Some successful people make themselves easy to resent. They’re too accomplished, too perfect, too happy with themselves for being perfectly accomplished. The 2015 South Carolina Lawyer of the Year does not have this problem. Cal Watson accepted the ...
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Gallivan, White & Boyd has elected Jared Simms and Tom Vanderbloemen as shareholders. Simms’ practice focuses on the defense of employment and workers’ compensation matters. He leads the firm’s North Carolina workers compensation practice. Vanderbloemen is part of the firm’s ...
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James M. Whalen has joined Richardson Plowden & Robinson as an associate attorney in the firm’s Charleston office. Whalen is a member of the Richardson Plowden general litigation practice group. He earned his law degree from the University of South ...
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Read More »Gov. Haley names director of troubled DSS
COLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has named the director of The Girls Center at Clemson University as her choice to lead South Carolina’s troubled Department of Social Services. Haley’s announcement Monday of Susan Alford comes six months after the ...
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Read More »Charleston dedicating park to abuse prevention 
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The City of Charleston is joining with child protection groups in dedicating a small park in the South Carolina city’s historic district. Mayor Joe Riley joins representatives of the Lowcountry Children’s Center and the Children’s Trust ...
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Read More »1 dies, 5 hurt in fire at SC beach house 
GARDEN CITY (AP) — A Timmonsville woman has died after a fire in Garden City that sent five people to hospitals. Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard says 38-year-old Melissa Lamb died in the fire around 4 a.m. Sunday. ...
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Read More »The Dolan Company Will File for Chapter 11 Reorganization 
By Tom Linthicum Special to South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly The Dolan Company (OTC: DOLN), the Minneapolis-based owner of South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly, will seek bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 next week in a process that Dolan officials say should result ...
Read More »Bar Discipline Roundup: Myrtle Beach attorney suspended 
Attorney: Robert Paul Taylor Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 2002 Disciplinary action: Suspended until further notice on Feb. 19 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Taylor’s license to practice law until further order and appointed a special receiver to ...
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Read More »Out of the Passenger Seat, Into the Squad Car 
From the “Clients You’re Glad Aren’t Yours” file, comes the story of a woman who called in a fake report of a gunman near a convenience store to help a friend avoid a traffic ticket over a taillight. Police in ...
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Read More »Dude, where’s my hemp farm? 
It starts with growing a little hemp. Then you try cotton. Next thing you know you’re strung out on silk, willing to do anything to get your hands on a plant you can make a shirt out of. Not so ...
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