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South Carolina Bar's E-Blast
Volume 493 - November 29, 2007

Welcome to the South Carolina Bar's E-Blast!
E-Blast highlights upcoming activities, legal information and links to the Bar's Web site at www.scbar.org.

The South Carolina Bar is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.

Call for Pro Bono Award nominations
The Bar is soliciting nominations for its Pro Bono Awards, presented annually to individual lawyers, law firms and institutions in the legal profession that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged. The winners will be announced in early January 2008 and recognized at the House of Delegates meeting on January 24 during Bar Convention in Charleston. The nomination form is available online at www.scbar.org/pdf/PBAward2007.pdf. The deadline to submit a nomination is December 17.

S.C. Supreme Court to conduct computer-based testing
The Supreme Court of South Carolina will be conducting a computer-based testing (CBT) pilot program for the February 2008 Bar Examination. The pilot program will permit no more than 75 applicants to complete their answers to the essay sections of the examination on laptop computers. The 75 applicants will be randomly selected from those applicants who complete and return the form located at www.sccourts.org/bar/index.cfm by December 20.

YLD hosts Courthouse Keys reception
The Young Lawyers Division held a successful Courthouse Keys event in Charleston on November 15 with guest speaker Hon. Daniel Pieper. The Courthouse Keys program is designed to enable young lawyers and members of the bench to meet in an informal setting. This program, which has been popular among young lawyers since its inception, provided an opportunity for 30 young lawyers to converse with and learn from Judge Pieper. The Young Lawyers Division would like to thank Judge Pieper for graciously agreeing to attend this important event.

Casemaker® tip
Finding a phrase in Casemaker is as easy as adding a set of quotation marks. For example, the individual words breach, of, and contract will yield too many results, but put quotation marks around it and you will narrow your results by 50 percent. Also, Casemaker will not search for terms less than three characters long, so words like “an” and “of” are ignored unless used inside a phrase with quotes. To login to Casemaker, go to www.scbar.org/login. For more assistance using Casemaker, contact Courtney Kennaday at (803) 799-6653, ext. 183 or casemaker@scbar.org.

Discipline
By order of November 19 the Court imposed a public reprimand on G. Turner Perrow Jr. for misconduct that included disbursing funds from a trust account on a refinance loan before depositing the loan proceeds into the account and failing to verify funds for two closings had been wired to the correct account.

By order of November 27 the Court placed James R. Jones Jr. on interim suspension. Daniel B. Lott Jr. is the trustee.

Reinstatement
By order of November 26 the Court reinstated Bobby J. Long to practice.

Firm announcements
Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, LLP is pleased to announce that Christina M. Summer has returned to practice with the firm, located at 900 Elmwood Ave., Ste. 100, Columbia 29201. (803) 799-9311.

Giovannetti & Campbell, LLC announces that it has changed its name to Giovannetti Campbell & Shabel, LLC. The new mailing address is 104 N. Daniel Morgan Ave., Ste. 201, Spartanburg 29306. (864) 583-0001.

Guardian Building Products, Inc. announces that Courtney S. Plyler has joined the company as Corporate Counsel at its Corporate Center located at 979 Batesville Rd., Greer 29651. (864) 281-3313.

Sandra D. Hebert announces the opening of Sandra D. Hebert, PA located at 218B E. Main St., Lexington 29071. (803) 359-2208.

Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC announces that Lisa M. Hostetler has joined the firm located at 220 Executive Center Dr., Ste. 109, Columbia 29210. (803) 771-7900.

Stanley Law Firm, LLC announces that S. Robert Drose has become a member of the firm located at 3303 Hwy. 9 East, Little River 29566. (843) 390-9111.

Calendar
November 30
Consumer Law Section Meeting, Department of Consumer Affairs, Columbia

December 3
Administrative and Regulatory Law Committee, Bar Building
YLD Executive Council Meeting, Conference Call

December 4
South Carolina Bar Foundation Board Meeting, Bar Building

December 7
Project Citizen Training, Bar Building

December 13
Family Law Section Council Meeting, Bar Building

December 14
Probate, Estate Planning & Trust Section Council Meeting, Conference Call

December 18
Criminal Law Section Council Meeting, Bar Building
Trial and Appellate Advocacy Section Council Meeting, Conference Call

Upcoming CLE seminars
Basic Principles and Dangerous New Trends: The Attorney-Client Privilege, Work Product Doctrine and Cutting Edge Ethics
Friday, November 30
Embassy Suites, 200 Stoneridge Dr., Columbia
Registration: 8:30 a.m., Program begins: 8:55 a.m., Program adjourns: 4:45 p.m.

New online releases!
How to Manage Lawyer Trust Accounts to Comply with the Safekeeping Rules, Part II
Featuring Gary W. Richards
This seminar qualifies for 1.0 MCLE credit hour, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.

 

Gain the Edge!® Latz's Golden Rules of Negotiation Part B
Featuring Martin E. Latz
This seminar qualifies for 1.0 MCLE credit hour.

 

Substance Abuse & Dependence in the Legal Profession
Featuring Brian Dumas and Dr. Elin Berg
This seminar qualifies for 1.5 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.5 LEPR credit hours.

Publications
After-Thanksgiving CLE publication sale
The CLE Division is holding an After-Thanksgiving Publications Sale. Through 5 p.m. on Friday, December 7, selected CLE publications will be offered at a 25 percent discount. Any orders received after 5 p.m. on December 7 will be filled at the regular sale price, and no other discounts will apply. No exceptions. Please use the link listed below to download and view the Publications Sale Catalog. Orders may be placed by faxing or mailing the order form found in the sale catalog or by calling Publications Coordinator Vera Belton at (803) 771-0333, ext. 126. If you order sale items via the online publications store, your discount will be applied during processing. If you have questions, please contact Vera Belton at 803-771-0333/800-768-7787, ext. 126 or vbelton@scbar.org.

To download and view the sale catalog click here.

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