Do you prefer pop quizzes or open book exams?
March 18, 2023
A sizable minority of my clients still prefer the telephone over email to get their questions answered. I certainly understand the desire of dialogue to
In a dysfunctional parenting relationship, there’s better than even odds that you’re the problem
March 4, 2023
Most of my contested custody litigation, especially those requiring trial, involve parents in a dysfunctional co-parenting relationship. The inability of these parents to get along
Bluntness with clients is an act of respect
February 24, 2023
If I am blunt with clients (and I often am), it reflects a belief that their goals will be more likely achieved if their behavior
How a family court client can assist counsel during trial
February 14, 2023
This is part two of a two-part blog inspired/encouraged by a client whose custody case I tried this week. Whereas part-one focused on what the
February 12, 2023
This is part one of a two-part blog inspired/encouraged by a client whose custody case I tried this week. Throughout the process she found trial
Best practice is to blind courtesy-copy clients on emails to opposing counsel
November 30, 2022
I have long believed it to be best practice to courtesy copy clients on all emails one sends in that client’s case. Doing so helps
Maybe you’re simply a bad parent
November 22, 2022
A sizable portion of my initial consults are with parents frustrated in achieving their custody or visitation goals in the family court. Often these parents
How being my clients’ fiduciary impacts my practice
April 16, 2022
Comment one to Rule 1.15 of the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct make attorneys fiduciaries for their clients. For those not familiar with the
