South Carolina Bar News December 2009 : Page 1

South Carolina BarNEWS www.scbar.org Convention ceremony to recognize selected deceased lawyers The Bar’s Memory Hold the Door Committee will recognize distinguished, deceased members of the bench and bar at a ceremony during the 2010 Bar Convention at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. In 1958, the South Carolina Bar and the University of South Carolina School of Law faculty established the memorial repository and endowment fund, Memory Hold the Door. The endowments promote the welfare of the legal profession by funding student scholarships, lectures, research and academic programs. The lawyers remembered in Memory Hold the Door represent a true honor roll of the legal profession, selected by their peers as best exemplifying the qualities of integrity, profes- sionalism and skill required of the bench and bar. The 2009 honorees are James W. Alford, David A. Brown, Harry S. Dent, Henry Hammer, Harriet McBryde Johnson, Oren O. Jones, T. English McCutchen III, Robert E. McNair and Hon. Donald S. Russell. The induction ceremony will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, in the East Beach Conference Center. The cere- mony is open to all Convention attendees, spouses and guests. Attendees are invited to the President’s Welcome Reception on the Sanctuary lawn following the ceremony. December 2009 Vol. 21, No. 2 The Bar thanks the S.C. Bar Foundation for its contribution to the USC Educational Foundation in honor of those memorialized. Those wishing to commem- orate a Memory Hold the Door honoree with a gift can do so through the Bar Foundation. If you haven’t registered for the Convention yet, don’t miss your chance to choose from more than 20 practice-specific seminars while networking with your col- MHTD, continued on page 13. INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Bar Bytes Bar Foundation News Calendar Classifieds CLE News Firm Announcements DIRECTORY OF MEMBER BENEFITS INSIDE! Judicial Advisory Opinions Legal Administrators News Risk Management 11 4 26 27 14-15 6 20 12 16

CONVENTION CEREMONY TO RECOGNIZE SELECTED DECEASED LAWYERS

Convention ceremony to recognize selected deceased lawyers The Bar’s Memory Hold the Door Committee will recognize distinguished, deceased members of the bench and bar at a ceremony during the 2010 Bar Convention at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. In 1958, the South Carolina Bar and the University of South Carolina School of Law faculty established the memorial repository and endowment fund, Memory Hold the Door. The endowments promote the welfare of the legal profession by funding student scholarships, lectures, research and academic programs. The lawyers remembered in Memory Hold the Door represent a true honor roll of the legal profession, selected by their peers as best exemplifying the qualities of integrity, professionalism and skill required of the bench and bar. The 2009 honorees are James W. Alford, David A. Brown, Harry S. Dent, Henry Hammer, Harriet McBryde Johnson, Oren O. Jones, T. English McCutchen III, Robert E. McNair and Hon. Donald S. Russell. The induction ceremony will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, in the East Beach Conference Center. The ceremony is open to all Convention attendees, spouses and guests. Attendees are invited to the President’s Welcome Reception on the Sanctuary lawn following the ceremony. The Bar thanks the S.C. Bar Foundation for its contribution to the USC Educational Foundation in honor of those memorialized. Those wishing to commemorate a Memory Hold the Door honoree with a gift can do so through the Bar Foundation. If you haven’t registered for the Convention yet, don’t miss your chance to choose from more than 20 practice-specific seminars while networking with your colleagues! A printed Convention brochure was mailed in November. You may also access the extended version of the brochure, with detailed information about each program, at www.scbar.org/convention. Read on for important deadline information for this year’s event, scheduled for January 21-24 at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. Hotel reservations The resort is offering Bar members affordable rates at the Five Diamond Award-Winning Sanctuary Hotel as well as ocean-view and marsh-view villas. Hotel reservations must be made by December 21 to ensure availability at the group rate. One-bedroom fully furnished villas start at $155/night, and rooms in the Sanctuary start at $225/night. Visit www.scbar.org/convention for a downloadable room reservation form or call 1-800-654-2924 and reference the S.C. Bar Annual Meeting (booking #6116). Convention registration Register for the Convention by December 15 to take advantage of the early bird discount ($50 off the regular registration fee). ALL registrations must be received in the CLE Division by noon on January 7. After this date, registrations will only be accepted at the door for an additional $50 charge. Why not register online? To get started, visit www.scbar.org/convention today! Convention materials go green Rather than providing hard copies of seminar handouts, materials will be placed on flash drives and distributed at the Convention. Members will also have advance online access to materials when they register.

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