Baxter Lindsay Crawford, IV (Lindsay) grew up in Columbia, South Carolina as the son of two local attorneys. After leaving the state to pursue his undergraduate education at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he received his B.A. in History and Economics in 2011, Lindsay returned home to attend the University of South Carolina School of Law where he graduated in 2014. Lindsay was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2014 and is admitted to practice in the state of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Lindsay was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2022.
After graduating law school in 2014, Lindsay clerked for the Honorable George C. James, Jr. on the South Carolina Circuit Court from 2014 to 2015 in Sumter, South Carolina. When his clerkship ended in the summer of 2015, Lindsay made a cross-country move to follow his then fiancé, Nellie, to Portland, Oregon, where she had been transferred for her role. Lindsay and Nellie ended their western adventures in April of 2016 when Lindsay joined Crawford & von Keller, LLC as their newest associate in Columbia, South Carolina.
Once he returned to Columbia, Lindsay began his career primarily in the firm’s collections group, and he has managed that group for the past several years. Lindsay also practices extensively in the Landlord-Tenant practice area and manages the day-to-day operations of that group within the firm. Lindsay also practices with and supports all other areas of practice within the firm, especially the foreclosure and replevin practice areas. In March of 2020 Lindsay was made a Member Attorney with the firm.
Lindsay is on the board for, and actively volunteers with, Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina’s Young Professional Auxiliary and is on the Alumni Counsel for his high school alma mater, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School.
Lindsay now lives in Columbia, South Carolina, with his wife, Nellie, their two children, Baxter and Mary Nell, and their dog Jackson.
Recognition
• 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation – Banking and Finance.
Areas of Practice
• Creditors Rights
• Landlord-Tenant Law
• Collections (consumer and commercial)
• Foreclosure (residential and commercial)
• Replevins/repossessions
• Structured Settlement Transfers
• Real Estate
• Bankruptcy
Bar Admissions
• South Carolina, 2014
• United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, 2016
• North Carolina, 2022
Memberships
• South Carolina Bar
o Young Lawyers Division
• Richland County Bar
• South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association
• North Carolina Bar
Education
• University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, South Carolina
o J.D. – 2014
• Washington and Lee University
o B.A. – 2011
o Major: History and Economics
Crawford & von Keller, LLC, d/b/a Crawford & von Keller, PLLC in North Carolina, is a full-service creditors’ rights and Landlord-Tenant law firm practicing in the areas of bankruptcy, foreclosure, collections, evictions, landlord-tenant disputes, real estate, structured settlement transfers and litigation stemming from any of the aforementioned practice areas. The firm also provides loss mitigation and REO services.
The firm has extensive experience with creditor’s rights and landlord-tenant issues in South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as title curative issues and other housing related issues. Lindsay Crawford III is certified by the South Carolina Supreme Court as a specialist in Bankruptcy Debtor and Creditor Law and Ted von Keller has litigated and argued numerous cases before the SC Court of Appeals, SC Supreme Court and the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lindsay Crawford IV is licensed in both North and South Carolina and has extensive experience in creditors’ rights and landlord-tenant issues throughout both states. He was also recently recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation – Banking and Finance.
The firm opened an office in North Carolina in 2021, hiring Benjamin Barco to manage this new office and the North Carolina practice. Our firm represents clients in all 100 North Carolina counties on a variety of issues. Ben has over 14 years of experience with creditor’s rights issues in NC, and has represented lending and servicing institutions in bankruptcies, contested foreclosures, collections, evictions, and loss mitigation resolution.
CVK Attorneys are frequent speakers in CLE’s, client classes for specific various procedures and laws as well as educating their staff.
CVK has 8 in-house attorneys and one attorney of counsel, and its attorneys appear in all Courts throughout the States of North and South Carolina.
Crawford & von Keller, LLC only represent creditors.
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