William J. Bates

William J. Bates chairs Young Clement Rivers, LLP's Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Practice Group. He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America. He is president of Land Title Agency, LLC. He held the office of chairman of the Real Estate Section of the South Carolina Bar and was a Real Estate Section delegate to the South Carolina Bar House of Delegates.

Practice groups

• Commercial Transactions & Real Estate
• Community Association Law

Admitted to practice

• South Carolina, 1969

Education

• Duke University School of Law, with honors, 1969
• Wofford College, A.B., magna cum laude, 1966
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships

• South Carolina Bar, Board of Directors, Real Estate Section, 1987-1994
• South Carolina Bar, Secretary, Real Estate Section, 1990
• South Carolina Bar, Chair-Elect, Real Estate Section, 1992
• South Carolina Bar, Real Estate Section, Chair 1993
• South Carolina Bar, Real Estate Section Delegate 1995
• Charlestowne Neighborhood Association, former president
• Charleston Speech  and Hearing Center, former president
• Charleston Museum, former Trustee and Executive Committee

Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

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