Blaney Coskrey

Mr. Coskrey graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Furman University in 1986.  He attended law school at the University of South Carolina, where he was an editor of the law review. He was also a member of the Order of the Coif and Order of the Wig and Robe.  He received his Juris Doctor cum laude in May 1989.

He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in November 1989.

Following law school, he began a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Clyde H. Hamilton. That clerkship included experience both at the trial and appellate levels. For most of those two years, Judge Hamilton served as a United States District Judge. Toward the end of Mr. Coskrey's clerkship, Judge Hamilton became a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Mr. Coskrey was admitted to practice before the United States District Court in 1991 and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1992. He began practicing with the firm of Glenn Irvin Murphy Gray & Stepp upon completion of his federal clerkship in 1991. He started his solo practice in February 1997, recently marking fifteen years in solo practice.

He is currently a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, the Solo/Small Firm Section of the Bar, and the Richland County Bar Association. He has the honor of serving on the Local Rules Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Mr. Coskrey has written articles and given presentations on various topics ranging from federal court practice to helping businesses improve their collection practices.

Some of the published appellate decisions in which Mr. Coskrey has been an attorney include: QZO, Inc. v. Moyer, 594 S.E.2d 541 (S.C. Ct. App. 2004); Colonial Pacific Leasing Corp. v. Taylor, 484 S.E.2d 595 (S.C. Ct. App. 1997); Medical Park OB/GYN, P.A. v. Ragin, 467 S.E. 2d 261 (S.C. Ct. App. 1996); Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Adams, 30 F. 3d 554 (4th Cir. 1994), affirming 828 F. Supp. 379 (D.S.C. 1993)

Personal
Mr. Coskrey was born and grew up in Sumter, South Carolina. His leisure interests - hiking, kayaking, and photography - revolve around his love of the outdoors. While he enjoys hiking South Carolina’s trails and paddling its waters, his travels have taken him around the world. Those adventures include kayaking across Prince William Sound, Alaska, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, rafting the Grand Canyon, and hiking the rain forests of Costa Rica.

Mr. Coskrey’s commitment to the issues that are important him is reflected in his membership in the organization 1% For The Planet, a group of businesses pledging one per cent of their revenues to environmental causes.