Weston Adams III

Weston Adams III


Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Recognized since 2011

Columbia, South Carolina

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Energy Regulatory Law

Litigation - Environmental

Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)

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Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Appellate Practice
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Weston Adams co-chairs the Energy Industry Group and practices energy, environmental, and appellate law.

Location
  • Meridian, 17th Floor
    1320 Main Street
    Columbia, SC 29201
Education
  • University of Florida, MA, graduated 1997
  • The University of South Carolina, JD, graduated 1991
  • Sewanee-The University of the South, BA, graduated 1987
Bar Admissions
  • South Carolina, South Carolina
  • North Carolina, North Carolina
Affiliations
  • S.C. Clean Energy Business Alliance - Board of Directors
  • South Carolina Chamber of Commerce - Environmental Technical Committee

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Appellate Practice
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Appellate Practice, Columbia, SC (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Energy Regulatory Law
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Awards:
  • The Best Lawyers In America© (2011-2015, 2017-2018)
  • Columbia Business Monthly's "Midlands Legal Elite" (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016); Top Attorney Vote Recipient for Environmental Law (2015 and 2016)
  • Milbauer Fellow and Grinter Fellow (1995)
  • The Society of the Cincinnati's Scholar to France (1987)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Energy Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Oil and Gas Law

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