Don’t let your kids become pinball wizards
December 18, 2018
I have no desire to mine the legislative history to determine when and why some South Carolina legislator decided he needed to save our state’s
Defending the client’s deposition
December 1, 2018
An attorney tasked with defending a client’s deposition is doing most of the work prior to the deposition. While I have a frequently asked question
Court of Appeals addresses valuation of a closely held business
November 28, 2018
The November 28, 2018 Court of Appeals opinion in Clark v. Clark, 423 S.C. 596, 815 S.E.2d 772 (Ct. App. 2018), is one more data
There is no formula to predict South Carolina alimony obligations
November 28, 2018
There’s a chart circulating amongst South Carolina family law attorneys that lists most of the published alimony opinions and has columns for the amount of
The Silver Anniversary of my law practice
November 18, 2018
Today, November 18, 2018, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of opening my own law practice. It was a somewhat compelled decision that ended up being among
November 10, 2018
Earlier this week I received what may be one of the bigger complements of my career. A fellow member of the local family court bar
Even in South Carolina, corporal punishment is becoming highly problematic
November 7, 2018
When I first started practicing family law in South Carolina a quarter century ago, “Spare the Rod; Spoil the Child” was a biblically sanctioned cultural
The pessimistic defendant’s attorney
November 6, 2018
I suspect I lose a lot of business by projecting a pessimistic outlook when first meeting with Defendants in family law cases. While many litigants
