Maximizing the benefit of clearing your client’s name

August 26, 2011

I sometime envision opposing counsel in highly contentious domestic litigation as a bullying gunslinger, shooting bullets at my client’s feet and demanding that my client

Blowback, specks and planks

August 25, 2011

Only inexperienced or unthinking family law attorneys take aggressive action against an opposing party without expecting blowback against their client.  It’s animal nature to strike

What part of don’t don’t you understand

August 25, 2011

Friend and colleague Mary Jane (M.J.) Goodwin suggested I blog on the propriety of citing unpublished appellate opinions as legal authority in other cases.  Are

Should parents ever agree to court-ordered college support in South Carolina?

August 24, 2011

Even before Webb v. Sowell, 387 S.C. 328, 692 S.E.2d 543 (2010), overruled Risinger v. Risinger, 273 S.C. 36, 253 S.E.2d 652 (1979), and held

Court of Appeals’ opinion applies Latimer factors to initial custody determination

August 24, 2011

Today’s South Carolina Court of Appeals opinion in McComb v. Conard, 394 S.C. 416, 715 S.E.2d 662 (Ct. App. 2011), approved the family court’s use of

South Carolina Supreme Court modifies Rules of Professional Conduct on lawyer advertising and client “testimonials”

August 22, 2011

I have previously criticized how the Office of Disciplinary Counsel was interpreting the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct as it relates to attorney advertising, especially as

Turn the other cheek!

August 21, 2011

As a Jew I don’t believe in Christ’s divinity; however, I certainly believe in his wisdom. Perhaps the wisest of Christ’s counsel: Turn the Other

Should separation be required for a separate maintenance action?

August 21, 2011

In April 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of Eileen Frances Theresa Busto Theisen v. Clifford Richard Theisen.  According

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