Elizabeth K. von Keller Scheper
Attorney in Columbia, South Carolina
Associate | |
phone | (803) 765-2935 |
fax | (866) 347-3906 |
Ms. Von Keller Scheper was born and raised in Blythewood, South Carolina. She was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2018.
Elizabeth graduated from Wofford College in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Spanish. She graduated cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2018, obtaining her juris doctor and her Children’s Law Concentration. She was awarded membership into the Order of Wig and Robe and served as the Senior Article Editor of the South Carolina Law Review. Through her seat on the Executive Board of Phi Delta Phi, Elizabeth served on the planning committee for the 2018 Faculty Auction, the law school’s annual event that raises money for the James L. Petigru Public Interest Law Society Summer Fellowship Program.
Elizabeth began clerking with the Finkel Law Firm in 2016 and remained with the firm until she graduated law school. After graduation, Elizabeth served as the judicial law clerk for the Honorable Grace G. Knie in Spartanburg, SC. She returned to the Finkel Law Firm as an associate attorney in 2019 and joined the firm’s Social Security Disability Department, helping claimants across the state obtain their benefits.
Elizabeth’s compassion and drive to serve those in her community lead her to a greater focus on family law representation. Her dedication to her clients and proven success in bringing their cases to a fair resolution earned her the 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America recognition.
When not practicing law, Elizabeth enjoys traveling, cheering on the Wofford Terrier’s basketball team, spending time with her husband and their dog – Loki, and attending kickboxing classes.
Areas of Practice:
- Family Law/Divorce
- Social Security Disability
Bar Admissions:
- South Carolina, 2018
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2019
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2020
Education:
- The University Of South Carolina School of Law, 2018
- Juris Doctor
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Honors: Order of Wig and Robe
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: CALI (American Jurisprudence) Award: Torts
- Honors: South Carolina Law Review, Senior Article Editor
- Honors: Best Oralist, Legal Research and Writing, Spring 2016
- Phi Alpha Delta, Justice (2016-2017); Secretary (2017-2018)
- Phi Delta Phi, Secretary
- John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court, Member
- Wofford College, 2015
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Honors: Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Fraternity Chair
- Universidad de Alcalá, Instituto Franklin, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Spring 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- South Carolina Bar
- South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors, 2023-2025
- South Carolina Young Lawyers Division
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR)
Fraternities/Sororities:
- Delta Delta Delta
Honors and Awards:
- 2024 Legal Elite in SC in Family Law by Greenville Business Magazine, Columbia Business Monthly, Charleston Business Magazine and B2B: The Grand Strand, 2024
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2024 & 2025
- Super Lawyers: Rising Stars, 2024
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