Event Information

C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., was elected to fill the unexpired term of the Honorable Dorothy Mobley Jones in February 2020 and sworn in on March 24, 2020. He is a former partner in the Moore Taylor Law Firm, P.A. and served two years as the managing partner. His practice focused primarily on family law, including domestic litigation. Prior to private practice, he was an Assistant Public Defender, primarily representing juveniles in Family Court. He has been practicing in the Family Courts for over 25 years.

Dr. Miller is a doctor of naturopathic medicine, which she obtained from Trinity College of Indiana. She also has an undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and keeps her RN license active. Jennifer is a master herbalist and has over 35 years of experience in the healthcare field. Her passion is to facilitate healing as well as to bring truth and education to all those interested in healing themselves. Under SC licensing law, Jennifer is recognized as a Natural Health Consultant and is limited to practicing nutrition and health/lifestyle counseling.  

Melissa specializes in litigation support for domestic matters and business valuation services. Her services include the preparation of financial declarations, alimony, child support and pension calculations, tracing projects, marital standard of living analysis and calculations of income and cash flow.  She also performs business valuations for a variety of purposes, including marital dissolution, estate and gift taxes, and commercial and shareholder disputes. In addition to being a CPA licensed in South Carolina, Melissa received the designation of Certified Valuation Analyst in 2002 and Master Analyst in Financial Forensics in 2010. She has testified on numerous occasions as an expert witness for the family courts and on issues regarding business valuations and business matters.

Education, Credentials and Special Training

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Valuation Analyst

Master Analyst of Financial Forensics

Master of Accountancy, College of Charleston

B.S., Marketing, Southern Illinois University

Ms. West has practiced solely in the South Carolina Family Court since 2003. Prior to dedicating her practice to family law, she was a general practitioner handling injury and workers’ compensation matters.

Ms. West holds a law degree from the University of Mississippi (2000) and an undergraduate degree from Lander University (1997).   

She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.  She serves as a Certified Family Court mediator.  Ms. West is a member of the Lexington County Bar Association (President, 2014), American Bar Association, Family Law Section, South Carolina Association for Justice and the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association.

Published Opinions:

McComb v. Conard, 394 S.C. 416, 715 S.E.2d 662 (Ct. App. 2011) (Trial Counsel)

Sanderson v. Sanderson, 391 S.C. 249, 705 S.E. 2d 65 (Ct. App. 2010) (Appellate Counsel)