David L. Paavola
About David
David represents individuals and businesses in construction and contract litigation, eminent domain and condemnation, and complex business disputes throughout South Carolina. David also represents clients in state and federal appellate cases.
David grew up in Juneau, Alaska and went to college in Waco, Texas at Baylor University. He began his professional career in commercial banking and finance in upstate New York and then in Indianapolis, Indiana. He and his wife settled in Columbia, South Carolina in 2008, where he worked for AgFirst Farm Credit Bank before attending law school. David believes the seven years he spent working in banking and finance prior to law school gives him a unique perspective and pragmatic approach for his clients.
Education
Baylor University, B.B.A., 2002
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2012
Editor in Chief, South Carolina Law Review Volume 63
Bar Admissions
South Carolina, 2012
U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2013
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2016
Organizations
Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity, Board President (2022-Present)
Richland County Bar Association
Kim Wooten
About Kim
Kim is Of Counsel for KDC and practices in the firm’s Greenville, South Carolina office. She received her BA from Duke University in 1984 and her law degree from Emory University in 1987. Kim began her career in litigation in Dallas, Texas, learning her craft from one of the country’s top construction attorneys. In 1991, she joined a large national law firm in its Greenville office, where she became a partner and litigated numerous construction, business, and employment cases.
Over her three decades of litigation experience, Kim has assisted all types of clients, from individuals to multi-billion-dollar corporations. She has litigated hundreds of cases, including mediations, arbitrations, bench trials and jury trials all over the United States. She also has handled multiple appellate cases in the South Carolina Court of Appeals, South Carolina Supreme Court, and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has received a peer review rating of AV Preeminent from Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers.
Kim is married and has one daughter. She enjoys traveling, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.
Read MoreAshley C. Thibault
About Ashley
Ashley is an associate attorney with Kenison, Dudley and Crawford, LLC in the firm’s Columbia, SC office. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar and the North Carolina Bar and is admitted to practice in U.S. District Courts for South Carolina. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina bar.
Ashley is a magna cum laude graduate of The University of South Carolina with a B.A. in Public Relations and a minor in Political Science. She earned her J.D. from Wake Forest University in 2016. While at Wake Forest, Ashley participated in the Innocence and Justice Clinic and was a member of the Honor Council.
Prior to joining KDC, Ashley worked under the in-house counsel for a logistics company and assisted with a variety of corporate transactional and employment matters. Subsequently, Ashley’s practice focused on personal injury litigation at a large Plaintiff’s firm.
Currently, Ashley resides in Columbia, South Carolina with her husband and their two Labrador Retrievers and cat. She is an avid traveler and enjoys the outdoors, including kayaking, hiking, and playing disc golf.
Read MoreKathryn L. Harden
About Kathryn
Kathryn is an attorney in KDC’s Greenville office. Prior to joining KDC, she began her legal career representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of corporate/business disputes, as well as in litigation involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, business torts, shareholder and partnership disputes and dissolutions, real estate litigation, and defamation. She is a member of the South Carolina Bar.
Kathryn graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in History and Political Science from Vanguard University of Southern California in 2014 and was nationally ranked in University Parliamentary Speech and Debate in 2012. Kathryn moved to South Carolina and attended the Charleston School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor in 2017. While attending Charleston School of Law, Kathryn participated in Charleston Law Review as an Articles Editor, Moot Court Board as Associate Justice of Business Affairs, and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Board.
Kathryn lives in Clemson, SC with her husband, James.
Read MoreShannon O’Reilly
About Shannon
Shannon is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in all Georgia state courts, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Shannon was selected for the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia’s Leadership Academy and graduated in 2019. She was elected and served for the State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division Representative Council for the Southern District from 2019 until 2021.
Shannon joins KDC after five years with a highly regarded Plaintiff’s firm located in Savannah, Ga. While with her former firm, Shannon’s practice concentrated on complex litigation, business disputes, and other high-stakes cases. Shannon graduated Cum Laude from the University of Georgia School of Law. While in law school, she clerked at CSX headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, interned at the EEOC in the Litigation Unit, and completed an externship at NCR, Corp. in their employment & labor department. She has also assisted small businesses and entrepreneurs with a variety of corporate transactional matters as a member of the Business Law Clinic at UGA Law.
Originally from Loganville, Georgia, Shannon graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Journalism. Shannon now lives in Charleston with her husband and their daughter.
Jason M. Imhoff
About Jason
Prior to joining KDC, Jason practiced for over 20 years with a large regional law firm in Greenville, South Carolina and an aggressive boutique firm in Spartanburg, South Carolina representing small and large corporations, sole proprietorships, and individuals in a variety of matters. While Jason litigates mostly construction and commercial litigation, he has also defended international spray foam products liability cases, pursued consumer protection violations, guided clients through corporate dissolutions, litigated environmental issues, and handled a variety of matters for Homeowners Associations and homeowners suffering construction defects. Jason’s experience gives him valuable experience to foresee, strategize, and economically navigate issues with an eye toward efficiency and value, while still adhering to his aggressive training.
Jason has pursued and defended multiple cases in the South Carolina Supreme Court and even more in the South Carolina Appellate courts, drafted legislation to help subcontractors recover amounts owed, and tried multiple cases, large and small, to verdict. He is experienced in a wide range of construction defect litigation – single family, multi- family, and commercial; counseling construction operators from creation through operation, to ultimate dissolution or sale; or guiding owners through compensation and repair of construction defects.
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