Applying Family Court Rule 27 to line jump the docket on visitation enforcement

Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Custody, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific, Visitation

I met with a father earlier this week for a consult.  He mentioned that he had gone five months without seeing his teenage daughter and

The link between animal cruelty and domestic violence

Posted Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Protection from Domestic Abuse, South Carolina Appellate Decisions

When I was in my late teens my best friend was a brilliant, iconoclastic, Catholic, conservative, whose parents has escaped Communist Poland and lived in

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XVII, Anything Can Lead to Discipline but the Supreme Court is Not Your Adversary

Posted Monday, June 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

This is the final ethics lesson I wish to impart to my mentees, though I intend to add to this series in the future as

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XVI, Not Reporting Substantial Misconduct

Posted Monday, June 14th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

Thomas McDow made the excellent suggestion that I do a column on the Rule 8.3 duty to report professional misconduct.  It was a failure on

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XV, Using Purloined Evidence

Posted Sunday, June 13th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

Had I been a member of the South Carolina Supreme Court in June 2008, I would have voted for In Re Wood, 378 S.C. 632, 663

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XIV, Don’t Steal From Your Trust Account

Posted Saturday, June 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

How much money is in your trust account?  Would you sell your law license for it? Theft of client or third-party funds from one’s trust

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XIII, Keep Track of Your Trust Account

Posted Saturday, June 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

Every South Carolina  attorney or law firm that will be handling client or third-party funds is required to have a an IOLTA account (Interest on

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XII, Letting Your Paralegal Practice Law

Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

It took mere months of legal practice for me to determine that the time I spent managing a paralegal was taking away from time I

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XI, Misusing Influence

Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

The powers that lawyers have are substantial.  We can use our training to influence policy in all three branches of government.  We can use our

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part X, Having Sex with Clients

Posted Friday, June 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Rules of Professional (Lawyer) Conduct, South Carolina Specific

Much harm can come to an attorney who has a sexual relationship with a client.  South Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8(m) states: A lawyer

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