Background
Lourie, Isadore Edward was born on August 4, 1932 in Saint George, South Carolina, United States. Son of Louis and Anne (Friedman) Lourie.
Lourie, Isadore Edward was born on August 4, 1932 in Saint George, South Carolina, United States. Son of Louis and Anne (Friedman) Lourie.
Bar: South Carolina. 1956, District of Columbia 1972. Senior partner Lourie, Curlee, Barrett and Popowski, Columbia, South Carolina., since 1957. Active South Carolina.
National Democratic Committee.
Member South Carolina. House of Representatives, Columbia, 1965-1972.
Member South Carolina. Senate, since 1973, chairman transportation committee, member judiciary, corrective penology, labor, commerce, industry commission, chairman legislation study commission on worker"s compensation public transportation.
Worked at Gergel, Nickles & Grant, P.A. (Columbia, South Carolina) specializing in General, Trial and Appellate Practice, Medical Malpractice and Other Complex Personal Injury Litigation, Employment, Administrative, and Governmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1956, South Carolina and United States. District Court, District of South Carolina.
1957, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. 1972, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, District of Columbia.
State Senator in South Carolina State Legislature, 1972-1992.
Served as Senate Majority Leader. Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations.
South Carolina Bar. The District of Columbia Bar.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Association of South Carolina Claimant"s Attorneys for Workers Compensation.
(Also with Lourie & Safran, Columbia). Gergel, Nickles & Grant, P.A. was founded in 1982 by Richard Mark Gergel.
The firm concentrates its practice in complex civil litigation, with a special emphasis in the areas of medical malpractice, other complex tort litigation, employment law and governmental law.
Member: Richland County and American Bar Associations. South Carolina Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Association of South Carolina Claimant"s Attorneys for Workers Compensation.
(Of Counsel, Gergel, Burnette, Nickles, Grant & Leclair, P.A., Columbia).
Married Susan Reiner, November 29, 1959. Children: Lance, Joel, Neal.