Using prior consistent statements to bolster credibility
February 23, 2013
A few years ago I was court appointed in a Department of Social Services abuse and neglect case as the lawyer for a twelve year
Seeking procedural relief before seeking substantive temporary relief
February 23, 2013
My colleagues frequently recount war stories in which their attempts to obtain substantive relief on a temporary basis early in the case failed while subsequent
Supreme Court alters equitable distribution award and reverses reservation of alimony
February 21, 2013
N.B., on May 8, 2013, the South Carolina Supreme Court slightly modified its original opinion. For more information read Supreme Court reconsiders equitable distribution of marital
What becomes of a transmuted waterfront lot?
February 20, 2013
In my almost four years of blogging about every reported South Carolina appellate decision from family court and over fifteen years of handling family law
Considerations in reconciliation
February 18, 2013
Occasionally separated spouses in marital dissolution actions attempt to reconcile. Even though it’s bad for my business when they do so, I generally encourage reconciliation
February 12, 2013
Unbeknownst to me until last week, on December 2, 2012 the South Carolina Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of Moeller v. Moeller, 394
Presiding over the decline in the legal profession
February 5, 2013
Between my work as a volunteer attorney mentor, being asked by a Philippine attorney working on a book about legal career paths to describe mine,
Is habitual and flaunted jaywalking “conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice”
February 5, 2013
Recently South Carolina’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) has taken action against attorneys for their activities outside the context of actual cases if these acts
