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OPINION: SC Needs Lawyer Reciprocity.

South Carolina … home of the good ole boy lawyers club.

Published

6 months ago

October 11, 2022

Jeff Davis

In conjunction with our South Carolina Needs Judicial Reform, our state also needs lawyer reform.

What is lawyer reform? Real simple … we need to allow experienced lawyers who are members of the bar in other states to “waive into” the South Carolina Bar in order to practice law in South Carolina as well.

Currently, and this applies to me individually as well since I am member of the Georgia State Bar, out-of-state lawyers have to start from scratch to practice law here in South Carolina. That means taking the state and national bar exam again … something may of us have not done for well over 30 years … and paying some rather hefty fees.

Sure, who cares if “lawyers” have to pay the price and work a little harder … but the reality is citizens end up paying the price as the lawyers we have to chose from are a bit of a good ole boys club. Nothing has demonstrated that fact more than the recent Alex Murdaugh murder case in Hampton County … and the lawyer and judicial connections that case has exposed.

“South Carolina … home of the good ole boy lawyers club.”

Most states have some sort of reciprocity, and more are getting it every year. This would be a big step forward in free-market legal services … and a major blow to the good ole boy system.

Best,

Jeff Davis
Chairman, Greenville County Republican Party
Chairman, mySCGOP.com

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OPINION: SC Needs Judicial Reform

Who do our judges really serve?

Published

6 months ago

September 28, 2022

Jeff Davis

Photo: mySCGOP.com

Do you know that SC is the only state in the nation (Virginia has a similar hybrid method) whereby our judges are selected by our legislature? That includes the lawyer legislators at our SC State House in Columbia that appear before these very same judges.

Who do you think has the upper-hand in court … your lawyer, or the lawyer who is also the person who put them on the bench (and controls whether they are re-appointed or advance to a higher judicial office)?

“Who do our judges really serve?”

The Alex Murdaugh murder case in Hampton County has really brought this issue to the forefront.

This is a little known issue for most South Carolinians … but it is one of the most impactful on all of us. Without a fair judicial system, there is not justice in our great state.

We will have more in the coming weeks on this and other opinion issues from our members.

Best,

Jeff Davis
Chairman, Greenville County Republican Party
Chairman, mySCGOP.com

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