The South Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously overturned the attempted murder conviction of a gang member who shot and critically injured a college student. The court ruled Wednesday that Michael Juan Smith did not intend to shoot Martha Childress, a ...
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Read More »The South Carolina Supreme Court has assigned retired Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal to oversee all pretrial motions and other pretrial matters involving litigation addressing the customer reimbursement due to abandonment of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Project. Toal replaces 16th ...
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Read More »Among other things, respondent failed to (1) communicate with his clients, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, or this court; (2) diligently represent his clients; and (3) maintain accurate records for his trust account. Respondent admits that he violated several provisions ...
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Read More »In several matters before the bankruptcy court, the respondent-attorney’s representation of his clients was so inaccurate, incomplete, or dilatory that he was required to refund or disgorge his legal fees. Respondent also failed to timely communicate with the bankruptcy trustee, ...
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Read More »The South Carolina Supreme Court has created a new honor for attorneys who provide over 50 hours of pro bono legal service each year. Beginning in February 2019, the Supreme Court will publish a yearly Pro Bono Honor Roll to ...
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Membership documents signed by a Beaufort County couple require them to continue to pay thousands of dollars in dues and fees to a social club, even though they resigned from it, the South Carolina Supreme Court said in a split ...
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Members of the South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurers Fund can go forward with a lawsuit which alleges its Board of Trustees breached their fiduciary duties by attempting to use its assets to finance a new mutual insurance company, the ...
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In mid-August, law professionals throughout the country were shocked to learn of the impeachment and resignation of what was left of West Virginia’s Supreme Court. To date, two of the justices have resigned while the other three were impeached ...
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Read More »MCCORMICK (AP) Clarke Stearns has been working as sheriff for more than 18 months in McCormick County, but it’s still up in the air whether he is qualified to be the county’s top lawman. Stearns’ Democratic opponent in the 2016 ...
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Read More »MONCKS CORNER (AP) State-owned utility Santee Cooper is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to resolve a dispute with electric cooperatives. Santee Cooper asked the Supreme Court on June 25 to determine whether the electric cooperatives must pay their share for ...
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South Carolina Lawyers Weekly
