Cynthia Durham Blair NTP

Attorney/Member
Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC

Cynthia Durham Blair is one of the founding members of the law firm of Blair Cato Pickren Casterline, LLC, which opened its doors in December 2014. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of residential and commercial real estate.

Cynthia graduated from Florida State University (BS 1990), the University of South Carolina School of Law (JD 1992) and the University of South Carolina School of Business (MIBS 1995). She was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1993 and admitted to practice law in Florida in 1995. She is also admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the District of South Carolina, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Florida.

Cynthia is very involved in the real estate industry, both locally and nationally. She is a Past President of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) and served on ALTA’s Board of Governors for six years. She is also very active in other ALTA committees and task forces. She is a past-chair of the Real Estate Section Council for the South Carolina Bar. Additionally, she is serving on the Board of Directors of the Mortgage Bankers Association of the Carolinas and is a member of the Palmetto Land Title Association (PLTA), the Mortgage Lenders Association of Greater Columbia (MLAGC) and the Building Industry Association of Greater Columbia (BIA). She has served on the boards of and is a past-President of both PLTA and MLAGC. Cynthia is currently serving as a member of the Richland County Board of Assessment Appeals.

She has an A/V Preeminent Peer Rating for the highest level of professional excellence in MartindaleHubbell and is the recipient of several prestigious professional awards including the 2013 Leadership in Law Award from the SC Lawyers Weekly, the Gold Compleat Lawyer Award from the University of South Carolina School of Law and the J. Lee McDonald award for outstanding service to the title industry. She is a graduate of the Leadership South Carolina Class of 2012.

Cynthia is a frequent speaker on real estate and real estate-related topics at CLE and other real estate industry seminars around the country.

She resides in Columbia, SC with her two children and has one dog and four cats so she now qualifies as a crazy cat lady. Cynthia enjoys reading fiction, cooking, traveling, Florida State Seminole and University of South Carolina Gamecock football.