Michael McDorman has over 43 years of trial experience in the Lake of the Ozarks region. Over the course of his career he has tried both civil and criminal cases. The range of his trial experience is tremendous. While he now limits his criminal practice, he has successfully defended individuals from misdemeanor traffic violations to 1st degree murder charges.

As a founding partner of our law firm, John O. McDougall hosts over 40 years of experience practicing law in South Carolina. He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1971, and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in the same year. In addition to his work with McDougall, Self, Currence & McLeod, LLP, he is also a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the South Carolina Association for Justice. John O. McDougall is the second lawyer to be president of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and the South Carolina Bar Association within the history of the two organizations. He is also the only lawyer limiting his practice to matrimonial law to be president of the South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association and the South Carolina Bar Association. John O. McDougall has been nominated as one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White, Inc. since 1991.

As a partner and trial attorney at Nachawati, Darren focuses primarily on representing individuals injured or killed by others' negligence. A renowned veteran of state and federal cases all over the United States, Darren has tried various cases to verdict. Notably, he co-chaired Lloyd S. Garvin, et al v. AGCO Corporation a/k/a Allis Chalmers Company et al, which resulted in a judgment against various equipment manufacturers for an individual suffering from testicular mesothelioma. The verdict was a first of its kind and one of the highest monetary awards in South Carolina in 2013. Darren is an invited member of the American Academy of Trial Attorneys, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and was voted by his peers to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list from 2006-2009. Additionally, he is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. In his free time, Darren enjoys traveling with his wife and two children and volunteering as a football and baseball coach. He has also served on the board of Cafe Momentum, a non-profit restaurant providing jobs and life skills for at-risk youth.

Mr. McElroy focuses his practice in the areas of family wealth preservation, probate and trust litigation, and family business succession. Twenty-five years of extensive experience form the foundation for his work with individuals and business owners. He takes pride in efficiently and creatively addressing his client’s objectives, which range from wills and trusts to creating sophisticated structures to meet client’s wealth transfer and asset protection goals.

Area of Practice: Investigations Miss McEvoy began her investigative career at the Law Offices of Euclid F. Maggiani in 1999. In 2005, she moved to Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP, where she served as an investigator in its Business Intelligence Services practice and acted as a liaison with clients in the U.S. Intelligence Community and Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Before founding Quilligence, she served as the Director of Research and Investigations at a boutique investigations consultancy. Miss McEvoy has consulted with a vast portfolio of law firms, accounting firms, commercial and public sector clients on investigations relating to litigation, business partnerships, fraud and foreign corruption, and other regulatory matters; she specializes on investigations involving fraud, national security, hidden assets, and visualization of complex business networks. Miss McEvoy is a licensed attorney and holds a Juris Doctorate from St. John’s University of Law in New York; a B.A. in Political Science from Marist College in New York; and a Certificate of Foreign Policy from American University in Washington, D.C. She holds active high level national security clearances.