Sharon C. Bramlett
Columbia, South Carolina
Of Counsel
phone 803-765-2935
fax 803-973-0333
Sharon Bramlett represents financial services clients in numerous capacities.
A large part of her practice focuses on consumer law, assisting both in-state
and out-of-state lenders with licensure and compliance under the South
Carolina Consumer Protection Code. She also has served as the South Carolina
editor for Houselaw and Carlaw, national publications dealing with the
consumer finance industry.
Sharon has been appointed by three Governors to serve on the Council of
Advisors on Consumer Credit, a council of sixteen individuals selected
by the Governor to advise the Administrator of the Department of Consumer
Affairs on matters relevant to consumer credit and currently serves as
the Council’s Chairman.
Sharon also represents clients in commercial transactions involving both
real and personal property. She has worked on acquisitions and/or financings
for manufacturing facilities, retail space, medical office buildings,
shopping centers, gas stations, railroads, manufactured home parks, hotels
and many others. She serves as local counsel in multi-state transactions
and provides both lenders and borrowers with local counsel opinions. Sharon
served as a member of the Legal Opinion Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate,
Banking and Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, which has
drafted the State Report on Opinion Practice in South Carolina. Sharon
assists clients with all types of issues and transactions involving the
Uniform Commercial Code, particularly Articles Two and Nine, Sales and
Secured Transactions. She also assists financial services clients in workouts
and recoveries for commercial and consumer credits.
Sharon is a Past Chair of the Corporate, Banking and Securities Section
of the South Carolina Bar and has served on its Task Force on the Unauthorized
Practice of Law in Commercial Transactions.
In addition to her banking and consumer compliance practices, Sharon has
an active real estate practice where she represents purchasers and sellers
as well as homeowners associations, tenants and landlords. She also practices
corporate law and contract law.
Areas of Practice:
- Banking and Finance
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
Bar Admissions:
- South Carolina, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
Education:
- J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985
- B.A., Furman University, 1980
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: Furman Scholar
Published Works:
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Co-Author of the
South Carolina Third Party Legal Opinion/Report drafted by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate, Banking and Securities
Section of the South Carolina Bar, approved by the Corporate Banking and
Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, December 2014, approved
by the House of Delegates, January 2015.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Chairman, South Carolina Council of Advisors on Consumer Credit
- Former State Editor, Houselaw and Carlaw
- Member, Legal Opinion Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate, Banking and Securities
Law Section of the South Carolina Bar
- Charter Member, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Richland County Bar Association
- Past Chairman, Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section of the South
Carolina Bar
- Former Council Member, South Carolina Bar, Consumer Law Section
- Former Member, South Carolina Bar, Judicial Qualifications Committee
- Former Member, South Carolina Bar, Task Force on the Unauthored Practice
of Law in Commercial Transactions
Honors and Awards:
- Real Estate Attorneys Power List, SC Biz (2022)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2022-2023)
- Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for Financial Services Regulation
Law in Columbia, SC (2022)
- Co-Volunteer of the Year, Transitions Homeless Center (2019)
- United Way of the Midlands Community Impact Award (2018)
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Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year,” Financial Services Regulation Law –
Columbia, South Carolina (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Finance Law (2018-2022), Real Estate Law (2018-2022), Financial
Services Regulation Law (2012-2022), Banking and Finance (2020-2022)
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Named Legal Elite of the Midlands, Banking and Finance,
Columbia Business Monthly (2018)
- Graduate of Leadership South Carolina (2017)
- Recipient of TWIN “Tribute to Women in Industry” Award (2014)
- Named Volunteer of the Year, Palmetto Center for Women (2013)
- Graduate of Leadership Columbia (2004)
Community Involvement:
- Past President and Current Board Member, Palmetto Center for Women
- Former Board Member, Commercial Revolving Loan Review Board for the City
of Columbia