South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Turner Padget announced the additions of Charles S. Gwynne Jr., Christopher D. Scalzo, and Adrian R. Peguese to its ligation practice group. Gwynne joins the Columbia office as of counsel, Scalzo joins the Greenville office as of counsel, and Peguese ...

It’s hard to leave a job that has meant so much to me, but these things happen sometimes, and so this will be my final issue as the editor-in-chief of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly. I’ve worked for this newspaper for ...

Attorney: Ralph James Wilson Jr. Location: Conway Bar membership: Member since 2007 Disciplinary action: Publicly reprimanded on April 13. Background: Wilson was charged with felony first-degree domestic violence on January 24, 2021 and subsequently placed on interim suspension. (In February ...

Attorney: Robert S. Guyton Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 2001 Disciplinary action: Publicly reprimanded and fined $5,000 on April 13. Background: Guyton was reported to the South Carolina State Ethics Commission in January 2010. In January 2019, Guyton ...

Attorney: P. Michael DuPree Location: Charleston Bar membership: Member since 1988 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for nine months on April 13, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension. Background: On March 20, 2021, DuPree was ...

Our Top Verdicts & Settlements list for 2021 is the first—and, hopefully, only—list that was fully impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As that year began, none of us really knew what it had in store for the legal profession. But ...

Tagged with: Top Verdicts and Settlements

Attorney: Elizabeth Anne Perkins Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 2018 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law until further order on March 10 Background: The Office of Disciplinary Counsel asked the Supreme Court to place Perkins on interim ...

Attorney: Edward Delane Rosemond Location: Seneca Bar membership: Member since 1998 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law until further order on March 10 Background: The Office of Disciplinary Counsel asked the Supreme Court to place Rosemond on interim ...

A group of condo owners in Myrtle Beach will be able to move forward with a lawsuit against the law firm that provided legal advice to their homeowners’ association after the South Carolina Court of Appeals said in a case ...

Tagged with: condo

Attorney: H. Bright Lindler Location: Rockingham, North Carolina Bar membership: Member since 1992 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on March 2 Background: Lindler was disbarred in North Carolina on Dec. 3, 2021 after admitting to misappropriating client settlement funds, willfully failing to ...