South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The respondent-associate is suspended from the practice of law after using his firm’s software to inflate the hours that he worked, resulting in an overpayment of $17,772.74 by the firm (no clients overpaid). The associate repaid the overpayment, expresses remorse ...

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The matter of physical and legal custody of the parties’ minor child has been in contention for almost six years—since the child was two months old. We regret the delay caused in part by our state’s court system and acknowledge ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations

In this case arising out of a shooting during an altercation on the lawn of a mutual friend of defendant and the victim, the trial court’s decision under the Protections of Persons and Property Act failed to make specific findings ...

Tagged with: Criminal Practice

In this case arising out of a deputy sheriff’s U-turn and two successive collisions, the original of a surveillance video from a nearby business was not produced because the video was recorded to a hard drive. A state trooper set ...

Tagged with: Tort/Negligence

When the parties entered into an October 2018 consent order to retroactively terminate the plaintiff-Father’s alimony obligation as of July 2018, there was another action pending requiring Father to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations

Before they married, decedent and the appellee-husband signed an antenuptial agreement which designated as decedent’s separate property a life insurance policy that named appellants – decedent’s children from a previous marriage – as beneficiaries. When decedent subsequently designated her new ...

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On Monday, November 7, Morgan & Morgan officially opened an office in Charleston, marking its third location in South Carolina.   This office follows the opening of the firm’s Myrtle Beach office earlier this year and Hilton Head in October 2021, ...

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Holliday Ingram, a Greenville, South Carolina-based real estate law firm, announced promotions within its leadership team for two Summerville attorneys. Bo Roberts, formerly a closing attorney, has been promoted to managing attorney of the firm’s Summerville office. The office’s prior ...

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Every successful law firm has someone (or many folks) behind the scenes who turn the gears.  It could be a paralegal, a legal assistant, or even an attorney — no matter their title, what they do is indispensable.   We like ...

Tagged with: Unsung Legal Heroes

The Supreme Court of South Carolina has appointed Lisle Traywick, an attorney at Robinson Gray law firm, to serve on the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization, according to a news release from the firm. The Commission is the ...

Tagged with: Robinson Gray S.C. Supreme Court