 Areas of Practice
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate: Wofford
College, Spartanburg, SC
(BA, Business Administration, 1965)
Legal: University of South Carolina School of Law
(Juris
Doctor, 1968)
EXPERIENCE:
Legal Practice:
Sole Practitioner (1993 - to present)
Lawrence and Shaw, Attorneys at Law,
P.A.,
(1978-1993)
Sole Practitioner (1976-1978)
Butler, Mean, Evins & Browne
(1971-1976)
Butler, Chapman, Parler & Morgan
(1970-1971)
Captain, U.S. Army, with
service in Vietnam (1968-1970)
Admitted to practice:
South Carolina State Courts; U.S. District Court
(S.C.);
U.S. Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Trial Experience:
40 years
actively practicing law in
Magistrate, Municipal, Family and
Circuit Courts of
South Carolina Federal
District Court
Appellate
Experience:
- Federal Courts
Valtrol, Inc.
v. General Connectors et. al., 884 F. 3d 149
(4th Cir.
1989) (breach of distributorship agreement,
warranties; recoupment)
- S.C. State Courts -
Published Opinions:
Stutz v.
Funderburk,
292 S.C. 614, 358 S.E.2d 160
(Sup. Ct. 1979) (child custody)
Burns v. Burns, 293
S.C. 1, 358 S.E.2d 168
(Ct. App. 1987) (child custody)
Fields v. INA
Filtration Corporation,
292 S.C. 614, 358 S.E.2d 160 (Ct. App. 1987)
(personal
jurisdiction under the long arm statute)
- S.C. State Court -
Unpublished Opinions:
Grubb v. Grubb,
89-MO-075 (Ct. App. 1989)
(Property division-divorce)|
Gateway Tours and
Cruises, Inc. v. Johnson, 94-UP-051
(Ct. App. 1994)
(sales
of corp. assets)
Anderson v.
Anderson, 97-UP-532 (Ct. App. 1997)
(property division-divorce)
Sherlof Corporation
v. Bulsa, 98-UP-321
(Ct. App. 1998) (tax sale of real property)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & DISTINCTIONS:
South Carolina, Spartanburg
County and American Bar
Associations; S.C. & American Association for Justice
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers
Frequent Speaker at Seminars for S.C. Bar
Continuing
Legal Education Committee
Named The Best Lawyer in America, Family Law Designation,
2007-2009
Named one of South Carolinas Super Lawyers, 2008-2009
CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Past Chairman of Board - The
Charles Lea Center for
Rehabilitation and Special Education
Past Chairman of Board - Piedmont Legal Services, Inc.
Past Chairman of Board - S.C. Children's Bureau
Past member of City of Spartanburg Civil Service Commission
Past member of Palmetto Project of South Carolina
Past Board Member: American Cancer Society,
Spartanburg YMCA,
Leadership Spartanburg,
United Way, Council on Aging, Habitat
for Humanity
of Spartanburg, Inc.
Central United Methodist Church
Member of the Board of Trustees, Lander University
Member of Palmetto Project
PERSONAL:
Married to Kay Jackson
Lawrence, five children
Born: September 6, 1943, Greenwood, South Carolina
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