Sharon C. Bramlett
Columbia, South Carolina
Of Counsel
phone 803-765-2935
fax 803-973-0333
Sharon Bramlett represents clients in commercial transactions involving
both real and personal property. Her experience includes the representation
of purchasers, sellers and lenders in sales, acquisitions and/or financings
for manufacturing facilities, retail space, medical office buildings,
shopping centers, gas stations, railroads, manufactured home parks, hotels
and many others. Sharon also represents homeowners associations, tenants
and landlords and drafts and/or negotiates leases, both commercial and
residential. She has been recognized in SCBiz Magazine for her real estate
achievements, having received the ranking of No. 2 in the State of South
Carolina out of the 28 attorneys selected for inclusion in the 2022 Real
Estate Attorneys Power List.
Sharon also practices corporate law and contract law and serves as local
counsel in multi-state transactions. Sharon served as a member of the
Legal Opinion Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate, Banking and Securities
Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, which drafted the State Report
on Opinion Practice in South Carolina.
Sharon represents financial services clients in numerous capacities. A
large part of her practice focuses on consumer law, assisting both in-state
and out-of-state lenders with licensure and compliance under the South
Carolina Consumer Protection Code. She also has served as the South Carolina
editor for Houselaw and Carlaw, national publications dealing with the
consumer finance industry.
Sharon has been appointed by three Governors to serve on the Council of
Advisors on Consumer Credit, a council of sixteen individuals selected
by the Governor to advise the Administrator of the Department of Consumer
Affairs on matters relevant to consumer credit and currently serves as
the Council’s Chairman.
Sharon assists clients with all types of issues and transactions involving
the Uniform Commercial Code, particularly Articles Two and Nine, Sales
and Secured Transactions. She also assists financial services clients
in workouts and recoveries for commercial and consumer credits.
Sharon is a Past Chair of the Corporate, Banking and Securities Section
of the South Carolina Bar and has served on its Task Force on the Unauthorized
Practice of Law in Commercial Transactions.
Areas of Practice:
- Real Estate Law
- Banking and Finance
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Commercial Finance Law
Bar Admissions:
- South Carolina, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
Education:
- J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985
- B.A., Furman University, 1980
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: Furman Scholar
Published Works:
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Co-Author of the
South Carolina Third Party Legal Opinion/Report drafted by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate, Banking and Securities
Section of the South Carolina Bar, approved by the Corporate Banking and
Securities Law Section of the South Carolina Bar, December 2014, approved
by the House of Delegates, January 2015.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Chairman, South Carolina Council of Advisors on Consumer Credit
- Former State Editor, Houselaw and Carlaw
- Member, Legal Opinion Ad Hoc Committee of the Corporate, Banking and Securities
Law Section of the South Carolina Bar
- Charter Member, South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Richland County Bar Association
- Past Chairman, Corporate, Banking and Securities Law Section of the South
Carolina Bar
- Former Council Member, South Carolina Bar, Consumer Law Section
- Former Member, South Carolina Bar, Judicial Qualifications Committee
- Former Member, South Carolina Bar, Task Force on the Unauthored Practice
of Law in Commercial Transactions
Honors and Awards:
- Who's Who in America, Entrepreneurs, Business Owners and Professionals
for the State of South Carolina 2023 Edition
- Real Estate Attorneys Power List, SCBiz Magazine (2022), Ranked No. 2 of
the 28 Attorneys Recognized Statewide
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Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law (2018-2023), Commercial Finance Law (2018-2023), Financial
Services Regulation Law (2012-2023), Banking and Finance (2020-2023)
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Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year,” Financial Services Regulation Law –
Columbia, South Carolina (2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
- Co-Volunteer of the Year, Transitions Homeless Center (2019)
- United Way of the Midlands Community Impact Award (2018)
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Named Legal Elite of the Midlands, Banking and Finance,
Columbia Business Monthly (2018)
- Graduate of Leadership South Carolina (2017)
- Recipient of TWIN “Tribute to Women in Industry” Award (2014)
- Named Volunteer of the Year, Palmetto Center for Women (2013)
- Graduate of Leadership Columbia (2004)
Community Involvement:
- Past President and Board Member, Palmetto Center for Women
- Former Board Member, Commercial Revolving Loan Review Board for the City
of Columbia