FLORENCE, S.C. â Kevin Barth and William Bill Hatfield are the 2020 recipients of the Judge Ralph King Anderson II Award from the Florence County Bar.Â
Anderson, a retired court of appeals judge and former state legislator, presented the awards at the bar association s annual meeting at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center Thursday afternoon.Â
Both Barth and Hatfield have personal connections with Anderson.Â
Barth, a partner at Barth Ballinger and Lewis, graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1982 and was Anderson s law clerk for a year afterward.Â
He shared two stories about his time with the judge â he called him a mentor and a lifelong friend â during his speech.Â