Sean P. Markham

Mr. Markham is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law and has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the Charleston School of Law in 2007 and East Carolina University with a BSBA in Managerial Finance. Mr. Markham worked as an associate at the McCarthy Law Firm, LLC, a boutique bankruptcy law firm in Columbia South Carolina. From 2008 to 2014 his practice was focused on representing debtors in the most complex bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy workouts. In 2014 Sean started his own bankruptcy law firm in Charleston, South Carolina. In his practice Sean handles a wide range of business and consumer insolvency matters. Sean’s practice is varied and includes bankruptcy matters, collections, settlement negotiations, and other matters related to debtor/creditor law. Sean’s broad range of bankruptcy representation includes representing debtors and creditors in Chapters 7 (liquidation), 11 (reorganization), and 13 (consumer reorganization). Sean’s experience also includes representing large corporate debtors, corporate creditors, banks, unsecured creditors’ committees, trustees and liquidating creditors trusts. In 2020, he became an employee of Schuerger. He provides the firm with expertise in the areas of creditor’s rights and bankruptcy legal services in North and South Carolina.

Education

East Carolina University BSBA Managerial Finance 2004
Charleston School of Law, JD 2007

Professional Associations

• South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyers Association (2018 Committee Chair and frequent speaker)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (2016-2017 Communications Manager for the Ethics & Professional Compensation Committee)

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of South Carolina
• State Bar of North Carolina
• US District Courts – District of South Carolina and Northern, Eastern & Western
• Districts of North Carolina
• US District Bankruptcy Courts – District of South Carolina