Bert Duffie is a sixth generation Colleton County  resident with family in Colleton, Hampton, Orangeburg and Charleston counties. Mr. Duffie is a graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree  in Finance. He received his degree from Campbell University School of Law in North Carolina and served as a writer for the Campbell Law Observer.

Expanding the firm’s governmental law practice, Mr. Duffie represents governmental entities in  Dorchester, Colleton, Jasper and Allendale Counties, and also practices in the areas of  insurance defense, employment and labor law, contract law, wills and estates, real  estate and school law. Through his representation of governmental entities and municipalities in several of the surrounding counties, Mr. Duffie has expanded the  firm’s presence and recognition in these communities where he is highly regarded as a local attorney. 

Background 

• J.D., Campbell University School of Law - 1995
• B.S. (Finance), Clemson University - 1991
• Admitted to South Carolina Bar
• Admitted to U. S. Federal District Court for District of South Carolina
• Admitted to U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Walterboro-Colleton Chamber of Commerce, Board Member (2004-present)
• Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections, Commissioner (1996-present)
• Volunteer soccer coach, Walterboro Soccer Club (1995-1999) Lowcountry Chapter of Sertoma
• Advisory Committee, Colleton County Safe Kids Chapter (1996-1999)
• Youth Leadership Colleton, Co-founder, Chairperson (1997-1999),
• Treasurer (1999-present)
• Colleton County Bar Association, Secretary-Treasurer (2002-present)

• Leadership Colleton, Class of 1997
• South Carolina Defense Trial Lawyers Association
• National Council of School Attorneys
• National School Boards Association
• Colleton County and American Bar Associations
• Municipal Association of South Carolina
• South Carolina Association of Counties
• Defense Research Institute