William T. Dawson III Associate

Phone: 843-720-4646  |  Fax: (843) 723-7398  |  Email: wdawson@buistmoore.com

Practice Areas
Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Business and Banking
Business Litigation
Property Tax Appeals
Real Estate

William T. Dawson III is an associate of the firm who focuses his practice on real estate transactions, corporate transactions, development, banking, bankruptcy, and business litigation. As a member of the Real Estate and Business and Banking practice groups, Mr. Dawson regularly assists clients in entity formation, commercial real estate transactions, residential real estate closings, loan workouts and the negotiation, drafting, and review of business contracts and real estate agreements including loan documents, deed in lieu of foreclosure agreements, operating agreements, corporate resolutions, commercial and residential leases, tenant-in-common agreements, and property management agreements. As a member of the Business Litigation practice group, he regularly assists clients in property, commercial, and contractual disputes including commercial lease disputes, business disputes, real property tax appeals, business license fee issues, and the representation of homeowners associations in the enforcement of restrictive covenants.

Representative Matters:

•	Representation of a real estate developer with the formation, financing and operation of a $81 million real estate joint venture
•	Representation of purchaser in the acquisition of an automobile dealership
•	Assist in representation of various lenders in commercial loan transaction
•	Representation of consulting business in the formation and structure of the business
•	Assist in representation of various businesses in connection with real property tax disputes
•	Assist in representation of tenant in commercial lease dispute

Educational Background:

•	University of South Carolina, 2006 - J.D.
	Associate Editor, Southeastern Environmental Law Journal
•	Davidson College, 1999 - B.A., History

Professional Background:

•	Associate, Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A., 2006-present

Publications, Papers, Programs and Seminars:

•	Morris A. Ellison and William T. Dawson, South Carolina Property Tax Update, AMERICAN PROPERTY TAX COUNSEL NATIONAL PROPERTY TAX UPDATE, September 2009, http://www.aptcnet.com/NewsLtr.html#sc.
•	Co-author to Applying the Discount Rate in Commercial Litigation published in the ALI-ABA publication The Practical Litigator, volume 19, no. 4 (July 2008)
•	"Case Study: Highway U.S. 70 and the Hondo Valley - Safety and Cost Versus History" 13 SE ENVTL. L.J. 97 (2004)

Professional Organizations:

•	American Bar Association
•	South Carolina Bar Association
•	South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division
•	Charleston County Bar Association

Bar Admissions:

•	South Carolina, 2006

Community Organizations:

•	First (Scots) Presbyterian Church
•	Life Management Center, Board of Directors, 2008-Present
•	Preservation Society of Charleston
•	South Carolina Historical Society
•	Urban Land Institute, Young Leader