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We’re deeply honored to be recognized once again by Best Lawyers in America®. Even after 16 years, the thrill of being cited among the best never gets old. ****** Honored for Excellence Across Multiple Practice Areas On the 2026 list, the firm was named to Metropolitan Tier 1 in Columbia in the following practice areas: Appellate Practice Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants Celebrating Our Honored Attorneys No firm is considered for this recognition unless it has at least one lawyer included in The Best Lawyers in America® in the same year. In August, four Bluestein Attorneys were honored with that distinction: Margaret “Marti” Miles Bluestein in the area of Workers’ Compensation Law Clarke Newton in the areas of Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation John Shannon Nichols in the area of Appellate Practice Allison Sullivan in the areas of […]

Margaret “Marti” Miles Bluestein, a founding partner of Bluestein Attorneys, is being honored as Lawyer of the Year for Columbia by Best Lawyers in America® for 2026 in the area of Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants. She was one of five Bluestein Attorneys partners recognized by Best Lawyers for 2026. The additional Lawyer of the Year designation is reserved for individuals with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is named “Lawyer of the Year” in each practice area and location. The location in this case is Columbia. Marti’s practice focuses on workers’ compensation and mediation. She has been recognized multiple times by Best Lawyers and was previously named several times a Lawyer of the Year. She has also been honored frequently by Super Lawyers, and in 2012 was named a Compleat Lawyer by her law school. Other recognitions have come […]

Best Lawyers in America® has again named four Bluestein Attorneys to its 2026 Best Lawyers list for Columbia, and another to its “Ones to Watch” list. One of the four on the main list – Founding Partner Marti Bluestein – was also singled out for an even higher honor, being named as Lawyer of the Year for Columbia in the practice area of Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants. The attorneys on the Best Lawyers list, and the practice areas in which they are cited, are as follows: Margaret “Marti” Miles Bluestein: Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants Clarke Newton: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs John Shannon Nichols: Appellate Practice Allison Sullivan: Mediation: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants All four were also named last year in the same areas. Bluestein’s Timothy Mercer was yet again named to the Ones to Watch list, […]

Columbia Business Monthly has named three Bluestein Attorneys to its “Legal Elite of the Midlands” list for 2025. The list, based on a vote of active attorneys in the area, honors Midlands lawyers whom peers consider outstanding in their practice areas. The attorneys, with the practice areas in which they are cited for this year, are: Clarke Newton, Criminal – General and Personal Injury – Plaintiff Marti Bluestein, Workers’ Compensation – Plaintiff Allison Sullivan, Workers’ Compensation – Plaintiff All three are partners with Bluestein Attorneys. Clarke Newton and Allison Sullivan have been recognized on the Legal Elite list in the past. The 2025 “Legal Elite” will be published in the August editions of Columbia Business Monthly, Greenville Business Magazine, Charleston Business Magazine, B2B: The Grand Strand, and B2B: Pee Dee Business. “We know how hard we work to help our clients, and our clients know it, too,” said Marti Bluestein, […]

A tradition of excellence was again recognized this year by South Carolina Super Lawyers®, as three partners at Bluestein Attorneys made the rating service’s 2025 list: Marti Bluestein, who practices in the area of workers’ compensation. This is her 11th year on the list. Clarke Newton, whose practice is focused on representing plaintiffs who sustained personal injury, made the list for the second time. Previously, he had been recognized for five straight years on the service’s Rising Stars list. Allison Sullivan was recognized for her work representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases. She has been recognized by Super Lawyers since 2013. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Its selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The goal of the service is “to create […]

Best Lawyers in America has named four Bluestein Attorneys to its 2025 Best Lawyers list for Columbia, and another to its “Ones to Watch” list. The attorneys on the Best Lawyers list, and the practice areas in which they are cited, are as follows: Margaret Miles “Marti” Bluestein: Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants Clarke Newton: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs John Nichols: Appellate Practice Allison Sullivan: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimants Additionally, Timothy Mercer was again named to the Ones to Watch list, dedicated to attorneys who are in their first decade of practice. He was recognized in the area of Administrative/Regulatory Law for his work representing veterans with disability claims before the Veterans Administration. “What matters to us most is serving our clients, and earning their appreciation,” said Founding Partner Marti Bluestein. “But to be recognized this […]