Generous but dishonest act gets attorney public reprimand
November 7, 2011
Since attorneys go into the legal profession because they want to help people, it’s hard to tell clients that they cannot be helped. It takes
More mixed signals from South Carolina Supreme Court on handling flat fees
September 13, 2011
The September 12, 2011 public reprimand issued by the South Carolina Supreme Court in In the Matter of Michael James Sarratt, 394 S.C. 209, 715
August 22, 2011
I have previously criticized how the Office of Disciplinary Counsel was interpreting the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct as it relates to attorney advertising, especially as
May 11, 2011
As someone who has an expansive web site and blog devoted, in part, to marketing my family law practice, I am highly interested in Supreme
Thomas McDow’s annotated attorney’s oath
April 29, 2011
From guest blogger, Thomas F. McDow of the Law Office of Thomas F. McDow in Rock Hill, South Carolina Attorney’s Oath, Mandated by Rule 402(k), SCACR I do
Obligated to be civil to the uncivil
April 25, 2011
The April 25, 2011 Supreme Court opinion, In the Matter of Anonymous Member of the South Carolina Bar, 392 S.C. 328, 709 S.E.2d 633 (2011), is
The court news that’s always sad news
April 15, 2011
One thing I try to impress upon every new attorney I mentor is the need to protect one’s law licence from disciplinary concerns. Wednesday, I
That’s one trend I won’t be following
April 11, 2011
On February 7, 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court publicly reprimanded J. Cameron Halford for mishandling funds in his trust account. Today [April 11, 2011],
