Over the years, my practice’s emphasis has increasingly focused on family law—especially divorce, alimony, property division, child custody, and child support—and appeals of family law cases. I practice family law because I believe it is important to help parents develop and maintain relationships with their children and to help spouses preserve their lifestyle when their marriage is no longer working.
Among experienced family law attorneys I am unusual in practicing without a paralegal or associate. This means my clients always deal directly with me. Every family law situation is unique. Having one and only one legal professional focusing on the matter means that I am learning directly from my client and others involved in the case. For more complex matters I sometimes employ (with my client’s permission) a colleague to assist and divide responsibilities.
Being one of the few South Carolina family law attorneys to do significant trial and appellate work provides me an unusual perspective on handling cases at the family court level. Because of my extensive experience in appeals, I begin each case considering what evidence I might need to sustain a successful or overcome a disappointing trial result on appeal. This focus informs strategy and evidence gathering at every step of the litigation process, including the vast majority of cases that settle before trial.
Supreme Court remands for recalculation of child support
On November 6, 2024, the South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in the case of Gandy v. Gandy, remedies what would appear to be
The October 16, 2024, Court of Appeals opinion in SCDSS v.Caldwell, held that a juvenile cannot be ordered into confinement for an evaluation
Pet peeve: attorneys who value their time more than your time
A pet peeve of mine, for which I am getting increasingly peevish, is attorneys who set office procedures that value their time more
