EDUCATION University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Juris Doctor 1976 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Bachelor of Science, Finance 1973 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Master in Business Administration 1977 EXPERIENCE Young Clement Rivers, LLP Special Counsel (1985-1990) Partner (1990-Present) Charleston, South Carolina Practice area Chairman: Administrative and Regulatory Law, Captive Insurance, Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Practice Groups Associate Municipal Judge Municipal Court, City of Charleston (1981-Present) Municipal Court, City of Isle of Palms (2007-Present) Michael Alan Molony, Attorney at Law Sole Practitioner (1980-1985) Charleston, South Carolina General law practice emphasizing Administrative and Commercial Litigation State of South Carolina Staff Attorney (1976-1980) Columbia, South Carolina Counsel to South Carolina House of Representatives and various State agencies PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENTS Admitted to practice in all state and federal courts and United States Supreme Court Charleston County Bar Association, member, (President 2000-2001; Executive Committee (1996-1997) Member of Study Committee for Revision of Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws (1995) Adjunct Professor at College of Charleston, Business Law (1980-1984) South Carolina Captive Insurance Association Board of Directors (2000 – 2004), Chairman (2000-2002) South Carolina Bar Technology Committee (1994) Member of Study Committee for revision of Municipal Incorporation Laws (1990) Member of Initial Task Force to Draft Hazardous Waste Management Regulations in South Carolina (1979-1980) Counsel to South Carolina State Housing Authority for first Housing Authority Bond issue December 6, 1978 AV® Preeminent Rating (2010) from Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated (2006) from Martindale-Hubbell The Best Lawyers of America (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016) Office of Victim Services Education & Certification, (“OVSEC”) (2010) Frequent lecturer, Charleston School of Law Frequent lecturer on captive insurance, administrative and business law Assisted in counseling with Court personnel and instrumental in establishing Livabilty Court in Florence, SC. LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Charleston County Bar Association South Carolina Bar Association American Bar Association American Arbitration Association – Panel of Neutrals South Carolina Judicial Council – Order dated May 26,2014, signed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for reappointment to the Council for a term to expire June 30, 2018; (Served as member of the Council since 2000) South Carolina Administrative & Regulatory Law Association (“SCAARLA”), Insurance Committee Chairman (1994-Present) South Carolina Summary Court Judges’ Association Current or Former member of Board of Directors for subsidiaries of the following companies: Allstate Insurance Company; Wilton Reassurance Company; Genworth Financial; Legal and General of Americas; “RGA” Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.; Unum Provident Corporation; Protective Life Insurance Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; and, Voya Financial Company. Bishop England High School Board of Directors (present) Roper St. Francis Foundation Board of Directors (past Director) Charles Towne Landing Foundation Board of Directors (past Director) Charleston Symphony Board of Directors (1990-1992) Charleston County Procurement Review Panel (Chairman1988-1990) Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Association (President 1996-1997) Underground Wiring Committee Member (present) Downtown Athletic Club (President 1996-1997) Hibernian Society, Committee on Letters (1995) Hibernian Society, Irish Cultural Affairs Committee (2001) Parish Council, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (1996-1998) University of South Carolina Alumni Association (Life Member) South Carolina Historical Society Historic Charleston Foundation Widows and Orphans Society Federation of Regulatory Counsel Irish Historical Society Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (1986-Present) East Cooper Pilots Association HONORS AND AWARDS Order of the Palmetto, the highest award in South Carolina for civic achievement, awarded in 1981 by Governor Richard Riley Recipient of the 2003 Three Sisters Award presented by The Committee to Save the City, Inc., Charleston, SC Recipient of 2004 Public Agency of the Year Awarded to City of Charleston Livability Court by Lowcountry Chapter American Society for Public Administration Carolopolis Award by Historic Charleston Foundation for restoration of property at 46 Pinckney Street Recipient of Martin Luther King, Jr. Picture Award by members of Charleston City Council along with other Community Leaders Recipient of National Innovation Award by United States Conference of Mayors (2004) RECENT PUBLICATIONS Success in a turbulent market, co-authored with T. Douglas Concannon and James T. H. Buxton, Captive Review, London, England, South Carolina 2008 Annual Report South Carolina and Securitization, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, FORC Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., Vol. XVI, Edition I (March, 2005) Securitization New Option For Captives, South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Business Journal, September 2004 issue Great Leap Forward, Captive Review, London, England, South Carolina 2004 Annual Report The Palmetto State, Let it Captivate You, FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, FORC Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc., Vol. XIII, Edition I (March 24, 2001) SC Enacts Captive Insurance Legislation, Committee News, A.B.A., Tort and Insurance Practice Section, (Winter, 2001) PERSONAL Born December 5, 1950, in Charleston, South Carolina. Married to Sha DaLeure Molony Three sons: Emmet and William, twins - age 17, and Sullivan - age 9