Carol B. Ervin

Partner
Email: cervin@ycrlaw.com
Phone: 843-724-6641

Carol B. Ervin heads up the Employment Law Practice Group at Young Clement Rivers, LLP.  She is an experienced trial attorney and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Associate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. She holds the highest professional rating (AV) in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Carol is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in employment and labor law and is a certified mediator. She has resumed the role of Chair of the American Law Firm Association (ALFA)’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, and is a past member of ALFA’s Board of Directors. Carol was recently selected by her peers as Lawyer of the Year in Best Lawyers® (2011), for Charleston in the specialty of Labor and Employment Law—fewer than 3,000 attorneys were designated Lawyer of the Year worldwide and across various specialties. She has also been recognized by South Carolina Super Lawyers® in Labor and Employment Law (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011).

Practice groups

Admitted to practice

  • South Carolina, 1982

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1982
  • University of the South, summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Employment & Labor Law and Litigation Sections
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • American Law Firm Association (ALFA), Current Chair of the Employment and Labor Practice Group
  • Charleston County Bar Association, President 2004-2005; Executive Committee, 1986 and 1992
  • Conservation Voters of South Carolina, Board of Directors
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Lowcountry Open Land Trust, Board Member
  • South Carolina Bar, Employment and Labor Law Section
  • South Carolina Bar, Judicial Steering Committee 1997-2002
  • South Carolina Supreme Court's Board of Grievances & Discipline, former Investigator
  • National Arbitration Mediation (NAM), Employment ADR Hearing Officer
  • National Association of Professional Women

Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

To talk to Carol B. Ervin or one of Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s seasoned South Carolina advocates call (843) 577-4000 or contact the firm online.