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Department
Litigation Department
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Areas of Concentration
Civil Litigation
Construction Law
Employment Law
Products Liability
Insurance Defense
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Admissions
South Carolina Bar, 1998
United States District Court, District of South Carolina, 1999
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2001
United States Supreme Court, 2006
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Education
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1998
University of South Carolina, BA., cum laude,
South Carolina Honors College, 1995
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Darra James Coleman concentrates her practice in insurance defense and related areas. Her clients include CNA, South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Zurich and South Carolina
School Boards Insurance Trust.
Darra has handled labor and employment, governmental liability, products liability, general tort
and breach of contract matters for a variety of carriers, including self-insured pools. She has
handled cases from inception to trial, including litigation at the appellate level. Darra is also a
circuit court mediator certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court's Board of Arbitrator and
Mediator Certification.
Following law school, Darra clerked for the Honorable Howard P. King, then resident judge of
the Third Judicial Circuit.
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Memberships
South Carolina Bar, Law Related Education Committee
Law for Teachers Subcommittee
Scholarship Subcommittee
Middle School & HIgh School Mock Trial Subcommittees
Richland County Bar Association
Lexington County Bar Association
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association
South Carolina Women Lawyers' Association
American Veterinary Medical Law Association
Defense Research Institute
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Awards & Recognition
Order of the Barristers, 1997
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Reported Cases
Cothran v. Brown, 357 S.C. 210, 592 S.E.2d 629 (2004), reversing, 350 S.C. 352, 566 S.E.2d 548 (Ct. App. 2002)
Singleton v. Sherer, 377 S.C. 185, 659 S.E.2d 196 (Ct. App. 2008)
Cothran v. Brown, 357 S.C. 210, 592 S.E.2d 629 (2004)
Cothran v. Brown, 350 S.C. 352, 566 S.E.2d 548 (Ct. App. 2002)
Non-published:
NAACP v. Brackett, 2005 U.S. App. Lexis 8657 (4th Cir. 2005)
Richardson v. Richland County School District One, 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 25476 (4th Cir. 2002)
Bowers v. Montgomery, 2002 U.S. App. Lexis 8934 (4th Cir. 2002)
Pacific Capro Industries v. Global Advantage Distribution Warehouse, LLC, 2008 U.S. Dist. Lexis 23154 (D.S.C. 2008)
Pastene v. Beaufort County School Dist., 2004 U.S. App. Lexis 18754, (D.S.C. 2004)
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