Litigation Strategy

August 26th, 2011

Maximizing the benefit of clearing your client’s name

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 dance. This feeling typically occurs when opposing counsel makes some horrific allegation about my client–he’s a pedophile; she’s a crackhead–and expects my client to dance to dodge (disprove) these bullets (claims). […]

Of Interest to Family Court Litigants

August 24th, 2011

Court of Appeals’ opinion applies <i>Latimer</i> factors to initial custody determination

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 the relocation factors first set forth in Latimer v. Farmer, 360 S.C. 375, 602 S.E.2d 32 (2004) in a case involving an initial custody determination. McComb began when mother attempted to […]

Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct

August 22nd, 2011

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

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 it regards “testimonials” left by clients on third-party web sites noting their opinion of their attorneys. Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court modified Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1, 7.2 and […]

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