Ronald C. "Ron" Scott

About Ronald

CIVIC/PROFESSIONAL ORDER OF THE PALMETTO (State of South Carolina's Highest Civilian Award) Life Fellow: South Carolina Bar Foundation Past Co-Chair: Class Gift and Reunion Committee, USC Law School Past Chair: SSF Section of the South Carolina Bar Association Past Member, House of Delegates: South Carolina Bar Association Leadership Columbia: Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Leadership South Carolina: USC and Office of the Governor Past Member, Loan Administration Committee, Mortgage Bankers of the Carolinas Past Member, Legislative Committee, Mortgage Bankers of the Carolinas Dartmouth Parents Donor, Class of 2011 Friends of Dartmouth Football (Parent ’11) Past Member: Board of Visitors, Medical University of South Carolina Past Co-Chairman: Young Lawyers Division, United Way Midlands Past President: National Society to Prevent Blindness of South Carolina Past Treasurer and Finance Chairman: Arthritis Foundation of South Carolina Past Foundation Board and Fundraising Chair: SC Commission for the Blind Shandon Baptist Church: Finance and Stewardship Committee (2004-2016) The Citadel Alumni Association: Life Member NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner: Past Honorary Co-Chairman NAACP of South Carolina – Life Member South Carolina Democratic Party, Committee of 100, Past Member South Carolina Republican Party, Capitol 100 Foundation, Past Advisory Board Past Non-Compensated/As Needed Advisor for then Deputy Director for Political Affairs – 40th P.O.T.U.S. Hammond School: Past Annual Fund Class Co-Chairman Hammond School: Past President, Board of Directors, Skyhawk Club Hammond School: Past Member, Board of Trustees Hammond School: Past Co-Chair, Annual Auction MILITARY Distinguished Military ROTC: U.S. Army Reserve Officer’s Program, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina – The Citadel, Charleston, SC Graduate, US Army Adjutant General’s School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana Honorable Discharge, Adjutant General’s Corps: United States Army Officer OTHER In keeping with his long family history of public, civic, and community service, Ron Scott is or has served as an officer, board member, committee member or in a leadership capacity for numerous state and local entities involving business, social, educational and charitable organizations. In addition, he and his firm seek to follow in the tradition of public service championed by his late father, the Honorable Robert C. Scott, Jr., and his late sister, Dr. Susan Scott Lynch, who were recipients of the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian award; and also his mother, Dr. Louise T. Scott, a recipient of the Palmetto Patriot Award. In 2017 Ron Scott received the ORDER of the PALMETTO, the State of South Carolina's highest civilian award. The Mayor and City Council of Columbia also voted for October 12, 2017, to be "Ronald C Scott Day".

Practice Areas

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Education

• The University of South Carolina, JD, graduated 1976

Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, District Court
• South Carolina, South Carolina Bar

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