South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Anyone who has a Facebook account has probably at some point gotten a message from a “spoofed” account. It looks like a message from one of your friends, but something seems not quite right—it doesn’t read like a message your ...

Attorney: Melisa White Gay Location: Mt. Pleasant Bar membership: Member since 1991 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for six months on July 3, retroactive to the date of her interim suspension. Background: Gay pleaded no contest to ...

A Charleston County man who brought a loaded, unlawfully possessed pistol to an illicit drug deal was properly denied a jury instruction on self-defense at his murder trial after he shot and killed one of the counterparties, a closely divided ...

  More than 12 years after the legendary singer died, the seemingly endless battle over James Brown’s will and estate has moved closer to a conclusion after the South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that several of Brown’s children and ...

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Ronald Wade Moak was suspended from the practice of law for one year on May 15.

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Edward P. McKenzie was suspended from the practice of law for one year as an imposition of reciprocal discipline on May 15.

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The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld a decision from a Charleston County circuit court voiding the town of Awendaw’s attempt to annex a strip of land 1.25 miles, but only ten feet wide, running through the Francis Marion ...

  Part of the joy of reading or watching Game of Thrones is that developments that seem relatively minor at the time often prove to be unexpectedly important as the story unfolds. The writings of lawmakers can likewise sometimes prove ...

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Attorney: Theo Walker Mitchell Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 1970 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law until further notice on April 25 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Mitchell’s license to practice law until further order and appointed ...

Attorney: Christopher Michael Ochoa Location: Jacksonville, Florida Bar membership: Was previously barred in Florida, but never barred in South Carolina Disciplinary action: Debarred on April 24 (prohibited from practicing law or seeking any form of admission to practice law in ...