South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

The respondent-associate is suspended from the practice of law after using his firm’s software to inflate the hours that he worked, resulting in an overpayment of $17,772.74 by the firm (no clients overpaid). The associate repaid the overpayment, expresses remorse ...

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After an altercation with her boyfriend in which both parties suffered minor injuries and a gun was accidentally discharged, (1) respondent was charged with third-degree domestic violence, (2) she self-reported the charge and was placed on interim suspension, (3) she ...

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Despite his passage of the bar exam, because of misrepresentations on his law school application and on social media, a bar applicant’s admission to practice law is delayed for one year.  The anonymous applicant’s petition for admission to practice law ...

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Respondent engaged in an argument with his wife, which escalated to the point that it was reasonable for his wife to fear imminent harm. Respondent was charged with felony first-degree domestic violence but entered a plea of no contest to ...

After having provided certain political candidates the maximum political campaign contributions allowed, respondent personally funded another $184,000 in contributions through 14 limited liability companies, thereby violating S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-1314, Rule 8.4(a), RPC (prohibiting misconduct) and 8.4(d) (prohibiting conduct ...

The respondent-attorney, who had been drinking, physically assaulted his girlfriend and was charged with third-degree assault and battery. He self-reported the charge, attended a 45-day inpatient treatment program, continued with outpatient treatment, attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and has had his ...

Even though there are no pending state court proceedings in which the plaintiff-law firm is a party—the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct apply only to attorneys licensed in the state—the firm’s claims that the Rules regulating lawyer advertising are ...

Even though respondent sought a “substantially different discipline in this state,” given his consent to disbarment in North Carolina and his admitted misappropriation of client funds and criminal tax-related misconduct, we find disbarment is the appropriate sanction to impose as ...

No authority in South Carolina addresses whether people can derivatively sue attorneys for malpractice. However, there are no defects in how the plaintiff-condo owners pled their derivative legal malpractice claims on behalf of their homeowners’ association. Dismissing this case at ...

In addition to mishandling a child support case, a foreclosure, and a real estate closing, and in addition to failing to communicate with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, respondent was convicted on federal charges arising out of her conveyance of ...