William M. Bowen has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

•     General civil practice in all state and federal courts
•     Trials
•     Corporation
•     Banking
•     Real estate
•     Wills and Probate
•     Family Law
•     Construction law
•     Trusts and estates
•     Probate and Wills
•     Mergers and Acquisitions
•     Certified Circuit Court Mediator

Admitted

• South Carolina and U.S. District Court, 1966
• U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
• U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971

Education

• University of South Carolina, J.D., 1966
• Washington & Lee University, A.B., 1963

Military

• LCDR, JAGC, U.S.N.R.

Associations & memberships

• Beaufort County and American Bar Associations
• South Carolina Bar (Vice President, 14th Judicial Circuit, 1970; Member, Executive Committee, 1973)

Biographical details

• Beaufort County Council (Member, 1978-1982; Vice Chairman, 1986-1988; Chairman, 1988-1990)
• Member: Board of Directors, Washington & Lee Alumni Association, 1988-1992
• Board of Directors, Virginia Sigma SAE, 1988–
• Board of Directors, South Carolina Foundation of Independent Colleges, 1992-1996
• Member, General Society of Colonial Wars and South Carolina Society
• Founders Society of South Carolina, St. Cecilia Society of Charleston, Naval Order of the United States
• Recipient, The Island Packet’s 2008 Reader’s Choice Award Voted The Best Attorney, Island Packet Readers
• Former Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve