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Stan Lacy co-founded Collins & Lacy in 1984, and he practices in the area of workers’ compensation.  Stan graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1967. While at the University of Virginia, he served as President of the Engineering School, President of Sigma Pi Fraternity and was a member of the Trigon Society.  He then served four years in the United States Air Force, becoming a captain, where he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for the work he did on the Vietnamization of the war in Southeast Asia.  He also received the Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Ribbon. He earned his law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1974 and was admitted to practice in South Carolina during the same year.  He began teaching workers’ compensation as an adjunct instructor at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981 and has continued to teach ever since. He also frequently conducts workshops on compensation laws.. Former S.C. Governor Carroll Campbell appointed Stan to the Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Workers' Compensation Laws in South Carolina, where he worked with the legislature to review and revise legislation affecting the state’s workers' compensation system. He is considered one of South Carolina’s pre-eminent attorneys according to peers and Martindale-Hubbell and also was selected by his peers to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Best Lawyers has also named Stan as the “Columbia, SC Best Lawyers Workers' Compensation Law - Employers Lawyer of the Year” for 2012. The “Lawyers of the Year” is a designation awarded within high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

Sarah W. Guthrie has been with McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC since 2017. She focuses on workers compensation insurance defense. Ms. Guthrie graduated Magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2007 with a B.S. in Criminology and Criminal Justice. She then worked as a paralegal before attending the University of South Carolina of Law. While in law school, Ms. Guthrie was a member of Phi Delta Phi and the editorial staff for the ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal. Ms. Guthrie graduated and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2013. She is currently an active member of the Richland County Bar Association and the South Carolina Bar Association, serving on the Ethics Advisory Committee and the Law Related Education Committee. She is also a member of the Junior Woman's Club of Columbia and and is serving as President for the 2017-2018 club year.

I am an advocate, communicator, and wordsmith. I am also a certified Mediator and have served as a Special Referee. I serve my clients - individuals and small businesses - in situations that could end up in a trial, hearing or mediation, and/or advise them on how to stay away from problems with well worded agreements and well thought out plans. Lots of advice, fact finding, research and just plain working with people occurs before stating my client's case at a mediation, trial or hearing. The small business portion of my practice includes contract work, employment advisement, business formation, and lately helping businesses get it right from the beginning. As a continuing writer and broadcaster I understand creating valuable assets and works such as "reality shows" and music or movie creations needing trademark and copy right protection. As an advocate I work to protect my clients' rights by strongly addressing any wrongs committed against them. My practice balances favorably resolving disputes with helping clients develop their projects from concept to completion - and to protect them so they can grow and prosper.I use the law and common sense to help my clients succeed. My judicial clerkship during my first year out of law school taught me the system from the inside while watching a year's worth of all sorts of trials. I learned what judges and juries want. Trials are fun for litigators like me, but satisfaction from a well planned and protected project is just as good.As a South Carolina certified Circuit Court Mediator I can bring parties together, discuss strengths, weaknesses, shared problems and even common goals to work a solution that is better than proceeding with litigation.

Ellen's 20-year career at Collins & Lacy has involved more than 1,000 cases.  She practices in workers' compensation, is a certified circuit court mediator and also has experience in general litigation and professional liability. She has argued cases to the Full Workers’ Compensation Commission, Circuit Court, Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.  Ellen is a native of Cayce, S.C. and received her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.  She has been repeatedly named one of the Best Lawyers in America©, and her reputation has earned her a BV Distinguished rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Columbia and surrounding areas.