Lying to your attorney makes your case more difficult and more expensive
May 26, 2016
With every contested case, I sit my client across the desk, look him or her in the eye, and give some variation on the following
May 20, 2016
Clients, and the young attorneys I mentor, often ask me to render an opinion on their cases when their cases have just started. Specifically clients
March 11, 2016
Where’s the time machine that a sizable portion of family law clients, and potential clients, think I have? My colleagues inform me that their clients
Don’t end a long-term marriage unless you’re ready to amputate
February 24, 2016
I spend a bit of time talking folks in long-term marriages out of separating from a spouse with whom they are unhappy. It’s amazing how
December 4, 2015
If a client retains me at the beginning of the litigation process it will typically take at least six months, and more likely a year
Abandoning children but fighting termination of parental rights
November 30, 2015
I recently took a phone call from a mother who’d just been served with termination of parental rights (TPR)/stepmother adoption action. A few years earlier
The risk of sending South Carolina family law clients to counseling
September 9, 2015
Many family law clients in the initial stage of custody or divorce litigation could benefit from counseling. Whether it is developing better coping methods for
Trial: Fun for me (for you maybe not so much)
September 5, 2015
When I counsel clients that they should take a settlement offer I am often met with the response, “I want to go to trial.” Many
