Wirkus, Sheila A.

BACKGROUND
Joseph was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 26, 1964. He graduated with honors from McCallie School (1983), magna cum laude from Boston University (B.A., 1987), and from Duke University Law School (J.D., 1990). He was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1990, the South Carolina Bar in 1991, the Florida Bar in 1996, the United States District Court, District of South Carolina, and the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in 1993. He was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1999. He is a member of the Charleston County, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and American Bar Associations. His areas of practice include commercial litigation, legal malpractice defense, product liability, class action litigation, and appellate litigation.

AV MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LEXIS NEXIS PEER REVIEW RATING
Mr. Wilson has the highest available peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Wilson is rated Very High to Preeminent for Legal Ability and Very High for Ethical Standards. A lawyer must be admitted to the bar for 10 years or more to receive an AV rating and is a testament to the fact that a lawyers peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.

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