Serving the people and the businesses of South Carolina for over thirty-five years.

Attorney Profiles

Janet B. Haigler 
Columbia, South Carolina
Member
phone (803) 765-2935
fax (803) 252-0786
email Email Me

Janet B. Haigler has engaged in the practice of law since receiving her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1992. Ms. Haigler served as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable E. C. Burnett, III, Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit for South Carolina. Ms. Haigler is the managing attorney for the volume based creditor representation in bankruptcy matters for the Firm. Ms. Haigler also has significant experience in Bankruptcy Trustee representation and commercial litigation issues.

In 2006, Ms. Haigler was certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law. Ms. Haigler served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina. Ms. Haigler was named one of the top attorneys in South Carolina on the Super Lawyers list for 2009 and 2010.  She is a member of the South Carolina Bar, the Richland County Bar Association and the South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association.

Ms. Haigler was a former Professor at Columbia Junior College where she taught Bankruptcy and Legal Research and Writing for the Professional Center for Paralegal Studies. She served as chairman of the several committees for the South Carolina Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar.

Areas of Practice:
Bankruptcy
Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions:
South Carolina, 1992
U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1992
Education:
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1992
Juris Doctor


University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1987
Bachelor of Science


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Creditor Representation in Consumer Bankruptcy: Understanding the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2005 in South Carolina, Continuing Legal Education, Lorman Education Services, April 26, 2006


Landlord-Tenant Law in South Carolina: When the Tenant Files Bankruptcy, Continuing Legal Education sponsored by Sterling Education Services, Inc. February 5, 2008 and September 16, 2009


Real Estate Law: Advanced Issues and Answers, Continuing Legal Education sponsored by the National Business Institute. September 11, 2008


Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Complying with the New Requirements: Bankruptcy Practice After the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, Continuing Legal Education., HalfMoon, LLC, September 29, 2005


Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in South Carolina, Continuing Legal Education, National Business Institute, January 29, 1999


Ten Things You Need to Know - Bankruptcy, Continuing Legal Education, South Carolina Bar at the University of South Carolina School of Law, December 18, 1998


Exemptions and Exemption Planning, Continuing Legal Education, South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association


Consumer Bankruptcy, Presented at the Law School for Non-Lawyers Program, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar


Consumer Bankruptcy, Presented at the Law School for Non-Lawyers Program, Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Bar


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


South Carolina Bar
Member


Richland County Bar Association
Member


South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association
Member


Junior League of Columbia
Member


Fraternities/Sororities:
Chi Omega

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Columbia Office:

Address: 1201 Main Street
Suite 1800
P.O. Box 1799
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: (803) 765-2935
Fax: (803) 252-0786
E-mail: E-mail Us

Charleston Office:

Address: 3955 Faber Place Drive, Suite 200
North Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: (843) 577-5460

Litigation, Real Estate & REO

P.O. Box 225
Charleston, SC 29402
Phone: (843) 577-5460
Fax: (843) 577-5135

Foreclosure

P.O. Box 71727
North Charleston, SC 29415
Phone: (843) 577-5460
Fax: (843) 725-0015

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