WILLIAM M. BOWEN

Of Counsel to the Firm

William M. Bowen was one of the founders of West, Bowen, Cooper, Beard & Smoot, which was formed in 1975 with John C. West, a former Governor of South Carolina and United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He formerly engaged in general practice with strong concentration in real estate law, estate planning and administration, and trial practice in all Courts of General Jurisdiction and the Family Court. He now serves in an AOf Counsel@ role to the firm and shares his more than 50 years of experience with the attorneys and staff. He has earned an AV7 PreeminentJ Peer Review Rating by Martindale‑Hubbell7, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry for  professionalism and ethics.

 

Admitted

South Carolina and U.S. District Court, 1966

U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court, 1970

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971

Education

University of South Carolina, J.D., 1966

Washington & Lee University, A.B., 1963

Military

LCDR, JAGC, U.S.N.R.

Associations & memberships

Beaufort County and American Bar Associations

South Carolina Bar (Vice President, 14th Judicial Circuit, 1970; Member, Executive      Committee, 1973)

Biographical details

Beaufort County Council (Member, 1978‑1982; Vice Chairman, 1986‑1988; Chairman, 1988‑1990)

Member: Board of Directors, Washington & Lee Alumni Association, 1988‑1992

Board of Directors, Virginia Sigma SAE, 1988B

Board of Directors, South Carolina Foundation of Independent Colleges, 1992‑1996

Member, General Society of Colonial Wars and South Carolina Society

Founders Society of South Carolina, St. Cecilia Society of Charleston, Naval Order of the United States

Recipient, The Island Packet=s 2008 Reader=s Choice Award Voted The Best Attorney, Island Packet Readers

Former Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve