A Christmas Wish: Let the Holidays be About the Kids

A Christmas Wish: Let the Holidays be About the Kids

For years now, I have a running gag that goes something like this: “I’m a half-Catholic, half-Jewish, overweight, balding attorney – so, I can make almost any offensive joke with impunity.” The line is always good for a laugh. The first part of it, though, is really...
Custody & Visitation In The Face Of A Looming Storm

Custody & Visitation In The Face Of A Looming Storm

Part of the price we pay for living in such a beautiful and wonderful area as the Lowcountry is the threat of periodic hurricanes. Scars left by Hugo—both physical and emotional—still can be seen throughout, even after so many years. A meme I saw yesterday stated that...
Advantages to a Bitten Tongue

Advantages to a Bitten Tongue

“Adulterous Slut Lives Here.” While shaming a soon-to-be former spouse on social media—or, in this case, on plywood—may provide a measure of short term emotional satisfaction, doing so may actually hinder your chances of achieving your goals in the Family Court. It is...

A Crisis of Civility

The end of this month marks seven years since I moved to the Lowcountry from the outskirts of Philadelphia, a city ironically—and perhaps unintentionally so—known as The City of Brotherly Love. Like so many other asylum seekers from the northeast, I fled not only the...

Avoiding Postmarital Limbo

If this year’s presidential election has taught us anything, it is that none of us need to venture far when looking for a fight. While I have yet to meet with a prospective client looking for a divorce because of election-related marital strife, it has become...