DOE LAW FIRM, Petitioner,
v.
Henry B. RICHARDSON, Jr., Disciplinary Counsel, and Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General, Respondents.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard October 5, 2006.
Decided October 23, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Desa Ballard and Jason B. Buffkin, both of West Columbia, for Petitioner.
Michael James Virzi, of Columbia, for Respondent Disciplinary Counsel.
Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent Attorney General.
John S. Nichols, of Bluestein & Nichols, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Bar.
Sue Berkowitz and Robert Thuss, both of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center.
James C. Harrison, Jr., and Andrew S. Radeker, both of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Financial Services Association, Inc.
Scott E. Lawrence and Brook B. Shuler, both of Lawrence Law Firm, and Michael Stephen Chambers, all of Greenville, and Matthew Allen Lewis, of Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
PER CURIAM:
We agreed to hear this matter in our original jurisdiction to decide whether the disbursement of loan proceeds in conjunction with a residential refinancing or credit line transaction is the practice of law.1 We hold that disbursement is an integral step in the closing of a residential refinancing or credit line transaction which must be conducted under the supervision of an attorney. Since our decision today is a new rule...
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