Sandbagging opposing counsel: don’t do it
February 28, 2011
A colleague came to me today seeking advice. Opposing counsel had served her client with a rule to show cause but the service hadn’t been
Maybe we’re taking the deference to the family court judge’s credibility determinations too far?
February 25, 2011
The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate
Family law CLE on Handling your first…
February 23, 2011
Natalie Bluestein and I have decided to organize and moderate a continuing legal education program aimed at recently licensed attorneys who practice in family court.
He got what he wanted but lost what he had
February 23, 2011
Little Richard threatened to title his yet-unwritten autobiography, “He got what he wanted but lost what he had,” after his 1962 single of the same
Hit the crack pipe, not the bong?
February 17, 2011
At a family law lecture yesterday, I came to the realization that most South Carolina family law attorneys believe there is a ground for divorce
February 13, 2011
I had the pleasure yesterday of attending the wedding of one of my legal colleagues, Allen Mastantuno, and his new bride, Blair O’Briant. I’ve gotten
Making the defendant testify in the plaintiff’s case-in-chief
February 12, 2011
I have never understood the general preference of litigants and attorneys to be the plaintiff in family court proceedings. “You get to go first,” is
The men don’t know but the little girls understand[1] (or, I took my nine year old daughter to a rave and neither of us ended up regretting it)
February 11, 2011
A desire to participate in communal ecstatic experiences would appear to be an innate part of human existence. Almost every culture in every time has