During July 12-30, the SC Bar’s Wellness Committee invites you to liveabove the bar by increasing the number of plants you eat during those weeks. To join in the fun, count the different fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains you eat each day, and see if you can increase that daily number during the challenge. Keep track of your progress by downloading the Taste a Rainbow calendar.
We also encourage members to share tips or photos of your gardens, trips to farmers’ markets, enjoyment of summer produce with your family and friends, or recipes, using the hashtag #livingabovethebar and tagging @scbar on Twitter, @scbaryld on Instagram, or the South Carolina Bar on Facebook! Get some inspiration from the recent takeovers on social media from Wellness Committee members Natalie Ecker,Amber Hendrick, John Hearn and Leslie McIntosh. Follow along with Stephanie Nye on Friday.
If you don’t use social media, but you would like to submit tips or photos for posting, please send them to Jamie Metz.
Board of Governors holds July meeting
The SC Bar Board of Governors met via video conference on July 15 and appointed Johanna C. Valenzuela of Columbia as an at-large member. It also discussed the recent Diversity Survey and reviewed the House of Delegates agenda for the July 30 in-person meeting. The Board will meet September 2 in Columbia.
House of Delegates, Assembly to meet
The SC Bar House of Delegates and Assembly will meet in person Friday, July 30 at Tabby Place on the Beaufort Inn property in Beaufort. The business meeting will begin shortly after 11:30 a.m. Materials have been sent to all House members and are also availableonline. All attendees are cordially invited to a reception in honor of new SC Bar President Mary Sharp beginning at 4 p.m. in the courtyard just outside of the meeting space.
Summer Side Bar Series: Moise trades legal writing for a look at history
This season, the SC Bar is highlighting some of our members and their interesting activities outside the practice of law as part of an occasional “Summer Side Bar Series” on social media and online.
This week, get to know more about Warren Moise, a trial lawyer at Grimball & Cabaniss in Charleston, who recently wrote The Class of ‘71: A Tale of Desegregation in Gamecock City.
Author of several legal procedure books including So You’re Going to Try Your First Case and Credibility and Character Evidence in addition to his popular Beyond the Bar column in SC Lawyer magazine, Moise decided to take on a different type of writing with the recently released memoir and historical exploration of a key time in Sumter and the state’s past.
Learn more about what inspired Moise to tell this story and how this type of writing is different than what he has done in the past in this Bar News.
Court news: Automation of General Sessions sentencing sheet process
South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty has directed the Judicial Branch’s Information Technology Department to deploy an application which automates the fields of the sentence sheet in General Sessions Court. This process is intended to provide clearer and more concise sentencing information to the necessary recipients. Pursuant to Chief Justice Beatty’s July 6 order, Lexington County shall use the automated sentence sheet beginning July 12, 2021. Members of the Judicial Branch IT team are on site in Lexington training prosecutors, clerks, judges, and defense attorneys who have scheduled General Sessions cases.
The following items are what you need to know, bring or do if you have a case scheduled in Lexington General Sessions Court:
Use of the automated sentence sheet application is mandated.
The solicitor and defense attorney portions of the automated sentence sheet must be completed prior to court.
Solicitors and defense attorneys must bring a laptop or tablet to court and be able to connect to the courtroom’s wi-fi in order to participate in the automated sentence sheet process.
Electronic signatures are authorized for use pursuant to the order linked above.
The automated sentence sheet process will be implemented in other counties pursuant to future orders of the Chief Justice.
July 15 is Paralegal Day
Today, we are celebrating paralegals across the state! Earlier this year, Governor Henry McMaster signed a proclamation that July 15 is Paralegal Day. This day recognizes the skills, education and training paralegals must have to work in a law firm. It also provides an opportunity to recognize the great work these individuals contribute to the legal system.
Today provides another great reason to check out the South Carolina Certified Paralegal program, administered by the SC Bar, which features a variety of benefits including reduced prices on CLEs and other networking opportunities.
Order the 2021-2022 Desk Book
The printed version of the 2021-2022 South Carolina Bar Lawyers Desk Book will be published in late summer. If you did not already order your copy when you paid your 2021 license fees, you still may order one by downloading, filling out and sendingthis formalong with a check to Membership Services, Attention Juliana Sobey, P.O. Box 608, Columbia, SC 29202. You also may pay via credit card by phone. Contact Juliana at (803) 576-3806 orjsobey@scbar.org. Cost is $35 per book.
Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
Join us Thursday, August 19 forJustice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court. UofSC professor Todd Shaw will moderate a lively and engaging discussion between legendary South Carolina civil rights attorney Armand Derfner and Clemson University professor Orville Vernon Burton who teamed up to write the book, Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court.
The program also features a distinguished panel of South Carolina civil rights law practitioners speaking about current civil rights cases of interest.
There will be a book signing after, where attendees can meet the authors and enjoy refreshments. The program is sponsored by the South Carolina Bar-CLE Division and South Carolina Bar Civil Rights Task Force.Register here. A copy of the book is included with registration.
2021 Construction Law Conference
Join us at the Hyatt Place + Hyatt House Charleston/Historic District for the2021 Construction Law Conference, September 17.Hotel reservations can be made online now, with the online code: CONS. If you need additional assistance in making your hotel reservation, please call 843-414-4900. Reservations must be made by Aug. 24.Register herefor the program and stay tuned to your CLE Seminars email for more program information.
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ADVANCE SHEET UPDATES July 14, 2021 Court of Appeals Opinions
In this appeal arising from an action for partition of real property, the court affirmed the master’s order granting Daughter’s motion for summary judgment and compelling the partition and sale of property at issue. The court held the master properly found Daughter's conveyance of Decedent's one-half interest in the property to herself, in her capacity as Decedent's guardian and conservator, severed the joint tenancy between Decedent and Jeffcoat and extinguished Jeffcoat's right of survivorship. Therefore, Jeffcoat's rights to the property never vested as the conveyance to Daughter occurred prior to Decedent's passing. Thus, the master did not err in granting Daughter's motion for summary judgment and in compelling the partition and sale of the property.
Williams v. Jeffcoat, Op. No. 5834 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 14, 2021) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 24 at 9) is available online.
In this appeal arising from Appellant’s convictions for attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, the court reversed his convictions and remanded for a new trial. The court found the doctrine of transferred intent inapplicable to Appellant’s charge of attempted murder. The circuit court erred in denying Appellant’s directed verdict motion because § 16-3-29 requires proof of a specific intent to kill. The jury acquitted Appellant of the attempted murder of Myers, and no evidence in the record suggests Appellant possessed any intent to kill Ashley R.
State v. Williams, Op. No. 5835 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 14, 2021) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 24 at 21) is available online.
Judge Huff dissented in a separate opinion.
Alterna Tax Asset Group, LLC (Alterna) filed this case against Respondents related to YorkCounty's sale of the subject property at a delinquent tax sale. Alterna alleges the procedures followed by York County in conducting the delinquent tax sale violated the statutory requirements rendering the sale void. Respondents moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), SCRCP. The Master granted the motion to dismiss. The court affirmed, holding that as the alleged purchaser of the property at the tax sale, Alterna may not, under the circumstances and causes of action alleged here, seek to cancel its ownership of the subject property.
Alterna Tax Asset Group. LLC v. York County, Op. No. 5836 (S.C. Ct. App. filed July 14, 2021) (Shearouse Adv. Sh. No. 24 at 51) is available online.
Announcements
Firm & hiring announcements
Crowe LaFave, LLC announces the addition of Steven R. Spreeuwers as an associate attorney in the firm located at 500 Taylor St., Suite 202, Columbia, 29201.
K&L Gates, LLP announces that Alexis A. Riordan has joined the Charleston office located at 134 Meeting St., Charleston, 29401.
The former Law Offices of F. Craig Wilkerson, Jr. announces its new name Wilkerson, Jones & Wilkerson located at 1050 College Ave. Extension, Rock Hill, 29732.
The Office of Regulatory Staff announces that Sara P. Bazemore has joined the department as Director of the Energy Office located at 1401 Main St., Columbia, 29201.
Ryan Montgomery Law, LLC announces the new location of the firm located at 20 Mills Ave., Greenville, 29605.
The former Moore Taylor Law Firm announces its new name is Moore Bradley Myers, located at 1700 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia, 29169 and 110 S. Main St.,
Saluda, 29138.
Upcoming Events
July 22
Technology Committee July 30
House of Delegates and Assembly Meeting, in person August 3
Corporate Banking and Securities Law Section Council *All meetings are virtual. unless noted otherwise
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