Attorney Dean Porter
A founding partner of the Porter Law Firm, LLC, Dean Porter has experience in combining his legal knowledge and business expertise in a variety of legal and business ventures. Attorney Porter is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorney (NAELA) and was also associated with the John Deere Family Office in New York and later served as President and General Counsel to Somerset Holdings. Somerset Holdings was a private investment firm which represented high net worth investors and provided restructuring counsel and capital for troubled and bankrupt companies. Between 1981 and 1992, Mr. Porter held several high level investment positions. He served as President and General Counsel to the Sconset Group, a private investment firm which created and financed new ventures and structured and raised debt and equity. The Sconset Group was also the director/principal of start-up companies in energy, technology equipment, and commercial fishing. Mr. Porter also co-authored "Leveraged Buyout Financing," an article published in the Handbook of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts. Mr. Porter shared his investment acumen with the U.S. House of Representatives in 1985 when he testified about Space Commercialization.
Born: Newark, New Jersey, April 27, 1949
Admitted: 1976, Ohio; 1993, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, South Carolina
Law School: Case Western Reserve University, J.D., 1974
College: Columbia University, B.A., 1971
Member: Charleston County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar.
Practice Areas: Elder Law; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Guardianships; Trusts & Estates; Business Law; Corporate Law | 
