CHARLESTON, S.C. - - Charleston attorney Timothy Bouch has been
selected by the Charleston School of Law to serve this semester
as an adjunct professor to teach a three-credit course on ethics
and professional responsibility, Dean Richard Gershon announced
today.
"Our second-year students are fortunate to have someone
as respected as Tim Bouch to teach this course," Gershon
said. "His commitment to outstanding legal education based
in ethics is valuable and vital for the seventy students in the
class."
Bouch, a partner with Leath, Bouch and Crawford LLP since it
started in 1998, has chaired the South Carolina Supreme Court
Commission on Rules and Professional Conduct since 2002. His firm
concentrates in commercial litigation and creditors' rights with
an emphasis on construction and environmental law on a statewide
and regional basis. The firm has offices in Charleston and Columbia.
Since 1998, Bouch has made presentations to legal peers or published
articles in legal journals more than 70 times. Topics ranged from
environmental law and mitigation to legal ethics and crisis management.
A 1972 graduate of Marquette University, Bouch holds a law degree
from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Bouch was
a Navy lieutenant on active duty from 1972 to 1976, after which
he served in the U.S. Naval Reserve until 1992. He retired from
the reserve as a lieutenant commander. He and his family live
in Charleston.
