Administrative and Regulatory Law

Skilled South Carolina agency and commission representation

The Administrative and Regulatory Law Practice Group at Young Clement Rivers, LLP consists of skilled attorneys with a deep and exceptionally diverse range of experience. They represent clients before federal, state, and local agencies, regulatory boards, and commissions.

The group has extensive and specific experience in matters related to: 

  • Alcohol distribution and licensing
  • Aviation law
  • Certificates of need (CON)
  • Coastal council issues
  • Department of Health and Environmental Control matters
  • Federal Aviation Administration matters
  • Government contract work
  • Health care issues
  • Insurance regulation
  • Labor licensing
  • Liquor licensing
  • Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) issues
  • Permitting
  • Planning and zoning
  • Procurement
  • Public Service Commission matters
  • Securitizations
  • Telephone regulation
  • Territorial assignment actions
  • Trucking and transportation
  • Utility regulation
  • Water and sewer
  • Any action arising out of a state agency

With offices in Columbia and Charleston, the practice group is able to provide thorough statewide coverage to clients, while also maintaining a strong presence in the local Charleston community. The firm is known and respected in Charleston’s business community and has extensive experience working with and appearing before city and county boards and commissions on such issues as zoning, business licensing, and tax matters.

Charleston insurance regulatory counsel

The group has a particular focus in the area of insurance regulatory matters, including:

  • Insurance receiverships and rehabilitation proceedings
  • Medicaid and Medicare
  • Medicare advantage programs
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Pharmacy benefit managers
  • Procurement

Recognized administrative law professionals

The group’s attorneys are experienced administrative law litigators who possess extensive knowledge of state government. They have built a strong reputation in South Carolina that allows the firm to effectively represent the interests of its clients. Group chair Michael Molony was instrumental in helping to establish the South Carolina Administrative Law Court and serves on the Administrative Law Council.

Representing a broad range of South Carolina business clients

Young Clement Rivers, LLP lawyers represent clients in most sectors of the state’s economy, including:

  • Insurance companies
  • Captive insurers
  • Telecommunications industry
  • Electric utilities
  • Manufacturing companies
  • Major software and technology companies
  • Public and quasi-public agencies
  • Health care providers
  • Physician groups
  • Local governmental entities

The group often practices in close cooperation with the Commercial Transactions Practice Group to successfully counsel companies seeking to do business in South Carolina on a myriad of issues from formation to taxation to zoning questions.

In addition to their extensive litigation skills, the group frequently uses alternative forms of dispute resolution, including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, to help clients efficiently and effectively resolve disputes.

The group’s attorneys also have extensive experience in the state’s appellate courts and may associate with members of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Appeals Practice Group to seamlessly handle appeals.

Practice group attorneys

Contact Young Clement Rivers, LLP

To talk to one of Young Clement Rivers, LLP’s seasoned South Carolina advocates, call (888) 341-0302 or contact the firm online.