COLUMBIA, S.C. - Aug. 30, 2020 - Margaret Pope, an attorney concentrating in public finance and government law and founder of Pope Flynn, a Columbia-based law firm, has been selected for the 2020 South Carolina Super Lawyers® list in Government Finance. Super Lawyers receives peer nominations that are evaluated by independent third-party research across 12 key categories, including experience, transactions, representative clients, honors and awards, pro bono and community service, and bar and professional activity, among others. A panel of peer attorneys listed in South Carolina Super Lawyers® then further evaluates the nominees, and selects 5% of a state's attorneys to a Super Lawyers list. Pope also was one of six women attorneys featured in the annual South Carolina Super Lawyers magazine's recent piece on women in the law. The article, presented in first person via a series of interviews with the attorneys, covers a range of topics, including mentoring, work-life balance, early jobs, and choosing the field of law. The roundtable interview may be found at https://tinyurl.com/MPRoundtableSuperLawyers.
During the course of her storied 40-year career, Pope has been involved in transactions involving all types of public entities in South Carolina and practically every security and financing structure. She often lectures at continuing education events, both for those in the legal field and for those serving in the public sector. She has served on panels of the Bond Attorneys' Workshop of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, and is a frequent speaker at the annual conferences of the Municipal Association of South Carolina, the South Carolina Association of Counties, and the Special Purpose District Association. She also has decades of experience in developing legislative initiatives and in providing assistance, in a non-lobbying capacity, in drafting legislation and in presenting legislation to the General Assembly for the State of South Carolina.
"Margaret has earned nearly every recognition and honor possible in the field of public finance law," said Joe Lucas, managing member of Pope Flynn. "But I am especially pleased that she is now being recognized as a pioneer in the field of law in South Carolina. She began her career in public finance law in the 1970s as one of the only women in the field in South Carolina, and she has become one of the most recognized and credible voices in public finance in the state."
Pope, founding attorney of Pope Flynn and past President of the American College of Bond Counsel, received the Best Lawyers® 2019 Public Finance "Lawyer of the Year" in Columbia, a designation given to only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community.
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For more information on Pope Flynn, visit http://www.popeflynn.com or call Joe Lucas at 803-354-4916.
