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],

Let the deluge begin

March 7, 2011

In 2003, the South Carolina Supreme Court amended the lawyer’s oath to include a vow of “civility” towards “opposing parties and their counsel.”  In 2004, the

Ethics Opinions Every South Carolina Attorney Should Know: Part XVIII, Don’t Cut Corners on the Notary Rules

December 11, 2010

It’s pretty hard to be a litigator in South Carolina without also being a notary.  There’s affidavits and other documents that are required to be

United States Supreme Court accepts certiorari on South Carolina child support enforcement case

November 2, 2010

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court accepted certiorari on the South Carolina case of Price v. Turner,  387 S.C. 142, 691 S.E.2d 470 (2010).  The

I thought I was “taking one for the team”

September 15, 2010

For a family law attorney, having sexual relations with a client’s spouse is probably the height of (over)zealous advocacy (assuming that the spouse is the

Who you calling crazy?

August 5, 2010

Today the South Carolina Supreme Court, at the request of our state bar, promulgated new rules requiring all attorneys and judges to attend one hour

In era of DNA paternity testing, Supreme Court finally (and greatly) weakens presumption of in-wedlock paternity

July 28, 2010

“The presumption that a child born in wedlock is legitimate, although rebuttable, is one of the strongest known in the law.” Lewter by Epps v. Thompson,

The link between animal cruelty and domestic violence

June 15, 2010

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

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