Christy Rogers is a shareholder in the Saxton & StumpLabor and Employment and Business Litigation and Strategic Solutionsgroups, working out of the Charleston office. She represents employers in a wide range of employment-related matters and litigation, offering practical, business-minded counsel grounded in both law firm and in-house experience.
Christy advises clients on issues involving:
- Discrimination, harassment and retaliation
- Medical leave and disability accommodations
- Hiring, discipline and termination
- Compliance with federal and state employment laws
- Noncompete agreements and trade secret disputes
- Employment-related litigation, including ADA website claims
She previously served as senior corporate employment counsel for Michelin North America Inc., a Fortune 500 company, where she advised on personnel policies, litigation, and compliance matters. Most recently, Christy was a shareholder at Maynard Nexsen, an AmLaw 200 firm, in its Columbia, S.C., office.
Her peers and the legal community have recognized Christy for her excellence in practice. Christy was named to Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation – Labor and Employment in the 2025-2027 editions and selected to the South Carolina Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list from 2021 through 2024. She was also included in the Legal Elite of South Carolina in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
She earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she served as the first female chief justice of the Mock Trial Bar and received the bronze Compleat Lawyer Award for ethics, competence, and integrity. After law school she clerked for Senior U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. She holds a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from Clemson University and began her legal career as a litigation paralegal before attending law school.
Christy is admitted to practice in South Carolina, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
