Beth Richardson

Beth Burke Richardson is a Member at Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, based in Columbia, South Carolina. She is an experienced attorney with over 20 years of practice, focusing on business disputes in courtroom and arbitration settings, including FINRA.1 Her clients include publicly traded and private companies and their officers and employees across various industries such as real estate, insurance, energy, retail, financial investing, and health care.1

Beth's legal expertise includes:

• Appellate Practice
• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation - Securities

She has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2020 and was named Lawyer of the Year for 2024 in Litigation - Securities for the Columbia area.12 Beth also serves as the Diversity & Inclusion Team Leader at Robinson Gray.1

Beth's educational background includes:

• J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis (2001)
• B.A. in Women's Studies from Duke University (1997)

Prior to joining Robinson Gray in 2013, Beth served as an adjunct professor in Advanced Legal Writing at the University of South Carolina School of Law and worked as an associate at a BigLaw firm for five years.1 She has also completed judicial clerkships in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.1

Beth is actively involved in various professional organizations and community initiatives, including serving on the boards of the Central Carolina Community Foundation and the Women's Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN).1