2024 SCAJ Annual Convention Schedule
The team at the South Carolina Association for Justice is lining up a variety of CLE seminars covering a range of timely and relevant topics for legal professionals. These are the topics currently in place. We will continue to update the schedule here as topics and speakers are finalized.
Wednesday, July 31
3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
SCAJ Board of Governors Meeting
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Registration
Thursday, August 1
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
CONCURRENT SEMINARS
Employment Law Seminar
J. Paul Porter, Esq., Chairperson
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
What is My Case Worth? A Case Valuation Study
James Paul Porter, Esq.,
Columbia, SC
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Facts and The Furious: Navigating McDonald Douglas Frameworks
Samantha Albrecht, Esq.,
Goose Creek, SC
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services and the Client Assistance Program
Amanda Hess, Esq., Disability Rights South Carolina, Inc.,
Columbia, SC
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
SC ELL Case Law Update
Elizabeth Millender, Esq., and Aaron Wallace, Esq.,
Columbia, SC
Social Security Seminar
Stacy E. Thompson, Esq., Chairperson
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
TDIU – Where Social Security and VA Disability Intertwine
Tim Mercer, Esq.,
Columbia, SC
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Code of Conduct & Incapacitated Claimants – Ethical Issues for the Social Security representative
Stacy Elizabeth Thompson, Esq.,
Columbia, SC
Criminal Law Seminar
Patrick McLaughlin, Esq., Chairperson
11:00 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
TBD
Catherine Anderson Wyse, Esq.,
Seneca, SC
11:35 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.
Discovery, Duties, and Defending Sloppy Investigations
Aimee Zmroczek,
Columbia, SC
12:10 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
TBD
Susan Williams, Esq.,
Summerville, SC
Medical Negligence Seminar
Lee D. Cope, Esq., Chairperson
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Hiding in Plain Sight: How to Spot Mass and Class Cases in Your Med Malpractice
James L. Ward, Jr., Esq.,
Mt. Pleasant, SC
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
How to Determine Staff Numbers and Use That to Your Advantage
Stefan B. Feidler, Esq.,
Charleston, SC
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Chiropractic Malpractice: Snap, Crackle, Pop
John Eric Fulda, Esq.,
Columbia, SC
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
How to Prove Liability in Unwitnessed Fall
Bradley H. Banyas, Esq.,
Mt. Pleasant, SC
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
TBD
Jennifer S. Burnett, Esq.,
Anderson, SC
Family Law Seminar
Ashby Lawton Jones, Esq., Chairperson
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
How Do You Know When to Hire a Forensic Account? And What Do You Do NEXT?
Lauren McCarthy,
Charleston, SC
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Concerns About the State of Foster Care, from a Plaintiff’s Lawyer’s Perspective
Heather Hite Stone, Esq.,
Abbeville, SC
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Protecting Your Client in the Event of an Appeal
Scarlet Bell Moore, Esq.,
Greenville, SC
3:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
New and Persisting Challenges Facing Guardians Ad Litem
Stephen Schaeffer Meyer, Esq.,
Bluffton, SC
3:50 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
What Great Lawyers do Best: The Court’s Top 10 Practices of Every Family Court Lawyer
The Honorable Ernest Joseph Jarrett, Kingstree, SC
Workers’ Compensation Seminar
Gerald E. Reardon, Esq., Chairperson
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Multistate Jurisdiction—Where Should a Claimant File --SC, NC, or GA?
Vernon R. Sumwalt, Jr., Esq., Charlotte, NC; Richard J. Smith, Esq., Greenville, SC; Leland M. Malchow, Esq., Augusta, GA
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Third Party Liens—How to Protect Your Client and Save Your Settlement
James C. Sproat, Esq., Greer, SC; Peter P. Leventis, IV, Esq., Columbia, SC
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Claim or No Claim? Winner or Loser?
Ramie S. Shalabi, Esq., Columbia, SC; Gerald E. Reardon, Esq., Columbia, SC
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Commissioner Roundtable
Workers’ Compensation Commissioners
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
SCAJ Annual Business Meeting
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Women’s and Minority Caucus Reception
9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Welcoming Reception
Thomas A. Killoren Jr., Esq., President Sydney J. Lynn, Esq., President Elect
Friday, August 2
8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Registration
8:00 a.m.
Coffee and Danish – Compliments of The Hilton
9:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
8:30 p.m.
Midnight BAND PARTY - LIVE BAND
Saturday, August 3
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Coffee with the S.C. Workers’ Compensation Commissioners, South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commissioners
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
SCAJ Gala Breakfast – Enjoy the camaraderie of fellow attendees at this casual hearty breakfast that has become a true highlight of the Annual Convention. Compliments of our Diamond; Platinum, Gold, and Silver Sponsors
10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Awards and Portrait Presentation, The Honorable Donald C. Coggins, Jr.
1:30 p.m.
Pickleball Tournament – Compliments of KD Trial Lawyer
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
The Judicial Reception honoring all members of the Judiciary
A special “thank you” to Frank L. Eppes, Convention Chair and Pamela R. Mullis CLE Chair, for all of their hard work.
QUALIFYING FOR 12 CLE CREDITS • INCLUDING 3 ETHIC HOUR