Of Counsel

Elizabeth R. Polk

Born in Charleston, South Carolina on August 1, 1971, Ms. Polk grew up in Charleston and graduated from Bishop England High School in 1989.  In high school, Ms. Polk played soccer on the Junior Varsity team.  The first year Ms. Polk played on the soccer team, she was the first and only young woman to do so.  After her second year on the team, Bishop England began a girls soccer team.  Ms. Polk also participated in other high school activities including the Drama Club and the French Club.

 As a Charleston native, Ms. Polk decided to remain in the area and attend the College of Charleston.  In 1993, she graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in History.  Over the next four years, Ms. Polk participated in various activities in college and was employed part-time with Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale as a receptionist, file clerk, tax librarian, and finally, as an assistant in the Accounting Department.  Her college activities include membership and participation in the Peer Mentor Association, History Club Treasurer, and membership in Phi Alpha Theta.  In 1993, the History Department named Ms. Polk Outstanding History Student and awarded her the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) American History Prize.  After graduation, the History Department submitted Ms. Polk’s senior thesis in a national competition, and Ms. Polk was awarded the 1994 Margaret Watson History Award for her primary source research and interpretation pertaining to women in the Antebellum South.

 In the Fall of 1993, Ms. Polk began her studies at the University of South Carolina School of Law.  Ms. Polk received the Justice Ness Scholarship from 1994-1996 and was named in Who’s Who: American Law Students in 1995 and 1996.  Ms. Polk participated in various activities while attending USC Law School including Women in Law and Phi Delta Phi.  She served as Vice Magister of Phi Delta Phi during her third year.  Ms. Polk achieved Dean’s List honors for the Spring 1996 semester and American Jurisprudence Honors in Public Officials and the Law, graduating with her Juris Doctor in the Spring of 1996.

 Ms. Polk’s legal experience includes her employment as a research assistant to Roy T. Stuckey, Professor at USC Law School in 1995 and 1996.  Ms. Polk’s research provided substantive support for Professor Stuckey’s Fordham Law Review article which was published in 1995. Ms. Polk also clerked for Kenneth G. Goode in 1995.  Mr. Goode is currently a Circuit Court Judge in South Carolina.  Ms. Polk also worked as a title abstractor while attending USC Law School.

 Ms. Polk joined the South Carolina Bar in November 1996.  Over the years, her practice has focused on civil litigation, real estate, bankruptcy and mortgage foreclosure.  Ms. Polk’s bankruptcy experience includes both debtor and creditor work.  Her courtroom experience includes U.S. Bankruptcy Court, South Carolina Circuit Court, and Equity Court.  Ms. Polk has spoken to business groups, professional groups, and law students regarding bankruptcy and mortgage foreclosure and enjoys assisting corporate clients in their efforts to educate employees about various legal issues in these areas.  In 2002, Ms. Polk received a BV rating in Martindale-Hubbell.

Prior to joining the Scott Law Firm, Of Counsel, Ms. Polk represented numerous manufactured home lenders in bankruptcy matters, replevins, foreclosures, and civil litigation.  With South Carolina taking the lead as the state with the largest number of mobile homes per capita, this experience with manufactured housing law is extremely beneficial to Scott Law Firm’s clients.

 Ms. Polk’s current practice at Scott Law Firm, P.A. focuses primarily on mortgage foreclosure, including real estate title issues and contested foreclosures.  Ms. Polk is married to Michael J. Polk, a local attorney, and they have a young daughter.

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