Dwight has the experience, skills and relationships necessary to effectively represent your interests and advocate on your behalf. Over the years he has accomplished much legislatively and politically for his clients.
20+ years
Silver Crescent LLC is the South Carolina lobbying, government relations and consulting practice of Dwight Cauthen. Dwight has over two decades of experience in this arena and has developed close working relationships with legislative leadership and key decision makers at all levels of state government.
Dwight has been working in and around the State House since his freshman year in college. He has the experience, skills and relationships necessary to effectively represent your interests and advocate on your behalf. Over the years he has accomplished much legislatively and politically for his clients.
Prior to lobbying, Dwight served as first executive director of the South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus under then Leader and now President Pro Tempore and Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman. He left the caucus to join the lobbying team of the state's largest law firm and in 2003 started his own practice.
Dwight paged for House Speaker Bob Sheheen, worked for Governors Carroll Campbell and David Beasley, and served as US Senate campaign communications director for Congressman Bob Inglis.
Dwight majored in political science at the University of South Carolina and later received his masters in public relations there.
8032124967
1221 Main Street Suite 1200, Columbia, SC, 29205,
I have worked with the South Carolina Legislature, state agencies and Constitutional Officers for over 15 years. I am highly experienced in navigating the state appropriations legislative processes. I am highly skilled at assisting clients by identifying multiple pathways to achieve the intended goals and outcomes.
2) American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,Inc
3) American Property Casualty Insurance Association APCIA
6) Communities In Schools of South Carolina
10) Infinite Campus
11) Junior Achievement of Greater SC
12) Kiawah Development Partners
13) Limestone Charters Association
14) Liminex, Inc.
15) Metrc LLC
0-5 years
Prior to joining Adams and Reese, Emily served as the Director of Government Affairs for the South Carolina Department of Education. In this role, she served as the liaison between the agency and South Carolina's General Assembly, the Governor, the Congressional Delegation, other state agencies and stakeholder groups. Additionally, during the legislative session she provided public testimony during hearings, coordinated agency policy development, and annually facilitated the agency budget request through the Governor's Office and the General Assembly.
Emily also spent seven years within the South Carolina House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, serving as a budget analyst with involvement in the Health and Human Services Budget Subcommittee and the Public Education and Special Schools Subcommittee. Her work included coordinating the passage of $2 billion in state appropriations through the budget process and coordinating communication between the General Assembly, the state's school districts and the South Carolina Department of Education, as well as a variety of legislation affecting K-12 education, property tax, and sales and use tax.
(803) 513-7847
1221 Main Street, Suite 1800, Columbia, SC, 29201,
Burr Forman McNair's counseling of governmental entities is a seamless web of experience and capabilities. Just as we understand how state and local governments work at the administrative and legislative levels, our professional credibility with these decision-makers enhances our ability to counsel counties, municipalities and special purpose entities throughout the state.
Firm Specialties:
Our firm has a long history representing county governments, school districts, and dozens of municipalities across the Southeast. We not only serve as general counsel to some of these clients - our team often serve as special counsel on administrative, environmental, financing, immigration, land use and other matters. At the intersection of multiple local government and business interests, Burr attorneys direct the administrative and legal traffic so that public purposes and private needs are integrated for the common good.
1) American Family Life Assurance Company
2) American International Group, Inc.
3) Americans for Affordable Clean Energy
4) Beaufort Board of Education
5) Carolinas Credit Union League
8) DonorsChoose
9) EBSCO
10) Fort Mill School District No. 4 of York County
13) Interstate Transportation Equipment
14) JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
15) Lotto.com South Carolina LLC
16) Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
17) Prisma Health
18) Santee Development Corporation, LLC
19) SC Association of School Administrators
20) South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology
LYNN STOKES-MURRAY serves as the Government Relations Director in Burr Forman McNair's Columbia office. Lynn is a governmental affairs and lobbying consultant who represents clients at the South Carolina State House and in local government matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Lynn was actively involved in numerous political campaigns across the state, including managing a South Carolina Congressional race in 1988. She has authored and implemented grassroots plans for major corporations to engage employees in the political process. Additionally, she drafts legislation and has extensive knowledge of the legislative rules and appropriations process.
Lynn recently served as chairperson and continues on the board of The Advocacy Group (TAG), which was established in 1992 as the first international public affairs and government relations corporation to provide a diverse array of professional advocacy services internationally.
8037963582
712 Moss Creek Dr, Cayce, SC, 29033,
1) American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,Inc
2) American Property Casualty Insurance Association APCIA
5) Cone Mills Acquisition Group LLC
8) Junior Achievement of Greater SC
9) Kiawah Development Partners
10) Limestone Charters Association
11) Liminex, Inc.
12) Metrc LLC
8034793386
2305 Rembert St., Columbia, SC, 29201,
8034456465
701 Gervais Street Suite 150-191, Columbia, SC, 29201,
8433191589
PO Box 5806, North Myrtle Beach, SC, 29597,
8037332255
P. O. Box 12042, Columbia, SC, 29211,
1) American Property Casualty Insurance Association APCIA
4) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
8035137853
p.O. Box 11013, Columbia, SC, 29201,
8033313559
PO Box 40116, Columbia, SC, 29240,
8034136491
1404 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC, 29201,
1) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Atrium Health
2) Charter Communications Operating, LLC
3) Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
5) Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
9) Pacaso
10) Palmetto Utility Protection Service INC d.ba South Carolina 811
8037645104
1221 Main St Suite 1800, Columbia, SC, 29201,
8033979191
1221 Main Street, Suite 1200, Columbia, SC, 29201,
8032319880
PO Box 6366, Columbia, SC, 29260,
