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Ronald E. Boston 
Turner, Padget, Graham, and Laney, PA
Bank of America Building
1901 Main Street
17th Floor
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (803) 227-4290
E-mail: rboston@turnerpadget.com
Fax: (803) 799-3957 (17th Floor)
(803) 227-4377 (15th Floor)
Web site: http://www.turnerpadget.com


Mr. Boston concentrates his practice and has extensive experience in civil litigation with special emphasis in the areas of products liability, general business torts and commercial litigation. He serves as lead attorney and has coordinated the trial of numerous complex cases in each of these areas. He has served as a team leader of the firm's product liability, toxic tort and environmental practice area and continues as an active member of that team.

Mr. Boston received his B.A. degree in Economics from the University of South Carolina in 1961 and his LLB from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1965, where he was a member of the Board of Editors, South Carolina Law Review (1963-65) and Society of Wig and Robe. He is admitted to practice in all South Carolina courts, the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (South Carolina Editor for Insurance Counsel Journal, (1984-87), the Defense Research Institute, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, and the South Carolina Judicial Invitational Conference. He served as General Counsel to the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce (1995-97) and currently serves on its Board of Directors.

Litigation Percentage:
95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
South Carolina, 1965
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1971
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1965
Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1965
LL.B., Bachelor of Law
Honors: Order of Wig and Robe, 1964-1965
Law Review: South Carolina Law Review, Board of Editors, 1963 - 1965


University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1965
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence


University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1962
B.A., Bachelor of Arts


University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1961
A.B., Bachelor of Arts


Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Richland County Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


South Carolina Bar Association
Member


International Association of Defense Counsel
Member


South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
Member


South Carolina Editor for Insurance Counsel Journal, 1984 - 1988
Member


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Delta Phi