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Oct 2, 2025

Richland County lawyer suspended

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Mar 13, 2025

Lawyers suspended over nonpayment of fees

Ten lawyers with practices in South Carolina have had their licenses suspended for not having paid license fees, an order from the state’s Supreme Court says. Another 13 lawyers practicing […]

Dec 20, 2024

Richland County lawyer suspended for 6 months

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The South Carolina Supreme Court could set Marion Bowman Jr.’s execution date as soon as Jan. 3. (SC Department of Corrections file)
Dec 19, 2024

SC death row inmate makes final appeal

COLUMBIA — A man convicted of murder who is expected to be the next inmate scheduled for execution in South Carolina is making a final appeal to the state Supreme […]

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Nov 15, 2024

Future lawyers sharpen courtroom skills

Members of what might be the next generation of lawyers had a chance to sharpen their skills at a competition held last week. Almost 400 middle school students from across […]

Charles Barr, left, and Simon Bouie wait Friday in Columbia for the start of the hearing that would clear their records of an arrest for joining a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter in 1960 in the state’s capital. (Associated Press)
Oct 28, 2024

Court clears records of ’60 SC sit-in protestors

COLUMBIA — Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn’t going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black student at Benedict College sat at a whites-only […]

Richland County’s Master-in-Equity Court will have a new location beginning Monday.
Sep 25, 2024

Master-in-Equity Court shifts to new Columbia location

Richland County’s Master-in-Equity Court will open its relocated office next week in the county’s Central Court facility just north of Columbia. The court has been based in the downtown Judicial […]

Sep 19, 2024

Richland County lawyer retroactively disbarred for three years

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Sydney Lynn
Sep 5, 2024

SCAJ unanimously elects Lynn as president

Sydney Lynn, a personal injury and workers' compensation lawyer with Joye Law Firm, has been unanimously elected to lead the South Carolina Association for Justice for the 2024-25 program year.

Lawyers and other legal professionals will meet in Columbia in mid-January when the South Carolina Bar holds its 2025 convention. (Depositphotos.com)
Aug 29, 2024

Bar makes plans for annual convention

The South Carolina Bar is making plans for its 2025 convention in Columbia. The event will run Jan. 16-19 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, an announcement in SC Lawyer, […]

The Citadel will host a two-day term of the South Carolina Supreme Court in mid-September. (Associated Press file)
Aug 27, 2024

SC Supreme Court to hear cases in Charleston

The South Carolina Supreme Court will move its proceedings from its Columbia chambers to The Citadel in mid-September for a long-overdue two-day term. The term will run Sept. 10-11, according […]

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Missouri constitutional amendment that barred former lawmakers from lobbying their successors at the state Capitol, above, for two years after leaving the legislature. (Associated Press file)
Jul 31, 2024

Court strikes down lobbying limits on ex-lawmakers

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A federal court on Monday ruled against a Missouri ban on lawmakers taking sometimes lucrative lobbying jobs shortly after leaving office. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of […]


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