Should “vile” blogging be a basis for lawyer discipline?

January 9, 2013

A news release posted yesterday on the South Carolina Judicial Department website links to a cover story in the ABA Journal, “You’re Out of Order!

South Carolina Supreme Court amends Rules of Professional Conduct to address the charging of advance fees by lawyers

July 30, 2012

Today the South Carolina Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct to address the charging of advance fees by lawyers.  Given recent

A lawyer again for twenty-one days

June 29, 2012

Earlier this month a South Carolina attorney was reinstated to the practice of law after being suspended for six months.  Exactly three weeks later he

Tips for drafting a response to your first grievance

March 30, 2012

An attorney I am informally mentoring just received her first letter from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (OCD).  As everyone in family law knows, grievances

No more Mr. Nice Guy

February 16, 2012

So far in the month of February, 2012 the South Carolina Supreme Court has issued six decisions, five of which were attorney disciplinary opinions.  While

Supreme Court tells family court attorneys: don’t have sexual relations with your clients

February 1, 2012

While I’ve never considered it a gray area whether it was permissible for attorneys to have sexual relations with their domestic clients (except when representing

Hursey disciplinary opinion opens door to unwarranted oversight of attorneys’ social networking usage

December 19, 2011

Having read today’s Supreme Court opinion, In the Matter of Michael T. Hursey, Jr., 395 S.C. 527, 719 S.E.2d 670 (2011), I would like to kick Mr. Hursey’s behind

The Citadel sexual abuse cover up(s)

December 3, 2011

I find myself in an awkward position in which my friend, Charleston Post & Courier reporter Glenn Smith, is investigating and writing about a colleague

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