).
SCDTAA Corporate Counsel, Joint Defense Agreements: Strategy, Ethics & Practicality (Greenville, South Carolina, September 2011) (ethics lecturer).
WRITING
The Kelo Threshold: Private Property & “Public Use” Reconsidered, 39 University of Richmond Law Review 1279 (2005).
Abnormal Use, Legal Blog, hosted by Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., Contributing Author from March 2011 – September 2014.
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