About Karen R.
Karen R. McManaway is an attorney licensed to practice in South Carolina who has built a career that includes mediation and active bar association involvement. Her background blends legal training with study in environmental resource management. She is known among colleagues for steady courtroom preparation and a methodical approach to resolving disputes.
McManaway's academic path began with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Public Relations from the University of Southern Indiana. She later earned a Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law. She also completed graduate study in earth and environmental resource management at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Those studies give her an uncommon mix of legal and environmental perspectives in cases that touch on land and family matters.
She is a member of the South Carolina legal community and has been active in professional groups for many years. McManaway joined the South Carolina Bar Association and the Greenville Bar Association in 2007. She became involved with the South Carolina Association for Justice in 2016 and maintains that membership today. Between 2009 and 2013 she served as the Upstate representative on the board of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association, a role that involved outreach and programming for women in the profession.
Her credentials include certification as a Family Law Mediator through the South Carolina Bar Association. That qualification allows her to conduct court-referred and private mediations in family disputes. In practice she handles negotiations on issues such as custody, visitation, support, and the equitable division of assets. She approaches mediation with an emphasis on clear communication and pragmatic solutions that clients can implement.
Colleagues describe McManaway as methodical and steady. She has balanced mediation work with case preparation and advocacy when matters proceed to litigation. Memberships in both statewide and local bar groups have kept her connected to developments in family law and trial practice, and they have offered opportunities for continuing education and collaboration.
McManaway has combined legal work and environmental study in ways that shape her view of some property and family issues. She has not limited her practice to a single niche; instead she uses mediation, negotiation and, when necessary, litigation tools to address each client's circumstances.
She continues to practice in South Carolina and maintains active memberships in the South Carolina Bar Association and the Greenville Bar Association. Her current practice focuses on family law mediation and related matters.
