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KOVACH v. WHITLEY

Opinion No. 28109.

437 S.C. 261 (2022)

878 S.E.2d 863

Amy KOVACH, Plaintiff, v. Joshua S. WHITLEY and Karen Whitley, in her Individual Capacity, Respondents, and Joshua S. Whitley, Defendant/Counterclaimant, v. Amy Kovach, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant, and Joshua S. Whitley, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Rodney Thompson, Third-Party Defendant, Of whom Amy Kovach is the Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed August 31, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Dawes Cooke Jr. and Christopher Mark Kovach , both of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioner Amy Kovach.

Jeffrey A. Breit , of Breit Drescher Imprevento, P.C., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Joshua Steven Whitley , of Smyth Whitley, LLC, of Charleston, both for Respondent Joshua S. Whitley; and William Howell Morrison , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Charleston, for Respondent Karen Whitley.

In this appeal, we are asked to consider the propriety of a sanction imposed pursuant to Rule 11, SCRCP, against an attorney's client.1 Petitioner Amy Kovach was fired from her job with the Berkeley County School District (BCSD) after pleading guilty to misconduct in office...

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