Serving Our Community

Wilkes Atkinson & Joyner, LLC, values the communities in which its attorneys and staff live and work.  We encourage active civic participation, and we believe our attorneys and staff are active, engaged and productive citizens.  We also work to improve the legal system, playing a role in important advocacy organizations.

Our  team members support and serve a wide variety of organizations, including, but not limited to,

Our attorneys also work to promote the practice of law and to serve the public interest of justice.  Two of our members currently serve as members of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, while another is a past President of that organization.  Our attorneys are actively involved in the South Carolina Bar, having served as Circuit Representatives for the Young Lawyers Division, members of Judicial Screening Committees, and members of Supreme Court Commissions on CLE and the Civil Court Docket.  Our attorneys are all members of the Defense Research Institute, and one of our attorneys is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, with another being a member of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys.

Firm Culture

WAJ fosters a culture where every member is respected.  Our attorneys and staff come here to stay, the bulk of our attorneys and staff have been with the firm or its predecessor firms for more than a decade.  When you come here, our goal is to provide a work and life that makes you stay.  We are small enough that we all know each other and are actively involved in each other's lives, but we are big enough to have an active, engaging, and challenging practice.

The firm supports its members, by encouraging them to seek challenging opportunities for growth and development, through pro bono service, professional development, and community involvement.  At WAJ, we work hard, but we work hard so we can have a great quality of life.  We value families, and families become part of our extended WAJ family.