Ronald C. "Ron" Scott
CIVIC/PROFESSIONAL
ORDER OF THE PALMETTO (State of South Carolina's Highest Civilian Award)
Life Fellow: South Carolina Bar Foundation
Past Co-Chair: Class Gift and Reunion Committee, USC Law School
Past Chair: SSF Section of the South Carolina Bar Association
Past Member, House of Delegates: South Carolina Bar Association
Leadership Columbia: Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Leadership South Carolina: USC and Office of the Governor
Past Member, Loan Administration Committee, Mortgage Bankers of the Carolinas
Past Member, Legislative Committee, Mortgage Bankers of the Carolinas
Dartmouth Parents Donor, Class of 2011
Friends of Dartmouth Football (Parent ’11)
Past Member: Board of Visitors, Medical University of South Carolina
Past Co-Chairman: Young Lawyers Division, United Way Midlands
Past President: National Society to Prevent Blindness of South Carolina
Past Treasurer and Finance Chairman: Arthritis Foundation of South Carolina
Past Foundation Board and Fundraising Chair: SC Commission for the Blind
Shandon Baptist Church: Finance and Stewardship Committee (2004-2016)
The Citadel Alumni Association: Life Member
NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner: Past Honorary Co-Chairman
NAACP of South Carolina – Life Member
South Carolina Democratic Party, Committee of 100, Past Member
South Carolina Republican Party, Capitol 100 Foundation, Past Advisory Board
Past Non-Compensated/As Needed Advisor for then Deputy Director for Political Affairs – 40th P.O.T.U.S.
Hammond School: Past Annual Fund Class Co-Chairman
Hammond School: Past President, Board of Directors, Skyhawk Club
Hammond School: Past Member, Board of Trustees
Hammond School: Past Co-Chair, Annual Auction
MILITARY
Distinguished Military ROTC: U.S. Army Reserve Officer’s Program, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina – The Citadel, Charleston, SC
Graduate, US Army Adjutant General’s School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
Honorable Discharge, Adjutant General’s Corps: United States Army Officer
OTHER
In keeping with his long family history of public, civic, and community service, Ron Scott is or has served as an officer, board member, committee member or in a leadership capacity for numerous state and local entities involving business, social, educational and charitable organizations. In addition, he and his firm seek to follow in the tradition of public service championed by his late father, the Honorable Robert C. Scott, Jr., and his late sister, Dr. Susan Scott Lynch, who were recipients of the Order of the Palmetto, the state’s highest civilian award; and also his mother, Dr. Louise T. Scott, a recipient of the Palmetto Patriot Award. In 2017 Ron Scott received the ORDER of the PALMETTO, the State of South Carolina's highest civilian award. The Mayor and City Council of Columbia also voted for October 12, 2017, to be "Ronald C Scott Day".
- AMERICA'S TOP 100 ATTORNEYS (LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT)
- SUPER LAWYERS (repeat)
- BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA (repeat)
- 2016 LEADERSHIP IN LAW HONOREE (SC LAWYERS WEEKLY)
- ORDER OF THE PALMETTO, State of South Carolina's highest civilian award
- White House Fellowship, Regional Finalist Award
- Most Outstanding Young Man Award, Columbia and South Carolina
- Board of Visitors, Medical University of South Carolina
- BEST LAWYERS IN THE MIDLANDS
- BEST LAWYERS/BEST LAW FIRMS 2014 -2017 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
- AV Preeminent Martindale Hubbell (5.0 out 5.0)
- Most Outstanding Young Men of America-3 time selection
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
