Richard A. Harpootlian Richard A. Harpootlian, PA, Columbia. SC Bar Admissions  South Carolina, 1974  U.S. District Court District of South Carolina, 1987  U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1990  U.S. Supreme Court, 1995 Education  University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, SC, 1974  J.D  Clemson University, 1971 B.A. Major: HistoryEmployment  Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A. Attorneys at Law from 1995 – Present  Fifth Circuit Solicitor from 1991-1995  Swerling & Harpootlian Attorneys at Law from 1983-1990  Fifth Circuit Deputy Solicitor 1975-1983 Areas of Practice  Class Action Litigation  Civil Litigation  Business Litigation  State/Federal Criminal Defense Professional Associations/Memberships:  Past Chairman of the Criminal Law Section of the SC Bar Association  Past Member of the SC Bar’s Board of Grievance and Discipline  Served on the Chief Justice’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Docketing  Member of the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court  Served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the USC School of Law  Delegate to the 1992 National Democratic Convention  Delegate to the 1996 National Democratic Convention  Delegate to the 2000 National Democratic Convention  Credentials Committee Member to the 2008 Democratic National Convention  Chairman South Carolina Democratic Party from 1998 – May 2003