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Lay named to the faculty of prestigious IADC Trial Academy
John T. Lay, Jr., an Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims, P.A. shareholder and litigation attorney,
has been selected to serve on the faculty of one of the most prominent national trial attorney
educational programs in the country, the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Trial Academy. The 10-day academy is held at Stanford University.
The IADC Trial Academy is among the oldest and most prestigious continuing education
programs for defense trial attorneys. The intensive program combines faculty instruction and
demonstration with student participation. It attracts young attorneys from top U.S. law firms
seeking to enhance their defense trial advocacy skills. The faculty is composed of trial lawyers
with extensive trial experience from different geographic regions and diverse practices across the
country.
Lay is quickly developing a national and state reputation for his skill as a litigator. He recently
was named president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. Lay was named
to two sections of the 2009 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation and
Product Liability Litigation. Lay also was recognized as a 2008 South Carolina Super Lawyer.
Lay is member of the Ellis Lawhorne Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and
focuses his practice in the areas of litigation and appellate. He earned his juris doctor from the
University of South Carolina School of Law in 1991. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar,
Richland County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association.
