South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: Kimberly L. Smith Location: Beaufort Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Oct. 7 Background: In four separate client matters, Smith engaged in a pattern of misconduct including failure to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in ...

Attorney: Richard G. Wern Location: North Charleston Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Oct. 7 Background: Wern failed to perform required reconciliations of his trust account, lacked adequate records to show that he held in trust funds ...

Attorney: William F. Gorski Location: Lexington Bar membership: Member since 1995 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Sept. 21 Background: Gorski was suspended from the practice of law for 12 months on July 11, 2018. Gorski had ...

Attorney: John Michael Bosnak Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Aug. 24 Background: Bosnak was suspended from the practice of law for one year on April 19, 2017, retroactive to ...

Attorney: Charles L. Anderson Location: Anderson Bar membership: Member since 1995 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Aug. 24 Background: Anderson was suspended from the practice of law for two years on Sept. 28, 2016, retroactive to ...

Attorney: Jacob Leon Parrott Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 1984 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Aug. 13 Background: On June 5, 2018, Parrott was arrested and charged with indecent exposure after he was observed exposing his genitals and masturbating. ...

Attorney: Theo Walker Mitchell Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 1970 Disciplinary action: Resigned in lieu of discipline on Aug. 11 Background: Mitchell submitted a motion to resign in lieu of discipline, and the South Carolina Supreme Court granted that ...

Attorney: Efia Nwangaza Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on June 16 Background: In October 2011, the South Carolina Court suspended Nwangaza from the practice of law in the state for ...

Attorney: Harold Ray Crews Location: Walkerton, North Carolina Bar membership: Member since 2009 (inactive) Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law as an imposition of reciprocal discipline on July 15. Background: In March 2018 Crews’ trust accounts were subjected ...

Attorney: David A. Collins Location: Charleston Bar membership: Member since 1987 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on June 24 Background: In May 2013 Collins received $72,383.29 from the proceeds of a sale of jointly-owned property, to hold in trust pending resolution of ...