Joseph H. McGee Senior Principal

Phone: (843) 720-4604  |  Fax: (843) 723-7398  |  Email: jmcgee@buistmoore.com

Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Litigation
Insurance
Product Liability
Trusts and Estates

Joseph McGee received both a B.A. and an L.L.B. from Washington and Lee University. Following graduation he entered the United States Navy Officer Canidate School and was commissioned an Ensign. He served forty months incuding two years aboard the USS Wasp as ship's intelligence officer. He has served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and on the Charleston City Council and was chairman of the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Bar in 1971. A past president of the Charleston County Bar Association and the Historic Charleston Foundation, he is trustee emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. McGee was the recipient of the DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award in 2003. The DuRant Award, given by the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Bar Foundation, is considered the most prestigious statewide recognition that is bestowed upon an attorney.  Mr. McGee is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers In America.  Now partially retired and no longer active in first chair litigation, he practices mostly in trust and estates and elder law.

Educational Background:

•	Washington and Lee University, 1952 - LL.B.
•	Washington and Lee University, 1950 - B.A.
	Student Body Officer Omicron Delta Kappa, Leadership Fraternity Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award

Professional Background:

•	Founding Partner and Former Management Committee Member, Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., 1970-Present
•	Partner, Moore, Mouzon & McGee, 1964-1970
•	Associate, Moore, Mouzon, 1962-1964

Honors:

•	Best Lawyers in America, listed in every edition
•	Durant Award, South Carolina Bar Foundation's most prestigious statewide recognition bestowed upon an attorney

Publications, Papers, Programs and Seminars:

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Partial List    •  University of South Carolina Law School - lecture on beginning the practice of law - 1996-1997    •  National Trust for Historic Preservation - lecture at Annual Meeting, 1995, "Preserving Privately Owned Historic Properties"    •  "United States Supreme Court," a speech delivered to seven different civic clubs in 1990-1991    •  "The Civil War in Charleston," a lecture delivered to different groups over the last several years    •  Tax Incentives for Historic Preservations, a paper published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation    •  American Institute of Banking, Charleston, South Carolina Chapter. Taught courses in Commercial Law and Negotiable Instruments

Professional Organizations:

•	President, Senior Lawyers Division, South Carolina Bar, 2002
•	Chairman, Executive Committee, South Carolina Bar, 1971
•	President, Charleston County Bar Association, 1980-1981
•	Director, Evening Post Publishing Company, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000-Present
•	President, Charleston Young Lawyers Club, 1962-1963
•	Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
•	South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association
•	American College of Trial Lawyers
•	American Board of Trial Advocates
•	American Bar Foundation

Bar Admissions:

•	South Carolina, 1956
•	South Carolina Supreme Court
•	United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
•	United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
•	United States Supreme Court

Community Organizations:

•	Historic Charleston Foundation     • Board of Trustees, 1968 - Present     • Past President • Recipient of Frances R. Edmunds Award
•	South Carolina Historical Society, President, 1971-73
•	Ashley Hall School     • Board of Trustees, 1967-85     • President, 1981-83
•	Charleston Museum, Board of Trustees, 1964-70
•	South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, Vice Chairman, 1966-1971
•	National Trust for Historic Preservation, Trustee Emeritus
•	South Carolina House of Representatives     • Member from Charleston County Three Terms, 1962-1968     • First Vice Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1966-1968
•	Charleston City Council, Alderman, 1971-1975
•	Citizens and Southern National Bank of South Carolina, Director, 1985-1994

Personal Information:

•	Married Evelyn B. Moore of Marion, South Carolina in 1960, 2 Daughters