Carmen V. Ganjehsani

Carmen V. Ganjehsani rejoined Richardson Plowden as Special Counsel in the Columbia office in 2015. She focuses her practice on appellate law.

Mrs. Ganjehsani began her legal career working for Nelson Mullins as an associate attorney in Atlanta. She previously worked for Richardson Plowden practicing general tort and business litigation with an emphasis on civil appellate litigation from 2004 to 2007.

Her additional experience includes:

• As an Appellate Defender for the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, Mrs. Ganjehsani researched, drafted, and filed briefs in over one hundred direct and post-conviction relief criminal defense appeals in the South Carolina Supreme Court, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of indigent criminal defendants
• Also as an Appellate Defender, she has presented oral arguments in sixteen criminal defense appeals before the South Carolina Supreme Court and the South Carolina Court of Appeals
• Handling all aspects of appeals at an appeals and trial support firm, including briefing and oral arguments, in the South Carolina Supreme Court, the South Carolina Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in cases involving complex business and contractual disputes, non-competition agreements, personal injury, products liability, insurance coverage, construction defects, real property, and domestic relations

Awards, Honors, and Accolades

• 2001, CALI Awards – Property I & Property II
• 2024, Selected as Midlands Legal Elite for Appellate Law by Greater Columbia Business Monthly