CORRECTION: 5/22/2013, 11:00 a.m. EDT. The sixth paragraph of this story misstated the date of Moore & Van Allen’s opening in Charleston. We regret the error.

Adams and Reese is the latest Am Law 200 firm to set up shop in South Carolina, announcing Tuesday its combination with 23-lawyer general practice shop Ellis, Lawhorne & Sims in the Palmetto State’s capital city of Columbia.