South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Police violated an Arizona man’s constitutional rights when they searched his car after he had already been handcuffed and put in a patrol car, the U.S. Supreme Court said last week in a 5-4 ruling. The case is Arizona v. ...

COMMENTARY Grace A. White of Beaufort was born in 1910 and is this state’s oldest lawyer. She was a tax attorney and, only two years ago, she filed her own tax returns. Until about two years ago, she annually paid ...

I recently participated in a listserv exchange concerning what has become a common issue: a law firm’s largest client suddenly demanded a 10 percent rate cut. Without it, the client would stop sending new work to the law firm. There ...

Jurors may be developing a more positive view of plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ lawyers. That’s what James B. Lees Jr., a West Virginia personal injury lawyer and communications expert, believes. Lees, a partner at Hunt & Lees in Charleston, W.Va., has ...

A high-performance organization has a well-defined purpose, vision and mission. These three elements are understood by the leadership, and the leadership team is passionate about them. The principle behind a high-performance organization is having a purpose that you are passionate ...

At a recent webinar hosted by the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section, several experts discussed “50 Financial Tips to Help You and Your Firm Survive and Thrive in a Down Economy.” Panelists provided tips for each stage of ...

The smartphone is at the center of the mobile attorney’s universe. Sending and checking e-mails, recalling documents, keeping in touch via text messaging, surfing the Internet all are viable and necessary capabilities for lawyers on the go. So which hand-held ...

Has your firm asked you to pony up money? Have you faced a capital call recently? Are your partner distributions being reduced? Media reports indicate that a number of top law firms are asking their partners to increase their capital ...

The editor of South Carolina Lawyers Weekly has given me the opportunity to share with you some of the random thoughts that wander through my brain occasionally. This could be dangerous, mostly for him. I get on a soapbox from ...

For several years now, lawyers have used their blogs for instant marketing and making a name for themselves on the web. But in the busy, around-the-clock world of the modern attorney, some practitioners believe there simply aren’t enough hours in ...