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Stephanie Smith, James Todd Named to 2021 Legal Elite

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Cordell & Cordell South Carolina divorce attorneys Stephanie M. Smith and James C. Todd IV were recently selected to the Columbia Business Monthly and Greenville Business Magazine lists of 2021 Legal Elite.

Winners are chosen by the votes of their peers in 20 business-related categories. Legal Elite is the only award program in the region that gives every active attorney the opportunity to participate

This is the second consecutive year Mr. Todd has earned the distinction and the first year for Ms. Smith.

Mr. Todd is a Litigation Attorney in the firm’s Greenville office. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court, and is president of the Laurens County Bar Association. He received his Juris Doctor from Charleston School of Law.

Ms. Smith is a Litigation Attorney in the firm’s Columbia office. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Columbia Business Month 2021 Legal Elite

Greenville Business Magazine 2021 Legal Elite

Joseph E. Cordell, founder of Cordell & Cordell family law offices

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Co-Founder, Principal Partner
Joseph E. Cordell, founder of Cordell & Cordell family law offices

Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.

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