Wallace K. Lightsey

Background

Lightsey, Wallace K. was born on October 21, 1957 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.

Education

Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1979). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983).

Career

Worked at Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, Professional Association (Greenville, SC) specializing in Litigation, Media and Communications, Constitutional Law, Construction Law. Admitted to the bar, 1986, South Carolina. Phi Beta Kappa. Executive Editor, 1982-1983 and Editor, 1981-1982, Harvard Law Review.

Author: Note, "Disengaging Sales Law from the Sales Construct: A Proposal to Extend the Scope of Article 2 of the UCC," 96 Harv. L. Rev. 470 (1982); Lightsey, "Critique of the Promise Model of Contract," 26 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 45 (1984).

Chairman and Contributing Author: South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Libel and Slander," 1993. Contributing Author: South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Appeal and Error," 1992. Law Clerk to: Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984.

Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, 1984-1985. (Also in Columbia Office).

Works

• Other Work

  • South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Appeal and Error," 1992. Law Clerk to: Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984. Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, 1984-1985.
    
    (Also at Greenville Office). Author: Note, "Disengaging Sales Law from the Sales Construct: A Proposal to Extend the Scope of Article 2 of the UCC," 96 Harv. L. Rev. 470 (1982)

  • Lightsey, "Critique of the Promise Model of Contract," 26 Wm.
    
    & Mary L. Rev. 45 (1984). Chairman and Contributing Author: South Carolina Jurisprudence, "Libel and Slander," 1993.

Membership

Member: American Bar Association.