October 30, 2009
My wife, Karen Klickstein-Forman, LISW-CP, and I co-mediated our first cases today, mediating three abuse and neglect cases in the Charleston County Family Court, completely
October 29, 2009
80° sunny day in Charleston and my morning calendar fell apart...so I decided to do lunch at my second grader’s school. After lunch I organized
Entrepreneurial cognizance within the professions
October 29, 2009
Last week Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist, wrote a piece describing the current recession as largely caused by
October 28, 2009
I am not one of those lucky souls who can speak extemporaneously in perfectly coherent paragraphs. Thus, when conducting cross-examinations, I am not surprised when
October 28, 2009
A few months ago I blogged on the concept that a child’s minority only lasts for 216 months and that the number of months of
October 28, 2009
The Court of Appeals’ decision in South Carolina Department of Social Services v. C.H., L.K., T.M. and D.M., 386 S.C. 58, 685 S.E.2d 835 (2009), reversed the
How to deal with the witness who, on cross-examination, loses the ability to answer questions
October 28, 2009
One of the things I am enjoying about mentoring newly-licensed attorneys is the opportunity to share little tips on how to deal with common litigation
Emergency hearings versus expedited hearings
October 23, 2009
Unlike a number of my family law brethren, I seek few emergency hearings; unlike almost all of my family law brethren, I seek many expedited