Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Upon graduation from law school, Pete served as a law clerk for the Honorable Carol Connor at the South Carolina Court of Appeals. After completing his clerkship, Pete worked as an associate at McAngus Goudelock & Courie, focusing on tort litigation and insurance defense. He later served as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Columbia where he represented the City in civil and criminal matters, and advised departments concerning procurement, contracts, and real estate.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Transactions
  Understanding and creativity are hallmarks of our business transaction practice.  These traits come only from experience.  As very few commercial transactions are the same, experience is almost always the key to efficient and comprehensive representation.  From software licensing, technology services, hardware acquisitions, utility fuel purchases, real property leases, rail transportation contracts, and private equity agreements,  attorneys at Riley Pope and Laney have years of experience from which to guide clients through intricate drafting, negotiations, and final agreement.  Having lawyers in our firm who practiced as in-house attorneys for large national organizations, we are well versed in working closely with large corporate in-house legal departments.  Whether working on-site or from our office, our attorneys can supplement and support your in-house counsel functions.  We also can provide business counsel services to those organizations without an in-house counsel department.  We are available for single projects, consultation, as well as on-going support.  Let us put our corporate legal experience to work for you.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  Riley, Pope and Laney’s litigation and appellate advocacy group is comprised of veteran attorneys representing clients in state and federal courts. We have extensive first chair jury trial and appellate experience and routinely handle appellate cases in state and federal courts. Our firm has been recognized with the Martindale Hubbell preeminent “AV” distinction since 2001 and we are listed in the Best Lawyers in America for “Bet the Company” commercial litigation. Our practice areas include insurance defense, government litigation, commercial litigation, title and foreclosure disputes, and employment litigation. Experience and the confidence to go to trial are our hallmarks.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Ms. Carey graduated magna cum laude from the Honors College of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, a minor in Business, and a Performance Certificate from the School of Music in Cello. Upon graduation, she attended the University of South Carolina School of Law where she was Articles Editor of the South Carolina Environmental Law Journal. She began her law practice representing clients in business litigation and commercial real estate matters.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Meredith M. Robertson of Riley Pope & Laney is an attorney in Columbia, SC. She represents clients in real estate transactions. Ms. Robertson graduated cum laude from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and her M.B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Robertson served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable M. Duane Shuler at the South Carolina Court of Appeals. She has experience representing creditors in foreclosure proceedings and was a founding member of the law firm of Robertson & Collier, LLC where she handled real estate transactions.

Health Law

• Medical Malpractice
  David A. DeMasters of Riley Pope & Laney is an attorney in Columbia, SC. Dave’s practice includes a wide variety of civil litigation focusing on insurance defense, civil rights litigation, medical malpractice defense and governmental liability defense. Dave has an active litigation and appellate practice, where he has successfully defended cases in both state and federal jurisdictions. Dave graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in History. Following his graduation, Dave completed a year of service with City Year of Columbia. Dave then served eight years in the United States Army Reserve.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  One of the cornerstones for the founding of Riley Pope & Laney was our focus on real estate transactions and real estate litigation. Our attorneys have extensive experience across South Carolina representing clients in both residential and commercial real estate transactions, including refinances and leases. Our attorneys travel the entire state of South Carolina to handle these transactions at a local level.
• Wills
  Our attorneys meet individually with clients in a private setting to ensure confidentiality. We assist clients by drafting wills, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, living wills, and other estate planning documents. Our knowledge of real estate law in South Carolina is valuable to this process and an important tool to ensuring a client’s directives. We advise and handle probate court filings as well as assist with accountings, asset valuations, and sales that probate may entail. Our attorneys consider it an honor to assist in this regard and do not take this duty or reliance lightly. Please contact us to discuss how our firm can assist with these private, delicate matters.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Since 2001, Ms. Carey has practiced residential foreclosure and bankruptcy law and supervised and managed both paralegals and attorneys. She is a frequent speaker at default servicing and on-site lender training events. Ms. Carey is a member of the South Carolina Bar and the Richland County Bar Associations and admitted to practice before all South Carolina state courts and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, is listed in the Best Lawyers in America for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, and has been recognized several times as part of the Legal Elite of the Midlands for foreclosure by the Greater Columbia Business Monthly magazine.
• Foreclosure
  Riley Pope & Laney, LLC offers comprehensive default services to lenders, investors and loan servicers in South Carolina and North Carolina. Our attorneys and staff have over twenty years of experience in providing default services. We handle all aspects of default servicing, including title curative, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, loss mitigation, bankruptcy, eviction, mobile home titling, REO transactions, and contested foreclosure litigation.