Partner
Stephen is a partner at The McKay Firm and practices in the areas of workers’ compensation defense, civil litigation, subrogation and workers’ compensation appeals. In 2010 and again in 2011, The McKay Firm was included in Best Law Firms in America® (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.), in the field of workers’ compensation defense litigation. The McKay Firms’ attorneys were also selected by A.M. Best to the 2012 Recommended Insurance Attorneys. Before practicing law, Stephen was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Paul E. Short, Jr, South Carolina Circuit Court Judge.
A Citadel graduate and South Carolina native, Stephen resides in Columbia with his wife Corey, and two children, Caroline and Crayton.
Admitted
- 1997 South Carolina
- 1998, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1997)
- Author of the Revised Law School Honor Code
- Honor Court Chief Justice
- Honor Court Prosecutor
- The Citadel (B.A., 1993)
- Dean’s List
- Member of 1992-1993 Honor Committee
- Member of 1993 Summerall Guards
Leadership, Professional Associations and Recognitions
- South Carolina Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Richland County Bar Association
- South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association
- Columbia Area Citadel Club; Former President
- Carolinas Association of General Contractors
- The Citadel Alumni Association
Dedication to Community Improvement
- Kids Chance of South Carolina
- Brian C. Martin Scholarship Golf Tournament
- Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1997)
