Andrea “Andi” Cornelison was a media personality in Columbia prior to law school and has practiced law in the Columbia area for more than 20 years. While working as a morning show personality at WCOS radio, she won the 1997 Country Music Association’s medium market radio “Personality of the Year” and served on the S.C. Associated Press Board of Directors.
While at USC Law School, Andi won multiple awards for writing and best performance in class, graduated with honors and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Journal. She practiced for more than 17 years at an Am-Law 100 corporate defense firm primarily in business litigation, product liability and class action matters, where she won the firm’s pro bono services award.
Andi then transitioned to small firm practice serving individual clients in family law, small business litigation and estate planning. She has a passion for community service and has graduated from Leadership Columbia, served as committee chair for the S.C. Bar Young Lawyer’s Division, served on the Board of Directors for Trustus Theatre, and helped start and facilitate a DivorceCare ministry and Sunday school group at Chapin United Methodist Church. She strives to be problem solver and serve clients in their legacy planning with genuine integrity and care.
Andi is delighted to serve her neighbors in Bluffton to build their legacy plans. Andi has practiced estate planning for several years, partnering with families to meet their relational and financial goals in designing and drafting comprehensive packages for trusts, wills, and powers of attorney. Her new office is located at 110 Traders Cross Road, Okatie, SC, five minutes from Sun City Hilton Head, where she lives. Andi also does free home visits and consultations in Bluffton.
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning: Trusts, Wills and Powers of Attorney
Professional Associations and Memberships
- South Carolina Bar Association, Member
- Wealthcounsel Member
Education
- University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
- Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude. 2000
- Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Real Property Probate and Trust Journal
- 6 CALI awards for best performance in class
- Order of the Coif (Top 10%)
- John Belton O’Neal Inn of Court
- Outstanding Senior Research Paper Award 2000 (awarded by the S.C. Supreme Court)
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- BA, Cum Laude: Broadcast Journalism and International Studies, 1989
- National Merit Scholar
Community Service
- Chapin Christian Community Church
- DivorceCare ministry facilitator
- Sunday School facilitator
- Leadership Columbia, Class 2000
- S.C. Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division
- Chair: Bar Tab Newsletter, Winner of ABA Newsletter of the Year
- Chair: Lunch and Learn Committee
- Trustus Theatre, Columbia, S.C., Board member 2001-2003
