Breon C. M. Walker

Breon Walker is a member of the Business and Commercial Law, and Insurance Practice Groups and focuses her practice on motor vehicle liability, premises liability, product liability and commercial litigation, with experience trying both civil and criminal cases to verdict. Breon earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a double major in marketing and management from the University of South Carolina Honors College in 2000, completing her degree in three years. She earned her Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 2003, where she was the recipient of the Custer Tuggle Award for Excellence in Family Law. Following her graduation from Emory, Breon clerked for Circuit Court Judge Reginald I. Lloyd in Columbia, S.C. She then practiced in both the civil and criminal divisions of the South Carolina Office of the Attorney General until February 2007. While there, she handled all tobacco litigation for South Carolina and prosecuted general crimes in the criminal and State Grand Jury divisions. An experienced speaker, Breon has prepared and presented seminars to clients and colleagues on statutory compliance, case law developments and effective witness preparation. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Richland County Bar Association, and the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, on which she serves as a member of the Executive Committee. Breon is involved in the community through her service work with the Columbia Chapter of The Links, Inc., and is a member of the 2010-2011 class of Leadership Columbia. Breon was the 2010 recipient of the Gary Walker Memorial Scholarship to attend the International Association of Defense Counsel’s (IADC) Trial Academy at Stanford University. This award is given annually to one minority and/or female attorney in the country to attend the IADC Trial Academy, which is one of the oldest and most well respected programs for developing defense trial advocacy skills. In January 2011, Breon was recognized by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly as one of South Carolina’s ten Emerging Legal Leaders.