Local lawyers Cook, Eberle to join law school faculty

CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 15, 2006 - Respected Charleston lawyers William J. Cook and Kevin R. Eberle will teach during the 2006-07 academic year at the Charleston School of Law, Dean Richard Gershon announced.

Cook to teach property law and appellate practice

Cook

Cook will teach property law and appellate practice in 2006-07 as a visiting assistant professor of law. A former law clerk to the Hon. Kaye Hearn, chief judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals, Cook most recently worked as an attorney at Hulsey Litigation Group, LLC, in Charleston, S.C., where he focused his practice on complex civil litigation, research, and brief writing.

A graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law with a bachelor's degree from Furman University, Cook has also worked at a nationally-recognized plaintiff's firm and in the general counsel's office of an international auction house in New York City. Cook, a member of the board of the Preservation Society of Charleston, taught legal writing as an adjunct professor at the Charleston School of Law for two years before joining the faculty.

Eberle to direct legal writing program

Eberle

Eberle also taught legal writing as an adjunct professor for two years at the school before joining this year as director of legal writing. A former member of the editorial board of The South Carolina Lawyer, Eberle previously had a commercial litigation and appellate practice at Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, LLC, in Charleston, S.C.

Eberle holds a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law and a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary. He is a past associate editor-in-chief of the University of South Carolina Law Review. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Preservation Society of Charleston and on the board of directors of the College of William and Mary Alumni Club. He serves as president of the Hampton Park Terrace Neighborhood Association.

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