MG&C Law

J. Russell Goudelock, II

Columbia, SC Office

Mr. Goudelock practices in the areas of workers’ compensation and employment law.

He graduated from The Citadel with a degree in business administration and obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Goudelock is a member of the South Carolina Bar and its Workers’ Compensation and Labor and Employment Law Sections, the American Bar Association, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association, and the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. He is the Immediate Past Chair of the South Carolina Bar’s Section of Workers’ Compensation. Mr. Goudelock also serves as President of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. Additionally, he serves as Treasurer for Kids’ Chance of South Carolina, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to children of injured workers. Mr. Goudelock is a member of the Defense Research Institute’s Committees on Workers’ Compensation Law and Employment Law. He regularly lectures before various organizations on issues related to workers’ compensation and employment law and frequently appears before the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission and in state courts representing employers, self-insured and insurance carriers. Mr. Goudelock is one of the South Carolina attorneys practicing workers’ compensation law named in The Best Lawyers in America.

Professional Associations & Memberships

American Bar Association - Member
South Carolina Bar - Member, Section on Employment and Labor Law
South Carolina Bar Workers' Compensation Section - Immediate Past Chair
South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association - President
Defense Research Institute - Member, Committees on Workers' Compensation and Employment Law
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association - Member
Kids Chance of South Carolina - Treasurer