South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Attorney: John Michael Bosnak Location: North Charleston Bar membership: Member since 2000 Disciplinary action: Suspended Feb. 2 until further notice. Background: The Supreme Court suspended Bosnak’s license to practice law until further order and appointed a special receiver to assume ...

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Attorney: Brian DeQuincey Newman Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 2008 Disciplinary action: Suspended Jan. 8 until further notice. Background: The Supreme Court suspended Newman’s license to practice law until further order and appointed a special receiver to assume responsibility ...

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Attorney: David Ross Clarke Location: No current information Bar membership: Disbarred since 1986 Disciplinary action: Petition for readmission granted Dec. 2 Background: The Supreme Court disbarred Clarke in December 1986. Clarke had been arrested in Henry County, Georgia, in April ...

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Attorney: Kristie Ann McAuley Location: Anderson Bar membership: Member since 2008 Disciplinary action: Petition for reinstatement granted Dec. 3 Background: The Supreme Court suspended McAuley from the practice of law for 18 months in June 2014, retroactive to August 24, ...

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Attorney: Robert A. Gamble Location: Anderson Bar membership: Member since 1966 Disciplinary action: Petition for reinstatement granted Dec. 3 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Gamble from the practice of law for 18 months in September 2013, retroactive to August 24, ...

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Attorney: Richard J. Breibart Location: Lexington Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Nov. 25 Background: Among 36 separate matters cited by the Supreme Court, Breibart was indicted on 10 counts of mail fraud, extortion and wire fraud ...

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Attorney: Stephen Edward Carter Location: Hilton Head Island Bar membership: Member since 1989 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Nov. 12 Background: Carter failed to diligently represent the defendants in a civil action filed in 2011 in Beaufort County. In response to ...

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Attorney: Robert Andrew Hedesh Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 2005 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Nov. 12 Background: Hedesh was suspended from the practice of law for 90 days on Aug. 12 for failing ...

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Attorney: Stephen Francis Krzyston Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 2012 Disciplinary action: Interim suspension lifted on Oct. 14 Background: Krzyston had been on interim suspension since Jan. 29. No further details were provided by the court Previous discipline: None

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Attorney: Douglas M. Schmidt Location: New Orleans, La. Bar membership: Member since 1987 Disciplinary action: Publicly reprimanded on Oct. 14 Background: Schmidt represented more than 100 clients who alleged that they had been injured as a result of exposure to ...

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