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Columbia attorney suspended
Attorney: Darryl D. Smalls Location: Columbia Bar membership: Member since 1988 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for 18 months, retroactive to the date of his interim suspension, on Oct. 4 Background: Smalls engaged in a pattern and practice of failing to timely pay bills for court reporting services. Three of the reporting […]
Seneca attorney reprimanded
Attorney: Lisabeth Kirk Rogers Location: Seneca Bar membership: Member since 2007 Disciplinary action: Publicly reprimanded on Oct. 4 Background: Rogers worked for Oconee Medical Center as general counsel. She volunteered to act as guardian and conservator for a patient without discussing the possible conflicts of interest with the patient. Rogers hired her son to do […]
Charleston attorney debarred
Attorney: Heather Mary Boone McKeever Location: Charleston Bar membership: Not a member of the South Carolina bar (Member of the Kentucky bar) Disciplinary action: Permanently debarred and prohibited from seeking any form of admission to practice law (including pro hac vice admission) in South Carolina on Sept. 20 Background: After learning that a local homeowner […]
Myrtle Beach attorney disbarred
Attorney: Michael Mark McAdams Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 1998 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Sept. 14 Background: While a partner in a Myrtle Beach law firm, McAdams joined with two co-conspirators to create an entity known as Global Holdings Group. McAdams and his co-conspirators purported to engage in international financial investments and solicited […]
Myrtle Beach attorney suspended
Attorney: Jacob Leon Parrott Location: Myrtle Beach Bar membership: Member since 1984 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for nine months on Sept. 14 Background: In August 2016, Parrott was arrested and charged with voyeurism pursuant to after he used a cell phone to take a picture up a woman’s skirt in a […]
Florida attorney reinstated
Attorney: Mark F. Dahle Location: Windermere, Florida Bar membership: Member since 1986 Disciplinary action: Reinstated to the practice of law on Sept. 14 Background: On July 25, 2011, the Supreme Court suspended Dahle from the practice of law for one year as an imposition of reciprocal discipline after Dahle was suspended from the practice of […]
Attorney disbarred for money laundering
Attorney: James Michael Farrell Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bar membership: Member since 1979 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Aug. 23 Background: On Feb. 6 Farrell was convicted in federal court in Maryland of seven counts of money laundering, two counts of attempted tampering with official proceedings, and one count of attempted witness tampering. According to the Associated […]
Greenville attorney disbarred
Attorney: William Ashley Jordan Jr. Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 1983 Disciplinary action: Disbarred on Aug. 30 Background: Jordan did not properly manage funds owed to clients or co-counsel, or keep adequate records of those funds, between 1999 and 2005. In 2012 a hearing panel of the Commission on Lawyer Conduct recommended that Jordan […]
Greenville attorney suspended
Attorney: Robert Clenten Campbell Location: Greenville Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for three years on Aug. 30. Background: A partner at the law firm Campbell worked for instructed Campbell to deposit $5,000 in client funds into the firm’s trust account. Campbell had the check made payable to […]
Blythewood attorney suspended
Attorney: Jonathan L.B. Davis Location: Blythewood Bar membership: Member since 2003 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law until further notice on Sept. 7 Background: The Supreme Court suspended Davis’s license to practice law until further order and appointed a special receiver to assume responsibility for his client files and law office accounts to […]
Magistrate suspended after “physical altercation” at Cotillion Club
Magistrate: Gordon Blackwell Johnson Location: Newberry Bar membership: Not a member of the state bar Disciplinary action: Suspended from judicial duties for 45 days on May 31 Background: On February 9, 2016, Johnson attended a meeting of the Newberry Cotillion Club. At the conclusion of the meeting, Johnson and another attendee engaged in a verbal […]
Spartanburg attorney suspended
Attorney: William Jeffrey McGurk Location: Spartanburg Bar membership: Member since 1990 Disciplinary action: Suspended from the practice of law for six months on May 11 Background: McGurk represented a client as post-conviction relief (PCR) counsel at an evidentiary hearing in 2007. The judge denied PCR but found the client was entitled to a belated review […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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