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Chris B. Staubes Jr.

A founding member of Clawson & Staubes, Chris served as chair of the general law, real estate, Estate Planning and Administration section of the firm. His practice was a general one, with emphasis on complex real estate and commercial transactions, 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange transactions, title insurance, Estate Planning and Administration. He is now Of Counsel to the firm.

 

Chris has served as chair of the real estate section of the South Carolina Bar. Chris has been actively involved in real estate and has owned and subdivided several rural tracts of land. Five historical buildings he renovated received the Preservation Society of Charleston’s Carolopolis Award. Chris has also managed apartment complexes with two to 15 units. He constructed and managed the commercial office buildings at 291 East Bay Street in Charleston, 304 Meeting Street and 310 Meeting Street. He also managed both the development of 100 Calhoun Street and the construction of the 68,000-square-foot office building on that site.

 

A Charleston native, Chris graduated from the High School of Charleston, Wofford College, and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He served in the United States Army as a JAG Officer with experience as a government prosecutor, chief of claims and chief of legal assistance. He is a retired Army Reserve officer.

 

He is active in church and civil affairs, is an elder at Second Presbyterian Church and president of the church corporation. He has served as president of the Harleston Village Association, commander of American Legion Post 10, president of the Association for the Blind, president of the Sertoma Club of Charleston and a trustee of the Magnolia Cemetery Trust.

 

Chris has more than 35 years of experience as a practicing attorney in the field of real estate, and has numerous real estate investments for which he has primary management responsibility.

 

 

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Areas of Practice

Estate Planning & Administration

 

Education

University of South Carolina

Juris Doctorate,1969

 

Wofford College

Associate Bachelors, 1966

 

Bar Admissions

South Carolina Bar, 1969

U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1979

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

City of Charleston Redevelopment and

Preservation Commission, 1978-1985

Charleston County Bar Association

(vice chairman, real estate section, 1988)

American Bar Association

South Carolina Bar (chairman, real estate section, 1986-1987)

Lt. Col., JAGC, USAR, 1969-

Special Legal Assistance Officer

Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate and Corporations