South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

On Oct. 22, 2004, President Bush signed into law the 600-page, 270-provision American Jobs Creation Act. One provision of the act creates new income tax rules governing a wide array of nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements. These include nonqualified retirement plans, ...

Greenville attorney Jennifer Spragins Barr has recently been elected to serve as president of the Young Lawyers Division of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association. Barr is a member of Womble Carlyle’s business litigation practice group. South Carolina Bar ...

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Attorney Christopher T. Cunniffe recently opened Harbor City Real Estate Advisors, LLC, a real estate brokerage firm with offices in Mount Pleasant. The new company will exclusively represent buyers, both commercial and residential. Cunniffe’s focus is the assistance of commercial ...

The South Carolina State Guard Foundation recently hosted a special ceremony to honor the law firm of Rogers Townsend & Thomas and shareholder Gene Rogers. Major General Stanhope Spears, Adjutant General of South Carolina, presented the firm with the Palmetto ...

Attorney Steve A. Matthews has been elected to the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities board of trustees. Matthews is the managing director of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. The statewide board is comprised of 35 business and community members and ...

Since October 2003, the American Land Title Association adopted 15 new endorsements primarily designed to be used with commercial transactions: ALTA 14 (Future Advance – Priority); ALTA 14.1 (Future Advance – Knowledge); ALTA 14.2 (Future Advance – Letter of Credit); ...

Attorney Christalyn Clements “Christy” Hair has joined the law firm of Buist, Byars, Pearce & Taylor, LLC as an associate. Hair will handle real estate law, estate planning and business law in the firm’s Johns Island office. She holds a ...

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. attorneys G. Dewey Oxner Jr., and H. Donald Sellers were recently recognized by the South Carolina Supreme Court as certified Circuit Court mediators. Both lawyers practice in the firm’s Greenville office. Oxner has more than 40 ...

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