Archive for the ‘Advocate’s Journal’ Category
Advocate's Journal
Families Helping Families
Our Sowell Gray family adopted two families to help this year for Christmas through The Palmetto Project, Families Helping Families. With the generous donations of our staff and attorneys, we are able to donate all of these presents to the families!
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A Perspective from the Chair of Leadership Columbia
By Nick Haigler Leadership Columbia (LC) Class of 2015, comprised of 60 existing and emerging leaders with the Columbia area, kicked off their year in August with orientation at Edventure and in September with a class retreat at Camp Kinard in Batesburg. From these incredible experiences, the class has chosen and developed their class project, […]
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The 38th Annual SCWCEA Conference Wrap-up, including the importance of file review during the first 150 days of a claim
By Bob Horner The Sowell Gray Stepp and Laffitte workers’ compensation team recently attended the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association (SCWCEA) 38th Annual Educational Conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The Annual Conference is designed to educate those who are involved in workers’ compensation claims in the state, including attorneys, employers, and claims’ adjusters. […]
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Sowell Gray participates in Light the Night Walk
Sowell Gray’s team raised over $3390 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk! Many thanks to our generous family, friends and colleagues who helped us reach our goal. We had a great time participating in this special event!
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Five Tips on Appellate Writing from a Former Law Clerk
By Ben Gooding When I first started at the South Carolina Court of Appeals, a fellow law clerk described my new place of employment as a “written court.” At that time, the description didn’t make much sense to me. However, over the next two years, I discovered the description was actually quite fitting. While parties […]
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light The Night Walk
Sowell Gray will be participating in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light The Night Walk at Finley Park on Thursday, October 30. The funds raised will provide treatments to save the lives of patients affected with these diseases. There are multiple ways you can help. You can walk with us and hundreds of others; you can make […]
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SCWLA Convention
The South Carolina Women Lawyers Association is celebrating its 20th Anniversary at this year’s convention, held in the Isle of Palms. Sowell Gray is well represented at the convention- Tina Cundari, Betsy Gray, Amy Hill, Becky Laffitte and Beth Richardson are all in attendance! Betsy Gray was asked to speak on a panel of former South Carolina Bar presidents […]
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Fourth Circuit expands the scope of Rule 60(a), FRCP
By Bobby Stepp Rule 60(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “[t]he court may correct a clerical mistake or a mistake arising from oversight whenever one is found in a judgment, order, or other part of the record.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a). In Sartin v. McNair Law Firm, P.A., 756 F.3d […]
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A look inside the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court
By Alexis Lindsay, Inn Secretary The first meeting of the year for the John Belton O’Neall Inn of Court took place on Wednesday, September 17th at the Bar Conference Center. Our local Inn is modeled off of London’s Inns of Court, and its purpose is to foster excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills. […]