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Ellis Lawhorne Welcomes New Executive Director Little
Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. has named long-time South Carolina businessman Thomas J. Little, Jr., as the firm’s new executive director, effective July 30.
Little brings more than 30 years of administrative and executive-level managerial experience in the financial services industry to Ellis Lawhorne, which complements the firm’s business-related clientele. Most recently, he served as chief human resources executive and was a member of the management operating committee for NetBank, Inc., formerly Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group, Inc. Little also served as a senior vice president of human resources for Wachovia Bank of South Carolina. In his new role at Ellis Lawhorne, Little will implement the firm’s strategic plan as well as oversee day-to-day operations.
“Tommy is an exceptional addition to our firm,” says Ellis Lawhorne managing shareholder Bill McElveen. “His management expertise goes beyond that of a traditional law firm. Tommy is well known throughout South Carolina’s business community and his position is part of our commitment to improve our client services and grow strategically within the market.”
A Columbia native, Little earned his bachelor of arts degree in behavioral sciences at the University of South Carolina. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Graduate School of Business Administration Young Executives Institute. Currently he serves as chairman of the board of directors of the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation. He has served on numerous committees for the South Carolina Bankers Association, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the Affordable Housing Study Committee, and on the board of directors of the Columbia Urban League. Little has held leadership positions at the state and national level of the Society for Human Resource Management and in 1994 was recognized as the South Carolina Human Resource Professional of the Year.
