MG&C Law

J. Russell (Rusty) 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 Council on Litigation Management, the South Carolina Bar and its Workers’ Compensation and Labor and Employment Law Sections, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association, and the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. He is the Past Chair of the South Carolina Bar’s Section of Workers’ Compensation and presently serves on the association's board of directors. Mr. Goudelock has also served as President of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. Additionally, he served as Treasurer  and board member 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-insureds and insurance carriers. Mr. Goudelock is one of the South Carolina attorneys practicing workers’ compensation law named in The Best Lawyers in America and was also listed in the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 editions of South Carolina Super Lawyers. He was recently honored by South Carolina Lawyers Weekly with the 2012 Leadership in Law Award. Mr. Goudelock was honored in 2012 with the Lifetime Service Award, given by the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association.

Professional Associations & Memberships

South Carolina Bar - Member, Section on Employment and Labor Law
South Carolina Bar Workers' Compensation Section - Past Chair
South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Association - Board of Directors; Past President
Defense Research Institute - Member, Committees on Workers' Compensation and Employment Law
South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association - Member
Kids Chance of South Carolina - Past Chair; Past Board Member
Council on Litigation Mangement - Member