Miranda B. Nelson has joined Judge Duncan's chambers as a law clerk. Miranda is a 2020 graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Law and comes to chambers after a one-year clerkship with Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.
Lucas Fautua's last day in Judge Duncan's chambers is today, August 13, 2021. He will be joining Riley Pope & Laney. Lucas came to chambers from a small Virginia consumer debtor practice in April 2020. Arriving in the early days of the Covid pandemic, Lucas provided a steady hand, continuity, and a good work ethic. His contribution to the Court and chambers is much appreciated.
Dawn Hardesty, Judge Duncan’s career law clerk, will leave the Court today, August 6, 2021, to begin service as a staff attorney to chapter 13 trustee Pamela Simmons-Beasley. Dawn served as a term clerk 2010-2012, then engaged in private practice, and returned as a career clerk in 2016. She has managed and organized chambers, provided outstanding research and writing, dealt professionally and courteously with the bar, worked with others across the court, district, circuit, and Administrative Office during much of my term as Chief Judge, and been a wonderful counsellor, sounding board, friend, and advisor. I wish her much success and enjoyment in the next phase of her professional life and am pleased that Dawn will remain a part of the bankruptcy bar.
