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Live Webinar: 2023 Probate Bench Bar

September 08, 2023


The SC Bar CLE Division is proud to present the 2023 South Carolina Probate Bench/Bar seminar on Friday, September 8

Please join this year's distinguished and experienced faculty to guide you through some of the most important issues trending in Probate practice in South Carolina. 

As always, this year's program is mandatory for South Carolina's Probate Bench and has also been approved for 6.0 hours of Estate Planning and Probate Specialization Credit. If you practice in Probate Court, this is THE program of the year for you!

Click here to register for the live in person seminar. 

Seminar highlights:

Modifying Trusts
Criminal & Probate Law Intersection
LLC Interests at Death
Rights in Guardianship/Conservatorship Cases
Key to Successful Estate Administration
Civil Commitment for Lawyers & Judges
Annual Case Law Update, and Ethics!


This seminar is an intermediate to advanced level program.

This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour. This program also qualifies for 6.0 EPP Specialization credit hours.

S.C. Supreme Court Commission on CLE course number: 239045ADO. 

 


The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees.

Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket
$0.00
Member Registration
$275.00
Non Member Registration
$275.00
SC Certified Paralegal
$125.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

8:30 a.m.      

Registration

8:50 a.m.        

Welcome and Opening Remarks

The Honorable David K. Allison, Pickens County Probate Court

The Honorable Heather Galvin, Beaufort County Probate Court

Anne Kelley Russell, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP, Charleston        

9 a.m. 

Trusts: Blessed Are the Flexible! Modifying Trusts to Accomplish Intent, Meet Changing Circumstances, Resolve Disputes, and Live Happily Ever After

Kenneth B. Wingate, Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, PA, Columbia

9:45 a.m.        

Intersection between Criminal Law and Probate

The Honorable Frank R. Addy, Jr., S.C. Circuit Court, Greenwood

Tamara C. Curry, S.C. Department of Mental Health, Columbia

The Honorable Debora A. Faulkner, Greenville

April Sampson, Circuit Deputy Director, Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Columbia

Moderator: The Honorable Heather Galvin

10:45 a.m.      

Break

11 a.m.           

What Happens to LLC (closely held business) Interests at Death

Maurice D. Holloway, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Greenville                                 

11:45 a.m.      

Rights in Guardianship / Conservatorship Cases

Andrew J. Atkins, Millender Elder Law LLC, Columbia

Anna Maria Conner, Disability Rights SC, Columbia 

12:15 p.m.     

Lunch (on your own) 

1:30 p.m.       

Ethical (and Practical) Considerations associated with the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine in the context of estate planning, estate administration and fiduciary litigation

Laurel R.S. Blair, Womble Bond Dickinson (US), LLP, Charleston 

2:30 p.m.       

Keys to Successful Estate Administration

Jessica S. Ferguson, Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, Greenville 

3:15 p.m.       

Break 

 

3:30 p.m.       

Civil Commitment for Lawyers and Judges

The Honorable Jacqueline D. Belton, Richland County Probate Court 

4:15 p.m.       

Case Law Update

Professor S. Alan Medlin, University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia 

4:45 p.m.       

Adjourn

 

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